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Musk Would Compound Tesla Automated-Driving Risk With Free Trial
Elon Musk has long pressed his luck with respect to automated driving. His plan to offer a month-long free trial of features that Tesla has been charging $15,000 for would escalate the risk-taking to another level. Musk tweeted this week … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreDeadly Peru Mine Is Partner in Switzerland’s Efforts to Clean Up Gold Supply
A gold mine in Peru where 27 workers died in a fire over the weekend is a partner of Swiss institutions in their effort to ensure responsible sourcing from informal miners in the Andean country. Top Swiss-based refiner Metalor is … Source: Claims Journal
Read MorePhilip Morris Must Pay $37M to Cancer Victim, Mass. High Court Rules
Tobacco company Philip Morris USA must pay $37 million to a Massachusetts woman who developed cancer from smoking Marlboro Lights cigarettes, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled in a unanimous decision. The state’s high court found that Patricia Walsh … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreHackers Aim to Find Flaws in AI – with White House Help
No sooner did ChatGPT get unleashed than hackers started “jailbreaking” the artificial intelligence chatbot – trying to override its safeguards so it could blurt out something unhinged or obscene. But now its maker, OpenAI, and other major AI providers such … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreReport: Lawmaker, Wrong-Way Driver Both DUI in Fatal Crash
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – A Connecticut state representative and a wrong-way driver were both over the legal limit for alcohol when they were killed in a highway crash in January, according to government officials and state police. Middletown Democrat Quentin … Source: Claims Journal
Read More$3.4M Fine Proposed over 2021 California Oil Pipeline Leak
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An energy company should be fined nearly $3.4 million for safety violations involving a 2021 oil pipeline spill that fouled Southern California beaches, a federal regulator said. Amplify Energy Corp. ignored 83 alarms indicating the offshore … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreCrump: Abuse Victims Set to Sue Baltimore Archdiocese
BALTIMORE (AP) — After Maryland lawmakers recently eliminated the statute of limitations for child sex abuse lawsuits amid heightened scrutiny of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, civil rights attorney Ben Crump announced plans Tuesday to bring a series of civil claims … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreBlast at Sweden Ammunition Factory Injures at Least 1
STOCKHOLM (AP) — An explosion at an ammunition factory in southern Sweden seriously injured at least one person Wednesday, police said. Police said they were investigating the blast as an industrial accident. The factory in Karlsborg, some 220 kilometers 137 … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreNorfolk Southern Creates Fund for Homeowners Near Ohio Derailment
Norfolk Southern has recommitted to creating a fund for residents near the site of an Ohio train wreck that would cover any decline in home values since before the derailment earlier this year. In early February, 38 cars derailed in … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreLexisNexis: Auto Claim Severity Up 35% over Pre-Pandemic Rates
Claim severity for both bodily injury and property damage both increased by 35% since 2019, while collision claim severity has jumped 40%, LexisNexis Risk Solutions says in a new report. The data broker’s 2023 U.S. Auto Insurance Trends report says … Source: Claims Journal
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