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Hurricane Claim Law Firm Paid Almost $14M for ‘Prescreened’ Client Leads
The McClenny Moseley law firm agreed to pay $3,000 to $3,500 in advance for each prospective client referred to it by a marketing firm, at a total cost of nearly $14 million, according to documents submitted this week to a … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreFox News Must Face Smartmatic’s Lawsuit over Election-Rigging Claims
A New York state appeals court rejected Fox News’ bid to dismiss a multibillion-dollar defamation lawsuit accusing the network of falsely accusing an electronic voting systems company of helping rig the 2020 U.S. presidential election to favor Joe Biden over … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreLufthansa IT Meltdown Strands Thousands of Passengers
FRANKFURT — An IT failure at Lufthansa stranded thousands of passengers and forced flights to Germany’s busiest airport to be canceled or diverted on Wednesday, with the airline blaming botched railway engineering works that damaged broadband cables. More than 200 … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreU.S. Travel Insurance to Take Off as Year-End Cancellations Spook Flyers
Demand for travel insurance in the United States is set to jump this year, as more Americans turn cautious after a spike in flight cancellations and lost luggage in the last two months upended holiday plans of tens of thousands … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreArkansas Malpractice Bill Restricts Trans Youth Medical Care
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Nearly two years after Arkansas became the first state to enact a now-blocked ban on gender-affirming care for minors, Republican lawmakers are trying to effectively reinstate the ban with a proposal Monday to make it … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreU-Haul Driver’s NYC ‘Rampage’ Leaves One Dead, Eight Hurt
NEW YORK (AP) — A man driving a U-Haul truck swerved onto sidewalks and plowed into cyclists and scooter riders in New York City on Monday, killing one person and injuring eight others before police were able to pin the … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreStruggle to Get Aid to Turkey and Syria After Massive Quake
INDERIS, Syria (AP) — Aid agencies and governments stepped up efforts Tuesday to get help to earthquake-devastated parts of Turkey and Syria, but a week after the disaster many of those left homeless were still struggling to meet basic needs, … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreDeSantis Pitches More Tort Reform, Trial Lawyers Push Back
It’s now clear what the regular session of the Florida Legislature will focus on when lawmakers convene March 7: More litigation measures that would bring property insurance-type reforms to automobile, liability and other lines of insurance. The rough outlines of … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreNeb. Supreme: Customer Doesn’t Owe Avis for ‘Voluntary’ Payment
No one threatened to sue Avis Rent a Car after Roynetta McDavid’s little sister borrowed her rental car without permission and smashed it into another vehicle. But a claims handler for the company paid three people who were hurt in … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreJudge Indicates Intention to Dismiss J&J Talc Unit Bankruptcy
The bankruptcy case filed by Johnson & Johnson’s subsidiary shouldering talc-related lawsuits will soon be dismissed unless a U.S appeals court agrees to reconsider its decision to nix the company’s attempt to offload the litigation into Chapter 11 proceedings, a … Source: Claims Journal
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