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MALTBY, Wash. (AP) — Washington state has agreed to pay $2.75 million to a woman who was seriously hurt in a rollover crash involving a state Department of Transportation vehicle on Highway 522. On March 5, 2018, Kara Janneh of … Source: Claims Journal

Preliminary traffic data provides some hope that a rash of unsafe driving habits spawned by traffic-free roads during COVID-19 business shutdowns is beginning to abate. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said that for the second quarter of 2022, from … Source: Claims Journal

More than 60 people who have accused Hertz Corp. of having them wrongly arrested won the right to join a lawsuit against the company, dealing another blow to efforts by the rental car giant to keep the allegations bottled up … Source: Claims Journal

While some analysts are predicting that the property insurance industry will be able to manage Hurricane Ian and its estimated $50 billion in insured losses, a few are now warning that the storm could significantly erode the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe … Source: Claims Journal

SYDNEY –– Heavy rains eased across Australia’s east on Monday, a slight relief for flood-weary residents but authorities warned another intense weather system could hit several inland regions bringing more downpours and triggering flash flooding. Northern Victoria state, southern New … Source: Claims Journal

DADU, Pakistan (AP) — Every part of Rajul Noor’s life has been wrecked by this summer’s massive monsoon-driven floods. The 12-year-old girl’s family home is destroyed, as is the school that she loved. The friends she used to walk to … Source: Claims Journal

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Tropical Storm Julia drenched Guatemala and El Salvador with torrential rains Monday after it reemerged in the Pacific following a pounding of Nicaragua. Police said two people died in the eastern El Salvador town … Source: Claims Journal

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — An army of 42,000 utility workers has restored electricity to more than 2.5 million businesses and homes in Florida since Hurricane Ian’s onslaught, and Brenda Palmer’s place is among them. By the government’s count, she … Source: Claims Journal

The United States Supreme Court has agreed to review a Washington state case that will determine whether a business can pursue a lawsuit against a labor union that the company says intentionally damaged its property. The high court on Oct. … Source: Claims Journal

Whether the damage to a gasoline station’s gas pumps results from car accidents, fires, lightning strikes, vandalism, or even floods, there are many distinct aspects to consider when reviewing and analyzing related business income losses (or evaluating equipment replacement costs). … Source: Claims Journal