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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s top court on Tuesday rejected an effort to free Happy the elephant from the Bronx Zoo, ruling in a closely watched case that she does not meet the definition of a “person” who is … Source: Claims Journal

A New York appellate court on Tuesday handed a rare policyholder win to the New York Botanical Garden for income lost during COVID-19 shutdowns, noting that the disputed policy language did not require physical damage. The Botanical Garden, a well-known … Source: Claims Journal

At first, it seemed as though nothing could go wrong. Dockless shared electric scooters began showing up on the streets of the world’s cities in 2017, and the vanguard — techies, baristas, twentysomething daredevils — hopped on and rode, confident … Source: Claims Journal

Freeport LNG, operator of one of the largest U.S. export plants producing liquefied natural gas (LNG), said on Tuesday that last week’s fire damage to its Texas plant would keep it fully offline until September with only partial operation through … Source: Claims Journal

LONDON –– Britain’s biggest pubs group Stonegate, which is suing Zurich Insurance and two peers for 1 billion pounds ($1.2 billion) over lockdown losses, battled the COVID-19 pandemic “day by day, venue by venue,” a London trial heard on Monday. … Source: Claims Journal

PHOENIX (AP) — The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office has reached an $11.75 million settlement in a lawsuit involving a jail attack that seriously injured an inmate more than two years ago. The county’s Board of Supervisors approved the settlement for … Source: Claims Journal

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The death of a Black teenager at a Kansas juvenile detention center was foreshadowed five years earlier by a state inspection of the facility that noted systemic deficiencies in its handling of children with mental health … Source: Claims Journal

Attorneys who worked to secure settlements topping $1 billion in the collapse of a beachfront Florida condominium building in which 98 people died are requesting about $100 million in fees and costs, according to a new court filing. The total … Source: Claims Journal

WRIGHTWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Wildfires in Arizona and California forced evacuations as crews work to corral the blazes, authorities said. Firefighters are responding to a wildfire about 6 miles (9.6 kilometers) north of Flagstaff, Arizona, that has forced evacuations. The … Source: Claims Journal

A doctrine that prevents parties from seeking reimbursement for intangible economic losses caused by maritime negligence doesn’t prevent an insurer from recouping $1.7 million it paid to a policyholder for damage to a structure used to moor boats, a panel … Source: Claims Journal