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Freeport LNG Blast Created 450-Feet-High Fireball, Report Shows
The explosion that shut the Freeport LNG natural gas export facility in Texas last month created a 450-feet-high fireball and happened on a section that had been inspected several weeks earlier, according to a report. A filing that was briefly … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreTokyo Court Orders Ex-Tepco Execs to Pay $95B Damages over Fukushima Disaster
TOKYO –– The Tokyo district court on Wednesday ordered four former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Co. to pay 13 trillion yen ($95 billion) in damages to the operator of the wrecked Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, the plaintiff’s lawyers … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreCalifornia Firefighters Gain Against Yosemite Wildfire
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — California firefighters gained ground Monday in the battle against a wildfire that poses a threat to a grove of giant sequoias and a small community in Yosemite National Park. The Washburn Fire on the … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreJudge Dismisses Delaware AG’s Suit over PCB Contamination
DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware Superior Court judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the state’s Democratic attorney general against agricultural giant Monsanto Co. over environmental damage from now-banned toxic chemicals known as PCBs. In recent years, PCBs … Source: Claims Journal
Read More‘Yellowstone’ Actor Charged with Disability Payment Fraud
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Yellowstone” actor Q’Orianka Kilcher has been charged with illegally collecting nearly $97,000 in disability benefits while working on the TV show, authorities announced Monday. Kilcher, 32, of North Hollywood, is charged with two felony counts of … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreTeen Died from Smoke Inhalation in Albuquerque House Fire
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities conducting an arson investigation at a southeast Albuquerque house fire say a 15-year-old boy whose body was found inside died from smoke inhalation. Albuquerque Fire Department officials said Sunday it might take about two weeks … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreClaims People: Gallagher Bassett, Goldberg Segalla, Prodigy Care Services
Gallagher Bassett Appoints Carrier Practice Director Gallagher Bassett, an international claims management provider headquartered in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, has promoted Joe Berrios to managing director, carrier practice. The company said in a press release that Berrios has been one of … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreClaims Business: Crawford & Co., Auto Techcelerators, Roost
Crawford Gives ‘Lookers’ Access to Hover App Crawford & Co. has expanded its partnership with technology company Hover to include the 45,000 independent contractors who belong to its WeGoLook network. The Atlanta-based claims management company in 2020 announced a partnership … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreSan Francisco Reaches $58M Opioid Settlement with Teva, Allergan
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and AbbVie’s Allergan unit on Tuesday reached a $58 million settlement with the city of San Francisco just before completion of a trial over claims that they fueled an opioid epidemic in the city. Under the deal … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreAmazon Issued 13,000 Disciplinary Notices at Single US Warehouse
NEW YORK — Amazon worker Gerald Bryson had hand-counted thousands of items in his warehouse’s inventory over three days when his manager showed him a “Supportive Feedback Document.” Bryson had made 22 errors, the 2018 write-up said, including tallying 19 … Source: Claims Journal
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