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Wounded Officers Sue Sig Sauer, Say Gun Goes Off by Itself
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Police and federal law enforcement officers are among 20 people from multiple states saying they were wounded by a popular type of Sig Sauer pistol, the latest lawsuit alleging that the gun is susceptible to going … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreSheriff: Vandalism Cuts Power Across North Carolina County
CARTHAGE, N.C. (AP) _ Multiple power substations in a North Carolina county were damaged by gunfire in an apparent act of criminal vandalism, leaving tens of thousands of people without electricity, authorities said. The power outage across Moore County that … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreUvalde Shooting Victims Seek $27 Billion, Class Action in Lawsuit
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Victims of the Uvalde school shooting that left 21 people dead have filed a lawsuit against local and state police, the city and other school and law enforcement officials seeking $27 billion due to delays in … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreFeral Hog Control: Eight Years, Some Progress, $2.5 Billion Damage/Year
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Eight years into a U.S. program to control damage from feral pigs, the invasive animals with big appetites and snouts that uproot anything that smells good are still a multibillion-dollar plague on farmers, wildlife and the … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreFour Injured as Bus Smashes Through Shopping Center Parking Lot
DALY CITY, Calif. (AP) — A commuter bus smashed into 16 cars at a San Francisco Bay Area shopping center on Friday, injuring four people, one of them critically, authorities said. Shortly before noon, the SamTrans bus smashed into the … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreSingle Policy Limit for Both Uninsured and Underinsured Coverage, Va. Supreme Rules
An auto insurance policy that includes coverage for both uninsured and underinsured motorists does not require the insurer to pay the policy limits twice, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled. The high court reversed a ruling by a Richmond city judge … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreFacebook Job Ads Illegally Discriminate, Female Truckers Say
Meta Platforms Inc. “routinely discriminates” in steering job ads to specific age and gender groups on its Facebook platform, a women’s truckers organization alleged in a civil rights complaint. “Facebook’s algorithm regularly acts like recruiters in the 1960s (and even … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreCIBC to Appeal New York Court’s Ruling in Cerberus Lawsuit
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) said on Friday it would appeal a New York court’s ruling in a lawsuit brought against the bank by an entity of U.S. private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management. Cerberus had alleged that CIBC … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreMassachusetts Insurance Agent Sentenced for Disability Fraud
The owner and operator of an Arlington-based insurance agency was sentenced earlier this month for fraudulently receiving disability benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Social Security Administration (SSA). Patrick Quinn was sentenced to one year and … Source: Claims Journal
Read MorePrayers? Bombs? Hawaii History Shows Stopping Lava Not Easy
HONOLULU (AP) — Prayer. Bombs. Walls. Over the decades, people have tried all of them to stanch the flow of lava from Hawaii’s volcanoes as it lumbered toward roads, homes and infrastructure. Now Mauna Loa — the world’s largest active … Source: Claims Journal
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