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JERUSALEM — Teva Pharmaceutical Industries said on Wednesday it was bracing to pay as much as $3.6 billion in cash and medicine to settle lawsuits alleging it was one of a number of drugmakers and distributors that fueled the U.S. … Source: Claims Journal

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ The University of California has agreed to pay more than $100 million to settle allegations that several hundred women were sexually abused by a former UCLA gynecologist, lawyers announced. The settlement was announced Monday by some … Source: Claims Journal

DETROIT (AP) — Hyundai and Kia are telling the owners of nearly 485,000 vehicles in the U.S. to park them outdoors because they can catch fire even if the engines have been turned off. The recalls from the two Korean … Source: Claims Journal

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A trail of red flags about his behavior toward women followed Matthew Harris on an academic journey that took him to three of the nation’s most prestigious universities — Duke, Cornell and then the University of … Source: Claims Journal

TOKYO (AP) — A remote-controlled robot on Tuesday was used to probe the hardest-hit nuclear reactor at Japan’s wrecked Fukushima plant, as officials push forward with clean-up operations that have been mired in delays and controversy. An earthquake and tsunami … Source: Claims Journal

Among the many unusual aspects of 2021 is that the same insurance company was before a federal appellate court on two separate but contemporaneous cases – one in which the insurer was asserting a lack of insurance coverage based on … Source: Claims Journal

Maryland’s highest court on Tuesday issued instructions on how the cost of workers’ compensation benefits should be deducted from another insurance recovery when accident victims are owed coverage under more than one policy. Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Co. filed a $618,685.56 … Source: Claims Journal

Wouldn’t it be nice, if, instead of relying on adjusters and restoration companies to surmise how much damage was actually caused by a water leak, an insurer could stop the leak almost before it starts. That’s now the reality for … Source: Claims Journal

Tesla Inc. said a California agency informed the electric automaker that it has grounds for a civil complaint, following an investigation into racial harassment. The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing issued a so-called notice of cause finding and … Source: Claims Journal

A federal judge on Monday sided with Amazon.com Inc in dismissing a discrimination lawsuit that workplace organizer Christian Smalls had filed against his former employer. U.S. District Judge Rachel Kovner rejected Smalls’ claim that Amazon had fired him because he … Source: Claims Journal