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A decision by a California appellate court last month allows both Allstate and State Farm to pursue lawsuits seeking penalties against an Orange County pain-management doctor who is accused of over-billing insurers. California’s Insurance Fraud Prevention Act allows insurers or … Source: Claims Journal

Nevada has agreed to back a proposed nationwide settlement worth up to $26 billion resolving lawsuits against three large drug distributors and the drugmaker Johnson & Johnson over the deadly U.S. opioid epidemic, the state’s attorney general said on Tuesday. … Source: Claims Journal

A pileup of tractor trailers in Virginia shut down Interstate 95, the U.S. East Coast’s major north-south artery, during a snowstorm, stranding hundreds of motorists overnight in freezing temperatures and disrupting private and commercial traffic.The Virginia Department of Transportation said … Source: Claims Journal

BERLIN–Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz has informed owners of its luxury cars of a technical defect that could spark afire, the company said on Tuesday, adding a recall was not possible because parts needed to fix the problem are not available. The issue … Source: Claims Journal

The Florida Supreme Court’s call for an additional appellate court and six – now seven – new judges in the state has met with mixed reviews, with some attorneys welcoming the idea, while others, including a few judges, have said … Source: Claims Journal

LONDON–Insured losses of $44 billion from COVID-19 so far represent the third largest cost to insurers of any catastrophe, behind Hurricane Katrina and the 9/11 attacks, insurance broker Howden said on Tuesday. However, initial projections of $100 billion-plus for COVID-19 … Source: Claims Journal

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP)–The fire that has already destroyed South Africa’s main Parliament chamber flared up again Monday about 36 hours after it started in the 130-year-old complex of historic buildings, authorities said. Firefighters have been sent back to … Source: Claims Journal

LOUISVILLE, Colo. (AP)–Search teams looked for two missing people in the smoldering debris from a massive Colorado wildfire while people who escaped the flames sorted through the charred remnants of their homes to find what was left. Investigators were still … Source: Claims Journal

A woman suing Prince Andrew for sexual assault agreed in a confidential 2009 settlement with Jeffrey Epstein to release “any other person” involved in the case from litigation in exchange for $500,000. Virginia Giuffre’s lawsuit against Queen Elizabeth’s second son … Source: Claims Journal

A U.S. judge on Monday ordered mediation in the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy, calling for the company, the Sackler family members that own it and nine states to determine whether they can reach a new opioid litigation settlement by Jan. 14. … Source: Claims Journal