Archive for December 2016

Uber is bringing a small number of self-driving cars to its ride-hailing service in San Francisco – a move likely to excite the city’s tech-savvy population and certain to antagonize California regulators. The Wednesday launch in Uber’s hometown expands a … Source: Claims Journal

Warming at the top of the world has gone into overdrive, happening twice as fast as the rest of the globe, and extending unnatural heating into fall and winter, according to a new federal report. In its annual Arctic Report … Source: Claims Journal

A worker is fighting one of Mississippi’s largest industries in a skirmish over who can be sued when employees suffer on-the-job injuries. The Mississippi Supreme Court Tuesday heard arguments in a suit by Quindon Thomas against Chevron USA. Thomas was … Source: Claims Journal

Katrina Williams wanted a safer alternative to smoking, and e-cigarettes seemed to be the answer until the day one exploded in her pocket as she drove home from a beauty salon. “It was like a firecracker,” the New Yorker said, … Source: Claims Journal

Crew members aboard a doomed cargo ship expressed increasingly dire concern – occasionally tinged with gallows humor – as a hurricane gained strength, culminating in one crewman lamenting “I’m a goner” as they scrambled to abandon the listing ship, transcripts … Source: Claims Journal

Guy Carpenter Appoints Nash President of New International Division Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC, a global risk and reinsurance specialist and a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies, announced the appointment of James Nash to the newly-created role … Source: Claims Journal

Hitting speeds of more than 100 mph, two cars raced down Interstate 25 in the Friday night darkness toward the heart of Albuquerque, N.M. One weaved in and out of traffic before smashing into the back of an unsuspecting family’s … Source: Claims Journal

Court records filed in June show a property owner, recently charged with murder and aggravated arson, declined to cooperate with an insurance company investigation of his claim for a house fire that resulted in an Ohio firefighter’s death nearly a … Source: Claims Journal

Deadly wildfires caused more than $500 million in damage as they tore through a Tennessee tourism community in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains and killed 14 people, local officials estimated Tuesday. Sevier County Mayor Larry Waters put a … Source: Claims Journal

West Virginia’s Board of Pharmacy plans to ask prescription drug wholesalers to report pharmacies placing suspiciously large orders of painkillers or other controlled substances. The board plans to forward those reports to state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s office, which last … Source: Claims Journal