Archive for May 2019
GM Recalls 368,000 Larger Duty Trucks for Fire Risks
WASHINGTON — General Motors Co said Friday it is recalling 368,000 medium- and heavy-duty diesel trucks equipped with engine-block heaters for fire risks after 19 reports of fires. The recall covers some 2019 Chevrolet Silverado 4500, 5500 and 6500 trucks, … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreConflict in Michigan AG’s Office over Flint Water Records
DETROIT — A civil war of sorts is developing in the Michigan attorney general’s office over 23 boxes of records found in a state basement and what role — if any — they have in the Flint water criminal investigation. … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreProperty Owners Protest Pipeline Procurement Process
About the photo: In this May 3, 2018, file photo, Becky Crabtree displays a flyer that she posted on a fence on the route of the proposed Mountain Valley pipeline on their property in Lindside, W.Va. A Virginia-based legal group … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreWest Virginia Woman Assembles Supply Kits for Fire Victims
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — For Joy Buskirk, the memories of a fire her family experienced years ago prompted her to do something for families who are impacted by the devastation of a fire now. The Parkersburg resident is putting together After … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreMcKesson Opioid Deal in West Virginia May Spur More Accords
McKesson Corp.’s settlement of an opioid lawsuit with West Virginia — the state with the highest U.S. rate of drug-overdose deaths — may encourage other states to seek quick cash to cope with the rising societal costs of addiction. West … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreThe Other Fake Meat: Beyond Burger Clashes With Former Partner
Danny Goodman hasn’t eaten a Beyond Burger in three years. And he’s staying away from Beyond Meat Inc. stock despite the meatless mania that’s flowering on Wall Street. It doesn’t matter that Goodman’s company used to make the vegan burgers … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreThird Defendant Convicted in California Arson Fraud Scheme
A federal judge on Thursday sentenced the last of three defendants involved in an arson fraud scheme, which led to seven Sacramento fires, to four years, nine months in prison. U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. also ordered 76-year-old … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreStudy Suggests Earthquakes are Triggered Well Beyond Fluid Injection Zones
Using data from field experiments and modeling of ground faults, researchers at Tufts University have discovered that the practice of subsurface fluid injection used in ‘fracking’ and wastewater disposal for oil and gas exploration could cause significant, rapidly spreading earthquake … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreDefense Will Argue City Inspectors at Fault for Deadly Oakland Warehouse Fire
OAKLAND, Calif. — A defense attorney is expected to counter a prosecutor’s emotional opening statement by attempting to deflect blame from his client charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection with a Northern California warehouse fire that killed … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreMcKesson to Pay $37 Million to Resolve West Virginia Opioid Lawsuit
Drug distributor McKesson Corp has agreed to pay $37 million to resolve a lawsuit by the state of West Virginia seeking to hold it responsible for contributing to the opioid epidemic, the state’s attorney general said on Thursday. The settlement … Source: Claims Journal
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