Archive for January 2022

Insurers that are inclined to skip a government review of proposed workers’ compensation settlements may think twice about that strategy because of an updated policy guideline issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Jan. 11. For the … Source: Claims Journal

Survivors of a Bronx apartment building fire that killed 17 people last week have already filed a lawsuit, charging that the landlords knew of defective and unsafe conditions in high-rise building. Rosa Reyes and Felix Martinez allege in the class-action … Source: Claims Journal

When the superintendent of Albuquerque Public Schools announced earlier this week a cyber attack would lead to the cancellation of classes for around 75,000 students, he noted that the district’s technology department had been fending off attacks “for the last … Source: Claims Journal

SEOUL, South Korea (AP)–South Korean rescuers on Thursday located a man under a pile of debris and broken concrete at the construction site of a 39-floor building that partially collapsed three days earlier, leaving six workers missing, officials said. Crews … Source: Claims Journal

NEW ORLEANS (AP)–A severely corroded pipeline ruptured and spilled more than 300,000 gallons (1.1 million liters) of diesel fuel just outside New Orleans after the operator delayed needed repairs, according to federal records. Most of the fuel drained into two … Source: Claims Journal

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) –A new lawsuit accused an ammunition supplier Wednesday of creating dangerous conditions on a movie set where a gun held by actor Alec Baldwin killed a cinematographer, by including live ammunition in a box that was … Source: Claims Journal

SAO PAULO (AP)–The medals were billed as the most sustainable ever produced. To match the festive spirit of South America’s first Olympics, officials from Brazil, the host country for the 2016 games in Rio de Janeiro, boasted that the medals … Source: Claims Journal

GIGLIO, Italy (AP)–Italy honored the 32 victims of the Costa Concordia shipwreck on the 10th anniversary of the disaster with a commemoration Thursday on the Tuscan island of Giglio, which recalled the horror of the night the cruise ship struck … Source: Claims Journal

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)–New Yorkers who were sexually abused as adults could sue abusers in civil court under a bill that supporters are again urging the state to pass. The Adult Survivors Act would provide a one-year litigation window for those … Source: Claims Journal

SAN DIEGO (AP)–Police are treating a fire at the home of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors chair and a prominent labor leader as suspicious Supervisor Nathan Fletcher said he and his wife, Lorena Gonzalez, and their family were … Source: Claims Journal