Archive for February 2022

SEATTLE (AP) — The Monroe, Washington, School District offered a $34 million settlement to students and parents exposed to toxic chemicals on a public school campus. The Seattle Times reports the district proposed the settlement in November under court seal, … Source: Claims Journal

NEW YORK — Johnson & Johnson created a plan last year to limit the financial bleeding from billions of dollars in jury awards to plaintiffs who alleged the company’s Baby Powder and other talc products caused deadly cancers. The healthcare … Source: Claims Journal

Charles Taylor Teams Up With Fraud Keeper Charles Taylor has purchased a majority share in Fraud Keeper, a company based in Argentina that offers fraud detection program on a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform. Fraud Keeper has more than 20 years experience … Source: Claims Journal

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd has reached a settlement worth $225 million to resolve claims the drugmaker fueled an opioid epidemic in Texas by improperly marketing addictive pain medications, the state’s attorney general said on Monday. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton … Source: Claims Journal

NEW YORK (AP) — For all the potential peril of a workplace romance, the most common source of trouble, experts say, is allowing it to remain a secret. A case in point was this week’s abrupt ouster of longtime CNN … Source: Claims Journal

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The winter storm that caused hundreds of thousands of power outages and contributed to hundreds of traffic accidents from Texas to Maine had moved out to sea Saturday, and while most locations were returning to normal, … Source: Claims Journal

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell told teams Saturday that the league will look to bolster policies meant to encourage hiring of minorities, particularly as head coaches, and he pledged an investigation into tanking allegations raised by Brian Flores in his discrimination … Source: Claims Journal

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Cyclone Batsirai’s torrential winds and rain are hammering Madagascar, after landing on the island’s east coast late Saturday. An estimated 45,000 people have been displaced by the tropical storm, the National Office for Risk and Disaster … Source: Claims Journal

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Officials in a North Carolina city confirmed on Saturday that firefighters responded to a call in late December about a smoldering pile of “fertilizer material” at a plant where, weeks later, an explosion and uncontrolled flames … Source: Claims Journal

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Arson investigators on Friday tried to determine the cause of a fire and explosion at a barn in rural Oregon that killed a volunteer firefighter, while the governor ordered flags at state buildings flown at half-staff … Source: Claims Journal