Archive for December 2022
Women Sexually Abused by ICU Nurse Sue Colorado Hospital
DENVER (AP) — Two women who say a nurse sexually assaulted them while they were unconscious in intensive care filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Colorado hospital where they were being treated, alleging the hospital’s management didn’t do enough to … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreViewpoint: Florida Begins New Era with Major Property Insurance Reforms
For the fourth time since 2019, the Florida Legislature has enacted property insurance reforms aimed towards stabilizing a beleaguered insurance market. The bill, S.B. 2-A, creates a reinsurance assistance program, establishes additional oversight for insurers with high volumes of hurricane … Source: Claims Journal
Read MorePhilips Says Tests on Recalled Products Show Limited Health Risks
Dutch health technology company Philips PHG.AS said on Wednesday independent tests on its respiratory devices involved in a major global recall had shown limited health risks. The company rocked investors last year by recalling millions of breathing devices and ventilators … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreUS Pipeline Regulator Reviewing Special Permits After Keystone Oil Spills
The U.S. pipeline regulator launched a review this year of its special permits that waive certain operating requirements for pipelines, following a government report into spills on TC Energy’s Keystone oil pipeline, a source familiar with the matter said. The … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreAmazon to Make Big Business Changes in EU Settlement
Amazon will make major changes to its business practices to end competition probes in Europe by giving customers more visible choices when buying products and, for Prime members, more delivery options, European Union regulators said Tuesday. The EU’s executive Commission … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreA Ravaged Quebec Coast Fights Climate Change by Retreating
PERCE, Quebec (AP) — Against the ravaging seas, Quebec’s coastal communities have learned through bitter experience that the way to advance against climate change is to retreat. Over the past decade, civilization has been pulled back from the water’s edge … Source: Claims Journal
Read MorePolice Seize on COVID-19 Tech to Expand Global Surveillance
JERUSALEM (AP) — Majd Ramlawi was serving coffee in Jerusalem’s Old City when a chilling text message appeared on his phone. “You have been spotted as having participated in acts of violence in the Al-Aqsa Mosque,” it read in Arabic. … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreKy. Supreme Court Overturns Jury Verdict in Bad-Faith Claim
Cincinnati Insurance Co. dodged a $4.6 million judgment last week when the Kentucky Supreme Court found that a trial judge should have preempted a jury and granted a directed verdict in a bad-faith claim. If the injured third-party plaintiff failed … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreMagnitude 6.4 Earthquake Shakes Parts of Northern California
FERNDALE, Calif. (AP) — A strong earthquake shook parts of Northern California early Tuesday, jolting residents awake, cutting off power to thousands, and causing some damage to buildings and roads, officials said. Two injuries were reported. The magnitude 6.4 earthquake … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreCompany Asks Judge to Stop Demolition of Contaminated School
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) –The manufacturer of chemicals that are forcing Vermont’s largest city to tear down its high school wants to block the demolition, saying that would result in the destruction of evidence. Burlington’s school board sued Monsanto in federal … Source: Claims Journal
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