Archive for May 2023

The US Supreme Court on Thursday refused to clear a path for victims of attacks by militant organizations to hold social media companies liable under an anti-terrorism law for failing to stop the groups from using their platforms, handing a … Source: Claims Journal

Even though they have been suspended from the practice of law, attorneys with McClenny Moseley & Associates continue to rack up penalties as federal judges clean up a mess created by the law firm’s mass filing of hundreds of hurricane-damage … Source: Claims Journal

BOSTON (AP) – Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell said Monday that she’s reached a $6.1 mllion settlement with CVS to resolve allegations the pharmacy failed to follow state rules designed to keep costs down in the workers’ compensation insurance system. … Source: Claims Journal

DETROIT (AP) – Stellantis is telling owners of nearly 220,000 Jeep Cherokee SUVs worldwide to park them outdoors and away from other vehicles because the power liftgates can catch fire even when the engines are off. The company is recalling … Source: Claims Journal

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – The families of two teenagers shot to death in a Des Moines alternative high school have filed a lawsuit alleging the program and its founder were negligent in not keeping the premises safe. The families … Source: Claims Journal

Even before the Florida Legislature adopted the Insurer Accountability Act of 2023, requiring insurers to stop altering independent adjusters’ damage estimates without providing transparency, a number of Florida property insurers and adjuster firms stopped the practice on their own, said … Source: Claims Journal

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco’s district attorney Monday released surveillance video showing the fatal shooting of a suspected shoplifter by an on-duty Walgreens security guard, along with other footage and documents that she said support her decision not to … Source: Claims Journal

ROME (AP) — Rivers swollen by days of downpours flooded some towns in northern Italy on Tuesday, while in Venice, authorities were preparing to activate a mobile barrier in the lagoon in hopes of sparing the city from high-tide flooding, … Source: Claims Journal

Wells Media Group publications, online, research and podcasts have won a total of nine 2023 Azbee Awards of Excellence from the American Society of Business Publication Editors. “Being recognized by our publishing peers is truly gratifying,” said Andrea Wells, vice … Source: Claims Journal

NEW YORK – Norfolk Southern Corp. was sued on Tuesday by bondholders who said they lost hundreds of millions of dollars because the railroad concealed safety risks prior to the February derailment in Ohio of a train carrying hazardous chemicals. … Source: Claims Journal