Archive for June 2023
Jaguar Recalls I-Pace Electric Vehicles Due to Fire Risk in Batteries
DETROIT (AP) — Jaguar is recalling more than 6,000 I-Pace electric SUVs in the U. S. due to the risk of the high-voltage battery overheating and catching fire. The recall is the latest in a series of electric vehicle battery … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreWildfire on Canada’s Atlantic Coast Forces Evacuation of 16,000 People
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — Nova Scotia’s leader begged people to stay out of the woods and avoid any activity that could start more fires after a wildfire on Canada’s Atlantic coast damaged about 200 houses and other structures and … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreSafety Agency to Require Automatic Emergency Braking on New Vehicles
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government’s auto safety agency plans to require that all new passenger cars and light trucks include potentially life-saving automatic emergency braking and meet stricter safety standards within three years. Wednesday’s announcement by the National Highway … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreLimo Company Manager Sentenced to at Least 5 Years for New York Crash
SCHOHARIE, N.Y. (AP) – A former limousine company manager was sentenced Wednesday to at least five years in prison for his role in a crash that killed 20 people in rural New York. Nauman Hussain, 33, was convicted of manslaughter … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreLeaky Nevada Irrigation Canal Prompts Litigation over Water Rights
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Water conflicts are nothing new to the arid West, where myriad users long have vied for their share of the precious resource from California’s Central Valley to the Colorado and Missouri rivers. But few have waded … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreFla. Judge Slams SFR for Misrepresentations in Appraisals
SFR Services, a Florida restoration firm made famous by its volume of claims litigation and its charges that United Property & Casualty Insurance Co. had instructed desk adjusters to alter their estimates, now finds itself in some legal trouble of … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreTriple-Whammy of Cyclones Drove Italy’s Deadly Flooding, Scientists Say
ROME (AP) — A rare, triple-whammy of cyclones drove the deadly flooding that devastated much of northern Italy this month, but scientists said Wednesday that climate change doesn’t seem to be to blame for the intense rainfall. Using computer simulations … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreTransporting Migrants Out of Fla. a New Venture for MMA Investor
The owners of a business that loaned McClenny Moseley & Associates $3 million to find clients with hurricane-damaged homes and earn fees by submitting damage estimates to insurers has embarked on a new venture: Transporting unauthorized aliens out of Florida. … Source: Claims Journal
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