Archive for January 2024

SUZU, Japan (AP) — His face hidden under a humble straw hat, the man stood silent, watching several helmeted rescue workers carefully lift his wife`s body from the rubble, wrapped in blue plastic on a stretcher. He wiped his weary … Source: Claims Journal

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The Georgia Department of Transportation said Wednesday it has chosen a general contractor to oversee a $189 million project to raise Savannah`s towering suspension bridge so that larger cargo ships can pass underneath and reach one … Source: Claims Journal

A builder’s risk insurance policy is meant to protect property and materials during a construction or renovation project and covers property on construction sites when it’s damaged or destroyed by fire, vandalism or other unexpected events. Typically, coverage ends when … Source: Claims Journal

Just because an insurer paid the full policy limits on a claim, and argues that the damages weren’t even covered, doesn’t mean it can escape a bad faith lawsuit. A panel of the Florida 4th District Court of Appeal reversed … Source: Claims Journal

A U.S. anti-discrimination agency has asked a federal judge to reject Tesla Inc’s TSLA.O bid to pause a lawsuit alleging widespread racial bias at the electric carmaker’s flagship Fremont, California, assembly plant. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in a … Source: Claims Journal

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Europe experienced stark weather contrasts on Wednesday, with extreme cold and snowstorms disrupting transportation and closing schools in Scandinavia while strong winds and heavy rain in western Europe caused flooding and at least one death. Temperatures … Source: Claims Journal

TOKYO (AP) — A transcript of communication between traffic control and two aircraft that collided and burst into flames at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport showed that only the larger Japan Airlines passenger flight was given permission to use the runway where … Source: Claims Journal

SUZU, Japan (AP) — Japanese rescue workers and canine units searched urgently through rubble Wednesday ahead of predicted bitter cold and heavy rain in what the prime minister called a race against time after powerful earthquakes killed at least 73 … Source: Claims Journal

The owners and operators of a hotel in Omaha, Nebraska, have agreed to pay $100,000 to a former general manager and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the … Source: Claims Journal

The federal circuit appeals court for the District of Columbia (D.C.) has asked D.C’s highest court for guidance on the standard of negligence in a case involving a noticeably intoxicated man who died after falling from a train platform into … Source: Claims Journal