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Grease and sewage from a nearby Waffle House caused thousands of dollars in damage when it seeped onto an Alabama man’s property, he said in a lawsuit. Mack Crook Jr. of Anniston is seeking $800,000 from Norcross, Georgia-based Waffle House … Source: Claims Journal
Inadequate highway markings caused a fatal Greyhound bus crash in California last year that killed two people and injured 13 others, including the driver, federal officials said Tuesday. The National Transportation Safety Board report said that the lack of reflective … Source: Claims Journal
Uber says it is resuming its self-driving car program in Arizona and Pittsburgh after it was suspended following a crash over the weekend. The company had also grounded self-driving cars in San Francisco over the weekend but they resumed operating … Source: Claims Journal
A medical helicopter crash in Colorado that killed the pilot and seriously injured two passengers was preventable, federal investigators said Tuesday. The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the July 3, 2015, crash in Frisco stemmed from a pre-flight check … Source: Claims Journal
Ford is recalling more than 570,000 vehicles in North America and Europe to fix separate problems that can cause engine fires and doors to fly open unexpectedly. The recalls will hit the company’s bottom line in the first quarter of … Source: Claims Journal
It took Jaclyn Bentley nearly three years to prove she didn’t burn her house down for the insurance money, allegations she and her lawyer say were born of the junk practice of analyzing cellphone tower data. She was camping with … Source: Claims Journal
Artificial intelligence (AI) and the internet of things (IoT) now account for almost half of total investment in insurance technology (insurtech) startups globally, new research from Accenture shows. The research, which includes new analysis of CB Insights data on 450 … Source: Claims Journal
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker is sponsoring workers’ compensation legislation aimed at making it easier to determine whether someone is an employee or an independent contractor. Walker’s bill creates a new definition for independent contractors to determine if employers have to … Source: Claims Journal
A crash that caused an Uber self-driving SUV to flip onto its side in a Phoenix suburb serves as a stark reminder of the challenges surrounding autonomous vehicles in Arizona, a state that has gone all-in to entice the company … Source: Claims Journal
The family of a Canadian filmmaker and conservationist who died during a shark filming excursion off the Florida Keys filed a wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday. Rob Stewart, 37, of Toronto, Canada, died in January off Islamorada, Florida, while filming a … Source: Claims Journal