Blue tarps that still cover hundreds of storm-damaged homes in Houston – including some houses battered by Hurricane Ike in 2008 – could finally be gone thanks to a new city program that’s promising to perform long-overdue roof repairs. In … Source: Claims Journal

The Rapides Parish Police Jury has hired a law firm to try to recover money they say was stolen from the District Attorney’s Office by an employee. The police jury, which is the governing authority for the parish, agreed on … Source: Claims Journal

XL Catlin Boosts Global Property Insurance Capacity to $400M To accommodate increasing property values around the world and more complex risks, XL Catlin extended its global property insurance capacity to $400 million (USD), a more than 25 percent increase from … Source: Claims Journal

More than seven years after an airline captain saved 155 lives by ditching his crippled airliner in the Hudson River, now the basis of a new movie, most of the safety recommendations stemming from the accident haven’t been carried out. … Source: Claims Journal

The widow and children of a man who went to a rural Hawaii health center with a sore throat in 2013 and ended up dead will receive a $4.2 million settlement from the federal government, the widow’s lawyer said Wednesday. … Source: Claims Journal

A newly released litigation trends survey indicates an upward trend in virtually all of the metrics relating to litigation and the broader disputes area. Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright released its 2016 Litigation Trends Annual Survey, which polled more … Source: Claims Journal

Lawyers who defend companies in product liability cases are celebrating an unusual order by a federal judge in Columbus, Georgia. In it, he told attorneys for the other side—the ones who represent injured consumers—that he was going to crack down … Source: Claims Journal

U.S. safety regulators started an official recall of Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy Note 7 smartphone, about two weeks after the company halted sales following reports of dozens of the devices catching fire or exploding. Samsung is recalling about 1 million … Source: Claims Journal

State transportation officials are planning to use new connected vehicle technology on the Interstate 80 corridor in an effort to prevent crashes on the road, which has the highest traffic volume in Wyoming. The I-80 corridor in Wyoming is one … Source: Claims Journal

Uber riders in Pittsburgh can get a glimpse of the future by summoning a car capable of handling most of the tasks of driving on its own. Starting Wednesday morning, a fleet of self-driving Ford Fusions will pick up Uber … Source: Claims Journal