A Utah woman sued an airbag maker, her car manufacturer and the dealership that inspected the safety device after it sent shrapnel into her neck during a crash, leaving her unable to speak normally. Randi Johnston’s air bag deployed in … Source: Claims Journal

A car built by Google that drives itself around California streets had a brush with the law for driving too slowly. A police officer in the tech giant’s Silicon Valley hometown pulled over the prototype car Thursday because it was … Source: Claims Journal

CNA Financial Corporation announced the appointment of Dino E. Robusto as chairman and chief executive officer, effective on or about December 1, 2016. Robusto will succeed Thomas F. Motamed who will retire at the end of 2016. Motamed will continue … Source: Claims Journal

Come May 2016, turbocharged forecasts capable of faster updates as conditions change will be used to predict flooding on Central Texas rivers, an innovation expected to give emergency managers more lead time to prepare for problems downstream. “What if you … Source: Claims Journal

Volkswagen is telling employees that they can come forward with information about how the company cheated on U.S. emissions tests – and won’t be fired. In a move to get to the bottom of the scandal more quickly, Volkswagen brand … Source: Claims Journal

After the Mississippi River flooded four years ago, more than 100 Illinois families agreed – some reluctantly – to sell their homes to the government for demolition so they could move to higher ground. With the paperwork finally coming together … Source: Claims Journal

Levels of carbon dioxide and methane, the two most important greenhouse gases, reached record highs last year, continuing the warming effect on the world’s climate, the U.N. weather agency said Monday. CO2 levels rose to nearly 398 parts per million, … Source: Claims Journal

The International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions (IAIABC) has concluded the first year of its Foundations of Workers’ Compensation Administration Program, and is gearing up to begin the 2016 Program. The IAIABC Foundations Program provides participants from jurisdictional … Source: Claims Journal

A jury in King County Superior Court has found the firm of Ernst & Young negligent and liable for half of more than $20 million lost by a Washington state investment company in the wake of Bernie Madoff’s multi-decade investment … Source: Claims Journal

Results of a study on corporate confidence in responding to a data breach are in and of the 604 executives who responded, just 34 percent feel their company’s data breach response plans are effective. Though data breaches ranked second only … Source: Claims Journal