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1 06, 2021

New Fee Schedule Could Limit Care for Michigan Crash Victims, Providers Say

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Courtnie Bush, 16, was never supposed to wake up again, much less smile, stand and walk after she was in a car crash in December. Her mom Jenna said what Courtnie accomplished since then is nothing short of a miracle …

28 05, 2021

COVID Takes Big Bite from Multiline Insurers’ Earnings, but It’s a Manageable Event: S&P

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The COVID-19 crisis cost 16 global multiline insurers about $8 billion in 2020, although they still reported substantial net profit of $36 billion, according to a report published by S&P Global Ratings. This net profit figure was down from $56 …

1 06, 2021

U.S. Western States Preparing for Summer Wildfire Season

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Wearing soot-smudged, fire-resistant clothing and helmets, several wildland firefighters armed with hoes moved through a stand of ponderosa pines as flames tore through the underbrush. The firefighters weren’t there to extinguish the fire. They had started it. The prescribed burn, …

28 05, 2021

Australia Weighs Capping Fees for Litigation Funders, Lawyers as Class Actions Surge

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SYDNEY – Australia is considering capping fees for litigation funders and lawyers, and guaranteeing a minimum rate of return for plaintiffs, in its latest clamp down on the industry following a surge in costly class action lawsuits. Australia’s government last …

1 06, 2021

Shallow Quake Confirmed Beneath Lake Tahoe

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A shallow magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck beneath Lake Tahoe on Friday but there were no immediate reports of any injuries of serious damage, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. The quake reported at 8:25 a.m. was about 5.5 miles west of …

28 05, 2021

Cyber Insurers Seeing Surge in Interest by Energy Companies Since Pipeline Attack

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U.S. energy companies are scrambling to buy more cyber insurance after this month’s attack on Colonial Pipeline disrupted the U.S. fuel supply, but they can expect to pay more as cyber insurers plan to hike rates following a slew of …

1 06, 2021

Montana Man Must Pay Restitution to Insurer for Arson

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A south-central Montana man who pleaded no contest to hiring someone to burn down his house for the insurance money so he could pay a debt to the federal government in a drug case has been ordered to pay restitution. …

28 05, 2021

India Oil Giant Under Fire for Offshore Disaster During Cyclone Tauktae

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When India’s weather office sent out cyclone warnings on May 13 and most vessels moved to safety, one barge working on Oil and Natural Gas Corp.’s field off the Mumbai coast stayed put. That decision would prove fatal when Tauktae, …

1 06, 2021

Judge OKs Class Action Status for Suit by Women Employees Suing Google

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Alphabet Inc.’s Google failed to persuade a judge to block class-action status for a gender-pay disparity lawsuit brought on behalf of almost 11,000 women. A San Francisco state judge certified the class action Thursday, allowing the four lead plaintiffs to …

28 05, 2021

Attorney Dershowitz Files $80 Million Defamation Suit Against Netflix

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Attorney and Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz is suing Netflix for $80 million over his portrayal in the streaming service’s “Filthy Rich” series about sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Miami federal court, contends that Netflix intentionally …