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United Airlines Says Boeing to Compensate for Damages Caused by MAX 9 Grounding

United Airlines will receive compensation from planemaker Boeing for financial damages incurred in the first quarter due to the grounding of 737 MAX 9 aircraft, the carrier said on Wednesday. U.S. regulators had in January grounded some Boeing 737 MAX …

Smartmatic, One America News Settle Election Defamation Lawsuit

Smartmatic has settled a lawsuit accusing right-wing television network One America News of defamation by falsely claiming that the voting technology company rigged the 2020 U.S. presidential election to help Joe Biden beat Donald Trump. Terms of the settlement are …

Bayer Pushes Legislation in Multiple States for Legal Shield Against Lawsuits

Stung by paying billions of dollars for settlements and trials, chemical giant Bayer has been lobbying lawmakers in three states to pass bills providing it a legal shield from lawsuits that claim its popular weedkiller Roundup causes cancer. Nearly identical …

Viewpoint: The Impact of Behavioral Health on Workers’ Comp

Workers’ compensation is a crucial safety net for employees who suffer injuries or illnesses in the workplace by providing financial support, rehabilitation and medical care. However, beyond the physical aspects of workplace injuries, the role of behavioral health in workers’ …

EVs Head for Junkyard as Mechanic Shortage Inflates Repair Costs

Electric car sales already are in a funk in key markets around the globe. Challenges finding enough repair technicians threatens to further stifle demand in the UK, where consumer uptake has stagnated for the better part of two years. A …

Supplemental Claims Don’t Need to Include Damage Estimates, Fed Appeals Court Says

A federal appeals court has, at least for now, put an end to lingering questions about some property insurance claims litigation: The insured does not need to submit a competing damage estimate when filing a supplemental claim if the policy …

AccuWeather: Record Warm Winter Costs Businesses Billions in Losses

Unseasonably warm winter weather cost businesses and event planners in the northern Plains and upper Midwest billions of dollars in estimated losses, according to estimates from AccuWeather. Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Iowa experienced the warmest winter on record, …

Supreme Court Makes It Easier to Sue for Job Discrimination

The US Supreme Court made it easier for employees to sue over discriminatory job transfers, siding with a St. Louis police officer who says she was shifted to a different role against her will because she is female. The justices …

Triple-I: Insurance Economic Drivers Outperform Overall US GDP

The economic drivers of the U.S. property/casualty insurance industry are growing faster than the nation’s Gross Domestic Product and are expected to gain further momentum in the event of Federal Reserve monetary rate cuts, according to the Insurance Information Institute’s …

Wildfires Are Upending Some of the Safest Bets on Wall Street

When the Texas Panhandle went up in flames this winter, the news spread fast on Wall Street. An electric utility by the name of Xcel Energy Inc. was getting blamed for the massive blaze — a lawsuit pointed the finger …

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