Work Comp May Need Backstop as Presumptions Push Claim Costs into Billions May 11, 2020 By Jim Sams An executive order by California Gov. Gavin Newsom last week is the most aggressive yet among the directives issued by...
Woman Struck by Telephone Pole to Receive $125M From Verizon May 8, 2020 NEWARK, N.J. — The family of a woman who was paralyzed when she was struck by a falling telephone pole...
California Governor Expands Workers’ Comp Coverage in Virus Cases May 8, 2020 By Don Thompson SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday signed an executive order allowing employees across California’s economy to apply for...
Hundreds Evacuated as Wildfires Rage in Florida Panhandle May 8, 2020 PENSACOLA, Fla. — Firefighters in the Florida Panhandle battled wildfires through the night that have forced hundreds of people to...
Frontier Airlines to Mandate Temperature Screening For All Passengers May 8, 2020 Frontier Airlines said on Thursday it would begin temperature screenings for all passengers and crew members on June 1 and...
Cryptocurrency Investor Sues Suburban NYC Teen For $71.4M Over Alleged Swindle May 8, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK — A U.S. cryptocurrency investor on Thursday sued a suburban New York high school senior, accusing the 18-year-old...
U.S. Will Not Require Automakers to Recall 56M Takata Air Bag Inflators May 8, 2020 By David Shepardson WASHINGTON — U.S. auto safety regulators will not require automakers to recall 56 million additional Takata air bag inflators, the...
Viewpoint: How COVID-19 and Recession Are Upending Workers’ Comp May 8, 2020 By Gary Hagmueller COVID-19 and the onset of a deep global recession are reshaping every corner of workers’ compensation, from legal issues surrounding...
Hackers Target WHO by Posing as Think Tank, Broadcaster May 7, 2020 By Ryan Gallagher The messages began arriving in World Health Organization employees’ inboxes in early April, seemingly innocuous emails about the coronavirus from...
At Least Eleven Dead, Thousands Evacuated in India Gas Leak May 7, 2020 By Archana Chaudhary, Sudhi Ranjan Sen and Kanga Kong A gas leak at an LG Chem Ltd. polymer plant in southern India has killed at least 11 people and...