West News California May Go Dark This Summer, and Most Aren’t Ready A plan by California’s biggest utility to cut power on high-wind days during the onrushing wildfire season could plunge millions... Read More
Road to Recovery N.J. Court Prohibits Lawyer from Asking Client at Trial if Vehicle Totaled A New Jersey Superior Court judge recently issued a written ruling, holding that, as a matter of first impression, it... Read More
News Prevent Runaway Jury Verdicts by Neutralizing the Reptile Theory: Viewpoint We see the frequent headlines: A plaintiff is awarded millions of dollars in damages for a physical or emotional injury... Read More
East News Three Mile Island Plant, Site of Nuclear Accident, to Close HARRISBURG, Pa. — Three Mile Island, site of the United States’ worst nuclear power accident, will begin a planned shutdown... Read More
News Following Opioid Suits, Family Behind Deadly OxyContin Squabbles NEW YORK (Reuters) – A united front among members of the billionaire Sackler family behind painkiller OxyContin is showing signs... Read More
Texas / South Central News Heavy Rain and Widespread Power Outages Hit Southeast Texas, Louisiana Hailstones the size of golf balls accompanied by as much as four inches of rain pelted the U.S. Gulf coast... Read More
East News NYC Leaves Billions in Sandy Aid Unspent, Adding to Risks New York City has only spent 54% of the $14.7 billion in already-approved U.S. funds for recovery and storm-protection following... Read More
News J&J’s Talc Defense Gets Harder After Cases Kept in State Courts Johnson & Johnson failed to get 2,400 state-court cancer lawsuits tied to its baby powder immediately transferred to a federal... Read More
News Boeing Sends 737 Max to Brand Rehab to Avoid Fate of Ford Pinto Boeing Co.’s 737 Max is about to join the list of brands trying to come back from ignominy. Analysts are... Read More
Midwest News Michigan Senate Approves Plan to Cut Car Insurance Rates LANSING, Mich. — Michigan’s Senate passed legislation Tuesday aimed at cutting the country’s highest average auto insurance premiums by eliminating... Read More