Trump Order for Meat Processing Plants to Stay Open Eases Plant Owner’s Liability Fears WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump plans to order U.S. meat processing plants facing concerns about coronavirus outbreaks to stay open... Read More
Viewpoint: A Solution to the COVID-19 Liability Problem Whenever we’re ready to re-open Covid-closed businesses, we’ll have to resolve some important questions about how to do so safely.... Read More
Judge Orders W. Va. Gov’s Coal Companies To Pay Fines, Fees CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A federal judge in Kentucky has ordered companies owned by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice to pay... Read More
Editor's Picks NCCI: COVID-19 Will Cost Billions Even With Modest Infection Rates If only 10 percent of health care workers contract COVID-19 and all of their claims are deemed compensable, workers’ compensation... Read More
U.S. Judge Rules Talc Lawsuits Against J&J Can Proceed, Testimony Limited Thousands of plaintiffs who say that Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder and talc products caused cancer can go forward with... Read More
Major Retailers Call on States to Adopt Uniform Reopening Plans The top two trade groups representing major retailers such as Walmart Inc., Target Corp. and Best Buy Co. are calling... Read More
Labor Department Issues New Guidance For Meatpacking Workers The U.S. Labor Department issued new guidelines on Sunday for U.S. meatpacking and meat-processing plants that have seen a rash... Read More
Companies Bet On AI Cameras to Track Social Distancing, Limit Liability Stores and workplaces eager to avoid spreading the novel coronavirus are equipping existing security cameras with artificial intelligence software that... Read More
Editor's Picks Some Insurance Regulators Skeptical About Business Interruption Claims Insurance commissioners in at least seven states have advised business owners not to get their hopes up if pursuing business-interruption... Read More
Analyst Projects COVID-19 Presumption for Work Comp Will Cost $10 Billion While the potential cost of relaxing a tenet of the workers compensation system to deal with extraordinary circumstances of COVID-19... Read More