West News Insurers Relieved After Calif. Court Clarifies Small Claims Appeal Rules February 3, 2020 By Jim Sams Defense attorneys hope a published opinion issued last week by a California appellate court will curb a tactic used by... Read More
East News Court Says Insurance Doesn’t Cover Attacker in School Fight January 31, 2020 By Randall Chase DOVER, Del. — Delaware’s Supreme Court has overturned a judge’s ruling that an insurance company must extend liability coverage to... Read More
West News Los Angeles High-Rise that Caught Fire Lacked Sprinklers January 31, 2020 By Brian Melley and Stefanie Dazio LOS ANGELES — A 25-story West Los Angeles apartment tower that caught fire, forcing firefighters to pluck stranded people from... Read More
West News Helicopter Company in Kobe Bryant Crash not Certified to Fly in Poor Visibility January 31, 2020 The charter company whose helicopter crashed and killed basketball star Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others on Sunday was... Read More
All Tesla Directors But Musk Settle Investors’ SolarCity Suits January 31, 2020 By Jef Feeley and Dana Hull All Tesla Inc. directors except Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk agreed to a $60 million settlement to resolve shareholder lawsuits... Read More
West News Wine ‘Smoke Taint’ Disputes Linger 2 Years After Wildfires January 31, 2020 By Tyler Gerking Recent wildfires in California Wine Country, particularly those that devastated parts of Napa and Sonoma counties in October 2017, have... Read More
Viewpoint: Does Artificial Intelligence Know Who’s Barn is the Next to Burn Down? January 31, 2020 By Tom Quirk I shudder at the thought that an algorithm developed by artificial intelligence will allow the insurance industry to no longer... Read More
U.S. Refiners, Chemical Makers Pare Insurance Coverage as Accidents Boost Costs January 31, 2020 By Laura Sanicola U.S. refineries and petrochemical plants are cutting back on insurance because several years of severe accidents have driven up the... Read More
J&J Ordered to Pay $344 Million Over Vaginal-Mesh Marketing January 30, 2020 By Jef Feeley and Bill Callahan Johnson & Johnson was ordered to pay $344 million for misrepresenting the risks of vaginal-mesh implants to consumers in California,... Read More
Texas / South Central News CEO Walks Back Pledge to Fix Homes Damaged in Houston Blast January 30, 2020 By Juan A. Lozano HOUSTON — The head of a company involved in a massive explosion in Houston that killed two workers and injured... Read More