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Texas Chemical Plant to Pay $6.6M Over Injuries From 2019 Fire

Intercontinental Terminals Company LLC agreed to pay more than $6.6 million to federal and state natural resource trustees to resolve claims for natural resource damages resulting from a 2019 fire at ITC’s Deer Park terminal facility near Houston that released …

Credit Suisse Unit Did ‘Incompetent Best’ for Billionaire Client, Lawyer Says

A lawyer for a Credit Suisse trust seeking to overturn the $743 million in damages the bank owes to Georgian billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili said the staff responsible did their “incompetent best.” In a surprise concession to the challenge the Swiss …

Farmworker Who Survived Mass Shooting at Mushroom Farm Sues Company And Owner

A migrant farmworker who survived a mass shooting last year at a Northern California mushroom farm has filed a lawsuit against the farm and one of its owners, saying they failed to keep him safe from the colleague who authorities …

Worker Burned in Explosion at Wisconsin Stadium Settles Lawsuit for $22M

A worker burned in a 2022 explosion during renovation work on the University of Wisconsin’s Camp Randall Stadium has settled his lawsuit against the project’s general contractor for $22 million, his attorney says. The settlement in Jeremy Rose’s lawsuit against …

Report: $2.1B Loss if Noneconomic Damage Caps Removed in Colorado

A report from the Colorado Chamber of Commerce and the American Property Casualty Insurance Association estimates a proposal to remove the noneconomic damage caps in Colorado would result in a $2.1 billion annual loss in state GDP and 15,500 jobs. …

FEMA Assistance Tops $20M for San Diego County

The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Small Business Administration today have distributed more $20 million in disaster recovery assistance for survivors in San Diego County. It is part of an effort by FEMA and the California Governor’s Office of …

Court Approves 3M Settlement Over ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Public Water Systems

Chemical manufacturer 3M will begin payments starting in the third quarter to many U.S. public drinking water systems as part of a multi-billion-dollar settlement over contamination with potentially harmful compounds used in firefighting foam and several consumer products, the company …

Google Agrees to Delete Web Browsing Data as It Settles ‘Incognito’ Lawsuit

Google said it would delete millions of records of users’ browsing activities as part of a settlement of a class-action lawsuit that alleged it tracked people without their knowledge. The case, filed in 2020, alleged the Alphabet Inc. unit surreptitiously …

California Green City Backers Advance Landowner Legal Fight

A company that bought property for a group of tech billionaires trying to build a sustainable city in northern California won a ruling advancing its lawsuit that accused landowners in the project’s target area of a conspiracy to drive up …

Mother of 8-Year-Old ‘Violently Sucked’ into Houston Hotel Pool Files Wrongful Death Suit

The mother of an 8-year-old Texas girl who died over the weekend after being “violently sucked” into a gap in a hotel’s pool system has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the hotel seeking damages in excess of $1 million. …