Spouse Married After Injury Can Still Seek Damages in Asbestos Claim, Florida High Court Rules May 13, 2024 By William Rabb The Florida Supreme Court has opened the door a little wider to wrongful death claims from people who weren’t married...
New Report Shows Nuclear Verdicts Surged to $14.5B in 2023 May 13, 2024 By Ezra Amacher Nuclear verdicts of at least $10 million reached a 15-year high in 2023, while 27 verdicts were “thermonuclear,” or more...
Uber Hit With £250 Million Suit From London’s Black Cab Drivers May 3, 2024 By Upmanyu Trivedi Uber Technologies Inc. was sued by thousands of London’s black cab drivers in a suit seeking hundreds of million pounds...
Insurer Chubb Prepares to Pay $350M in Baltimore Bridge Collapse May 2, 2024 By Niket Nishant Chubb, the insurer of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge that collapsed in March, is preparing to make a $350 million...
UnitedHealth Hack Put Data of One in Three Americans at Risk May 2, 2024 By John Tozzi UnitedHealth Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Andrew Witty told lawmakers his company is still trying to determine why its computer...
Florida ‘Butt Lift’ Surgery Clinic Linked to 15 Drug-Resistant Bacteria Infections May 2, 2024 Florida and federal health officials have determined that 15 infections from a drug-resistant bacteria have been linked to a south...
J&J Seeks Backing for $11 Billion Baby Powder Cancer Deal May 1, 2024 By Jef Feeley and Steven Church Johnson & Johnson will ask thousands of people suing over its allegedly tainted baby powder to vote in favor of...
Philips Paying $1.1B to Resolve Lawsuits Over Breathing Machines That Expel Debris May 1, 2024 By Matthew Perrone Medical device maker Philips said it will pay $1.1 billion to settle hundreds of personal injury lawsuits in the U.S....
Hack That Paralyzed US Health Care Turns Up Scrutiny on Insurer April 30, 2024 By John Tozzi, Riley Griffin and Jordan Robertson When a cyberattack on Change Healthcare paralyzed much of the US health-care system, some lawmakers saw it as proof its...
Warren Buffett’s PacifiCorp Now Faces $30 Billion Fire Claim Demand April 30, 2024 By Rachel Graf Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s PacifiCorp now faces a demand for $30 billion from victims of Oregon’s 2020 Labor Day wildfires, an...