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Dog Bite Claims Soar in Frequency and Cost: Report
Insurers in the U.S. paid out $1.57 billion in dog-related injury claims in 2024, according to data compiled by the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I) and State Farm. The number of dog bite ...
15 Years After Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Lawsuits Stall and Restoration Is Incomplete
Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded off the Gulf Coast, killing 11 and sending 134 million gallons (500 million liters) of crude gushing into the ocean, the effects of the ...
Tesla Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit Claiming Sudden Acceleration in Ohio Crash
Elon Musk's electric vehicle company Tesla has agreed to settle a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the estate of a man who was killed in 2021 after his Tesla crashed and caught fire near Dayton, Ohio. ...
Severe Midwest Storms Result in Baseball Size Hail
The severe thunderstorms that struck the Midwest last week produced hail up to baseball size, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). Large hail occurred from New Glarus east to Edgerton, ...
Bill Aims to Make Staged Accidents a Federal Crime
A new bill, H.R. 2622, introduced earlier this month by Representatives Mike Collins (GA-10) and Brandon Gill (TX-26), could make staging an accident a federal crime. The bill seeks to amend title 49 ...
Bayer Lobbies States to Keep Glyphosate on Market
Bayer is lobbying U.S. states to adjust their regulations in the battle to control costly litigation targeting its herbicide glyphosate but is also prepared for a possible exit ...
Victims of ‘Low Attention Disasters’ Must Go It Alone
The ashes of Hatim Naim's burned home lie just a few dozen miles west of the Los Angeles areas destroyed by January's Palisades and Eaton fires. But because the Mountain Fire, which destroyed 182 ...
US Safety Agency to End Some Health and Injury Data Collecting After CDC Cuts
The U.S. consumer product safety agency will stop collecting data on injuries from incidents like car accidents and adverse drug effects due to staff cuts at the Centers for Disease Control and ...