Pandemic Exposes Gaps in Travel Insurance Coverage April 29, 2020 By Ben Finley NORFOLK, Va. — For many people, travel insurance has been little more than a box that pops up on a...
Barges Hit Mississippi Bridge, Some Drift Into 2nd Bridge April 29, 2020 VICKSBURG, Miss. — Barges hit a 90-year-old railroad bridge over the Mississippi River, and some broke away and drifted back...
Insurers Want Taxpayers to Back Pandemic Coverage For Businesses April 29, 2020 By Suzanne Barlyn The U.S. insurance industry is promoting the idea of an insurance plan backed by the federal government that would help...
Amazon Turns to Chinese Firm on U.S. Blacklist to Meet Thermal Camera Needs April 29, 2020 By Krystal Hu and Jeffrey Dastin NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon.com Inc has bought cameras to take temperatures of workers during the coronavirus pandemic from a...
2nd Circuit Throws Out $64 Million Jury Award Against Fireman’s Fund April 29, 2020 By Jim Sams A federal appellate court on Tuesday overturned a jury’s award of $64 million against Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. for allegedly...
Trump Order for Meat Processing Plants to Stay Open Eases Plant Owner’s Liability Fears April 29, 2020 By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump plans to order U.S. meat processing plants facing concerns about coronavirus outbreaks to stay open...
Viewpoint: A Solution to the COVID-19 Liability Problem April 28, 2020 By Noah Feldman Whenever we’re ready to re-open Covid-closed businesses, we’ll have to resolve some important questions about how to do so safely....
California Virus War Slams Into Its Other Crisis: Wildfires April 28, 2020 By David R Baker and Mark Chediak A crisis California didn’t foresee — the Covid-19 pandemic — is complicating preparations for one that arrives with a vengeance...
New York AG Raises Concerns About Amazon’s Pandemic Safety Practices April 28, 2020 By Kanishka Singh and Aakriti Bhalla Amazon.com Inc may have violated safety measures and labor practices amid the coronavirus pandemic as it fired a warehouse protest...
World’s Mine Workers Resist Quick Restart Amid Coronavirus April 28, 2020 By Tanisha Heiberg, Helen Reid and Marco Aquino JOHANNESBURG/LIMA — As mining heavyweights South Africa and Peru move to lift coronavirus lockdowns, workers in deep mines are resisting...