Monthly Archives: <span>March 2021</span>

Claims People: Crawford, Glatfelter, Berkshire Hathaway and Plymouth Rock

Crawford Appoints Loss Adjusting VP Crawford & Co. announced that Robert Pageau is returning to the company with an appointment as vice president, managing director of loss adjusting for the New England region. He reports to Larry Milburn, chief operating …

Boeing Weighs In on Potential Safety Risk With New Airbus Jet

Boeing Co. called out potential fire-safety issues with the fuel-tank design on Airbus SE’s coming 321XLR, a jet that’s crucial to the European planemaker’s future lineup. Airbus has positioned the rear-center fuel tank of the A321XLR under the floor of …

Bentley’s U.S. Recall Covers One $259,000 Flying Spur Sedan

The American owner of a rare, $259,000 British sedan is getting something even rarer: a recall involving only one car. Bentley Motors Ltd. is recalling one 2020 Flying Spur W12 because it is at risk of a fuel leak due …

To Go Electric, America Needs More Mines. Can it Build Them?

Last September, in the arid hills of northern Nevada, a cluster of flowers found nowhere else on earth died mysteriously overnight. Conservationists were quick to suspect Ioneer Ltd, an Australian firm that wants to mine the lithium that lies beneath …

Russia’s Nornickel Can Restore Water-Hit Mines, but Unclear When

MOSCOW — Russian metals producer Norilsk Nickel can draw on Soviet-era know-how to clear two partly-suspended ore mines of water, but it is hard to predict how long the operation will take, two industry experts said. Nornickel, the world’s largest …

Heavy Rains Lead To Rescues, Road Closures in Appalachia

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Heavy rain across Appalachia has led to water rescues, mudslides, road closures and power outages, officials said. In Kentucky, officials in Magoffin and Pike counties declared a state of emergency Sunday due to damage from the …

Hundreds Claim Decades of Abuse by 150 Youth Center Staffers

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Abuse allegations against New Hampshire’s state-run youth detention center now span six decades, with 150 staffers during that time accused of physically or sexually harming 230 children at a facility the victims’ attorney calls a “magnet …

TC Energy, Ex-Columbia Pipeline Execs Must Face Lawsuit Over $10 Billion Deal

WILMINGTON, Del. — TC Energy Corp and two former Columbia Pipeline Group Inc executives must defend against a lawsuit claiming the companies’ $10 billion merger in 2016 shortchanged Columbia investors, a Delaware judge ruled on Monday. Vice Chancellor Travis Laster …

Courts in N.Y., N.H. Rule Workers’ Comp Should Cover Marijuana Costs for Injured Workers

Courts in New York and New Hampshire have joined jurists in New Jersey in ruling that the cost of medical marijuana should be covered by state workers’ compensation systems. The New Hampshire Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a decision by …

Texas Power Firm Hit With $2.1 Billion Bill Files for Bankruptcy

The largest power generation and transmission cooperative in Texas filed for bankruptcy in the wake of power outages that caused an energy crisis during the winter freeze last month. Brazos Electric Power Cooperative filed for Chapter 11 in Texas after …