Monthly Archives: <span>March 2023</span>

How Much Is a Picture Worth? Let Jury Decide in Personal Injury Claim, Says Court

Photos of damaged vehicles are relevant to the likelihood and degree of personal injury in a car accident case and they are admissible at trial, even when no expert witnesses are around to testify about them, the Massachusetts high court …

WCRI: Extended Physical Medicine Treatment Drives Up Cost of Low Back Claims

PHOENIX — Low back pain is one of the most common workplace injuries. Most cases can be resolved through physical medicine. Treatment guidelines call for two to three visits a week for four to six weeks and then an evaluation …

Lawsuit Accuses Zuckerberg, Meta of Failing to Address Sex Trafficking, Child Exploitation

A new lawsuit accuses Mark Zuckerberg and other Meta Platforms Inc. executives and directors of failing to do enough to stop sex trafficking and child sexual exploitation on Facebook and Instagram. The complaint made public late Monday by several pension …

Arturo Unveils New Brand and Product Vision to Create Business Impact Through Property Intelligence for the Entire Insurance Ecosystem

The company announced a bold new direction and an enterprise-wide solution designed to unify underwriting, risk and claims workflows DENVER – March 20, 2023 – Arturo, the property intelligence company that delivers portfolio-wide underwriting, risk, claims and catastrophe-driven event insights, …

Michigan Highway Reopens After 150-Vehicle Pileup

An interstate highway stretch in central Michigan has reopened following a massive pileup involving 150 vehicles in whiteout conditions that left 16 people hospitalized. Interstate 96 in Ionia County reopened about 10 p.m. Saturday, about five hours after authorities reported …

U.S. Studies Ways to Insure All Bank Deposits If Crisis Grows

U.S. officials are studying ways they might temporarily expand Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. coverage to all deposits, a move sought by a coalition of banks arguing that it’s needed to head off a potential financial crisis. Treasury Department staff are …

Judge Blocks California Law Requiring Safety Features for Handguns

A federal judge on Monday blocked California from enforcing a state law requiring new semiautomatic handguns to have certain safety features, finding it violates the right to bear arms under the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The ruling by …

Fox News, Dominion Seek Pretrial Rulings in $1.6 Billion Defamation Case

A pretrial hearing in the $1.6 billion defamation suit by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox Corp. over Fox News airing debunked vote-rigging claims bogged down on Tuesday in a squabble over presentation of sealed information in open court. Delaware Superior …

States Pressure Hyundai, Kia to Do More to Tackle Theft Risk

A group of 22 U.S. state attorneys general on Monday blasted Hyundai Motor and Kia Corp. and said they need do more to address problems with millions of U.S. vehicles that are prone to theft. Last month, the Korean automakers …

Gov. DeSantis Suggests Citizens Insurance ‘Not Solvent;’ Board Approves Cat Bond

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis raised some questions Friday when he suggested that Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the state-created insurer, has “not been solvent” and may be unable to pay all claims from a major hurricane. The head-scratching comments came just …