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

Ariz. Supreme Ct. Rejects Constitutional Challenge to Law that Limits Liquor Servers’ Liability

A divided Arizona Supreme Court upheld a state law that limits liability to bars and restaurants for damages caused by intoxicated patrons, overturning a jury verdict that would have awarded $800,000 to the family of a man who was killed …

US Agency Probes Pedestrian Risks at GM’s Self-Driving Unit Cruise

U.S. auto safety regulator has opened a probe into whether General Motors’ self-driving unit Cruise has taken sufficient precautions with its autonomous vehicles to safeguard pedestrians, it said on Tuesday. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said its Office …

Toyota Extends Partial Production Halt at Two Japan Plants to Wednesday

TOKYO —Toyota Motor, the world’s biggest automaker by sales, will extend until Wednesday a partial production halt at two domestic assembly plants due to an accident at a supplier’s facility, a company spokesperson said. The incident at supplier Chuo Spring, …

Captain Likely Asleep Before Ferry Crash in Washington Last Year, Officials Conclude

Fatigue and complacency led to a passenger and car ferry crashing into a terminal in Seattle last year, causing $10.3 million in damage to the ferry, according to the National Transportation Safety Board’s final report. The Cathlamet ferry departed Vashon …

Filing a Day Late Leaves Insurer Short Under Mississippi’s Statute of Limitations

The Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled that an insurer misunderstood when a three-year statute of limitations begins in dismissing the insurer’s claims relating to a fire on an insured’s property. The high court affirmed that a statute of limitations begins …

Former Washington NFL Player Denied Workers’ Compensation for Hip

Stuart Anderson, who played linebacker for the National Football League’s Washington Redskins (now known as the Washington Commanders) in the mid-1980s, has lost his bid to collect workers’ compensation medical benefits. Anderson filed clams in 2018 and 2019 seeking benefits …

Semitruck Driver Killed When Colorado Train Derails, Spilling Train Cars and Coal

PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — A semi-trailer truck driver was killed when a train derailed and a bridge collapsed, spewing coal and mangled train cars across a highway near Pueblo, Colorado, on Sunday, authorities said. The Pueblo County Coroner’s Office said …

US Agency Fines Zipcar for Uncompleted Recall Rentals

WASHINGTON –– U.S. auto safety regulators said on Monday car-sharing firm Zipcar has agreed to pay a $150,000 fine after a government investigation found it allowed customers to rent vehicles with uncompleted recalls. Zipcar could be forced to pay another …

The Role of Forensic Meteorologists in Winter Weather Analysis

Winter is complicated whether we are judging the start or stop time of a winter event, the type of precipitation that has occurred, or the amount of accumulation. This article references numerous peer-reviewed studies regarding how winter precipitation greatly affects …

Catastrophe Bond Market Defies Global Selloff With Record Returns

As bond markets everywhere get battered by a cocktail of higher interest rates, deficit angst and hawkish central bankers, one class of debt instrument is handing creditors double-digit returns: catastrophe bonds. Investors in the $40 billion market for so-called cat …