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South Carolina Senator Wants Bigger Fine for Slow Left Lane Drivers

One South Carolina lawmaker wants to increase the fine for drivers who go slowly in the left lane. State Sen. Ross Turner said his 200-mile round trip commute from Greenville to Columbia helped convince him of the need for a …

Drug Makers Face Additional Liability After California High Court Decision

A sharply divided California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that pharmaceutical companies can be held liable for warning labels on generic versions of drugs they once made even after they’ve sold the drugs to other companies and stopped manufacturing them. The …

Preventing Deadly Car Rammings

A deadly attack this week in Melbourne, Australia, in which a man plowed an SUV into a crowd of Christmas shoppers comes from the same playbook used by terrorists in recent years around the globe. Many new vehicles rolling off …

Indiana Firm Ordered to Uphold Insurance Policies for Toxic Site Cleanup

A public television station has won a court battle over insurance policies that could pay for cleaning up contamination at the site of a shuttered Evansville, Indiana, dry-cleaning business. Judge Richard D’Amour ordered Red Ink Management LLC on Wednesday to …

Hundreds of Superfund Sites Face Flood Risks

When Anthony Stansbury moved down the street from the Anclote River in Florida last year, he didn’t know his slice of paradise had a hidden problem. The neighborhood is adjacent to the Stauffer Chemical Co. Superfund site, a former chemical …

Honda Reports 20th Death due to Exploding Takata Airbag

A faulty Takata airbag inflator has killed another person, this time in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Honda said Tuesday night. The unidentified person is the 20th death worldwide attributed to the faulty inflators, which can explode with too much force and …

Amtrak Didn’t Wait for Speed Control System That May Have Prevented Wreck

The rush to launch service on a new, faster Amtrak route near Seattle came at a deadly cost: none of the critical speed-control technology that could have prevented a derailment was active before the train set off on its maiden …

Oregon OSHA Report Outlines Employee Attacks at Chimp Sanctuary

Employees of a chimpanzee sanctuary in central Oregon were harmed by the animals by way of “amputations, choking, grabbing and biting,” a report by a state workplace safety agency said. The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division found 10 safety …

Pennsylvania Governor Orders Changes to Insurance for Sex Harassment Cases

Pennsylvania’s governor said Wednesday he wants to see changes in a state government self-insurance program that funded a quarter-million-dollar settlement over sexual harassment allegations against a state lawmaker. Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf said he learned this week about the settlement …

Business News: American Family, Trov/Waymo Partnership, ClaimVantage

American Family Invests in Advanced Analytics and AI Through Acquisition of Networked Insights With the purchase of Chicago-based data and analytics software company, Networked Insights, American Family Insurance will accelerate its digital transformation, including its use of data, advanced analytics …

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