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

Legal, Insurance, Safety Issues Swirl Around ‘Rust’ Movie Set Shooting

Alec Baldwin the actor, who pulled the trigger on a prop gun while filming “Rust” in New Mexico and unwittingly killed a cinematographer and injured a director, likely won’t be held criminally or civilly liable for the tragedy. But Alec …

Johnson & Johnson Reaches $290M Texas Opioid Settlement

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a $290 million statewide opioid settlement agreement with Johnson & Johnson to resolve opioid-related claims. The agreement will largely track the terms of the Global Prescription Opioid Litigation Settlement Agreement that was announced July …

Reinsurers Increasingly Using ILS to Transfer Risks

Reinsurers are increasingly relying on third-party capital to support their retrocession needs, in which they transfer risks they have assumed to other counterparties. According to a report from S&P Global Ratings, reinsurers have ceded about 50% of their exposures at …

Three Teens Accused of Setting Maine Fire Facing Felony Murder Charge

Three teenagers accused of starting a fatal apartment building fire in Maine have been charged with felony murder, officials said. Two 13-year-olds and a 14-year-old were charged last month with arson, but those charges have been upgraded to felony murder, …

Illinois Engine Firm to Cut NOx Emissions, Pay $52M in Clear Air Act Settlement

Navistar Inc., an integrated manufacturer of trucks and diesel engines based in Lisle, Illinois, has agreed to mitigate at least 10,000 tons of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) emissions and pay a $52 million civil penalty in a consent decree to …

Suit Claims Trucker in Pennsylvania Crash Wore Noise-Canceling Headphones

Victims of a crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike that killed five people and hurt nearly all the dozens of passengers on a bus nearly two years ago claim in a lawsuit that one of the drivers was wearing noise-canceling headphones. …

Judge Dismisses More Unsettled Lawsuits Over Sex Abuse by Ohio State Doctor

A federal judge on Monday dismissed more of the unsettled lawsuits filed by men who say Ohio State University failed to stop sexual abuse decades ago by now-deceased team doctor Richard Strauss. U.S. District Court Judge Michael Watson’s latest rulings …

Minnesota Furniture Retailer Fined $60,000 for Denying Hire to Transgender Applicant

Frizzell Furniture, a furniture retailer with locations in northern Minnesota, has agreed to pay $60,000 and has committed to providing training and revising its policies to resolve a finding of gender identity discrimination, a form of sex discrimination, by the …

FEMA Extends Deadline to Apply for Hurricane Ida Assistance to Nov. 29

Louisiana residents seeking disaster aid from Hurricane Ida now have until Nov. 29 to apply for assistance. The Federal Emergency Management announced that the deadline to register for individual assistance has been extended an extra two weeks from the previous …

JKJ Merges with Witherspoon on Scuba and Marine Insurance

Johnson, Kendall & Johnson, an insurance brokerage firm, has merged with Tennessee-based Witherspoon & Associates to offer expanded coverage for the marine and scuba industry, the company announced. The merger will extend programs for individual professional liability, dive facilities, dive …