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5 New Lawsuits Filed in Fatal Minneapolis School Explosion

Five new lawsuits have been filed more than two years after a natural gas explosion caused part of a Minneapolis school to collapse, killing two people and injuring nine others. The lawsuits say CenterPoint Energy and Master Mechanical knew their …

No Evacuation Ordered in Fatal Festival Tent Collapse in Chicago Suburb

Police communications show law enforcement authorities were aware of a powerful August storm heading toward a suburban Chicago festival, but didn’t order an evacuation ahead of a fatal tent collapse, according to a newspaper report. One person died and nearly …

Scant U.S. Insurance Presence at Paris Summit, Says Ceres

You’d think just about everyone who’s anyone attended the massive climate change summit in Paris ending this week. The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP 21, drew an estimated 50,000 attendees to discuss ways to reduce Mankind’s carbon footprint, …

Missouri Lawmakers Add Limits on Liability Lawsuits

Missouri lawmakers have chipped away at the ability of injury victims to win money in court cases – nixing big-dollar judgments in some lead poisoning and traffic accident cases, and shielding volunteer health care workers from all but the most …

New Mexico Governor Signs Space Travel Liability Bill

New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez on Tuesday signed into law liability-waiving legislation aimed at saving the state’s nearly quarter-billion-dollar investment in a futuristic spaceport and retaining its anchor tenant, British billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic. The new law exempts spacecraft …