A $20 billion fund for the victims of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico paid out $5 billion to approximately 204,000 claimants in its first year of operation.
Since the doors opened August 10, the Gulf Coast Claims Facility...
CVS Reusable Grocery Bags May Contain Unsafe Levels of Lead
November 29, 2010 – CVS has initiated a voluntary recall of one line of its reusable grocery bags as a precaution against a possible lead poisoning risk, Examiner.com reports. Only one type of...
U.S. Supreme Court Blocks Asbestos Lawsuit
The U.S. Supreme Court has made it more difficult for victims of asbestos exposure to file suit under state laws. On Wednesday, in a 6 – 3 opinion, the justices ruled that railroad maintenance workers couldn’t file lawsuits against...