A fire at a New York City e-bike shop quickly spread to upper-floor apartments and killed four people early Tuesday in the latest deadly blaze linked to exploding lithium ion batteries.

Insurance companies are obligated to investigate and make claims decisions based on informed judgments. Claims adjusters rely on various experts and their investigations to make educated claims decisions and combat the prevalence of false or inflated claims.

A jury on Wednesday ordered the electric utility PacifiCorp to pay punitive damages for causing devastating wildfires in Oregon in 2020 -- on top of an earlier verdict already expected to amount to billions of dollars.

Escalating claims alleging excessive force by police officers, rising liability awards and increased mental health concerns for officers are among the top risk management challenges for public entity risk managers, experts say.

A jury in the northwestern U.S. state of Oregon on Monday found the electric utility PacifiCorp responsible for causing devastating fires during Labor Day weekend in 2020, ordering the company to pay tens of millions of dollars to 17 homeowners who sued and finding it liable for broader damages that could push the total award into the billions.

A California jury has returned a $63 million verdict against Chevron after finding the oil giant covered up a toxic chemical pit on land purchased by a man who built a house on it and was later diagnosed with a blood cancer.

The idea has been floated for years, and it may seem straightforward enough: if gun owners were required to purchase liability insurance, proponents argue, they would have to follow safe practices to limit their financial and legal risk, thus reducing incidents of gun violence.

Lawyers for the family of Alex Murdaugh’s late housekeeper Gloria Satterfield -- who died after a fall at the family’s home in 2018 -- have responded to Murdaugh’s motion to vacate his confession of stealing over $4 million in insurance money meant for Satterfield’s family.

Climate litigation is now widely acknowledged as a real and imminent threat to governments, public bodies, and company boards, particularly in carbon-intensive sectors like energy and heavy industry.

A Black former Tesla employee is seeking to expand his 2017 lawsuit against the automaker, alleging racial discrimination and a hostile work environment. Marcus Vaughn, the original plaintiff, has filed a request for class-action status, supported by sworn statements from nearly 240 other Black former workers and contractors.

In a significant development, Attorney General Dana Nessel announced on Monday that a plastics manufacturing company has agreed to address the PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) pollution at the site of its former facility. This marks the first settlement resulting from a series of PFAS lawsuits filed by Nessel in 2020.

A recent lawsuit filed against Amazon for alleged violations of New York City’s Biometric Identifier Information Law highlights new risks for businesses that use customers’ biometric data in their operations. As similar laws begin to take effect in other jurisdictions, many other companies face potential liability.

In a significant move to protect the environment and public health, Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has announced the filing of two lawsuits on behalf of the State of Maryland.

A recent policy statement from the Federal Trade Commission on the collection of biometric information, such as fingerprints and retina scans, will put a national spotlight on the issue, which will likely lead to more litigation and regulatory action, experts say.

Uncertainty spawned by the debt ceiling debate will likely exacerbate the replacement cost inflation that has been putting upward pressure on property/casualty insurers’ loss ratios -- and, ultimately, consumers’ premium rates, according to Triple-I’s chief economist.