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Rescues Halted in Deadly Mexico City Railway Overpass Collapse

May 5 2021 // MEXICO CITY – At least 23 people were killed and 65 were hospitalized when a railway overpass and train collapsed onto a busy road in Mexico City on Monday night, crushing cars under fallen carriages and rubble.The...

New Mexico Lawmakers Aim to Address Rising Costs of Child-Abuse Settlements

Mar 23 2021 // The New Mexico state Legislature has passed a bill aimed at reducing the rehiring of abusive teachers and addressing the rising costs of child-abuse-related settlements.The Senate passed the bill 37-0 on late last week, in...

New Mexico Court Upheld Damages Cap in Medical Malpractice

Mar 22 2021 // New Mexico’s highest court has ruled that monetary limits on some types of damages due to medical malpractice are not unconstitutional.The New Mexico Supreme Court on Monday unanimously upheld the Medical Malpractice...

New Mexico Lawmakers Propose Cap on Damages in Police Accountability Bill

Feb 9 2021 // A bill that would strip police officers of immunity from civil rights lawsuits in state court is being rewritten to cap potential damage awards at $2 million, in a concession to critics who warned of dire financial...

Mexico’s Pemex Plan to Cut Refinery Jobs Presents Safety Risks, Document Shows

Jan 22 2021 // Plans by Mexican state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos to cut jobs at its six refineries through attrition this year could undermine safety at the plants, an internal company document shows.Pemex plans to leave 9,374...

U.S. Charges 2 Oil Workers With Allowing Gulf of Mexico Oil Spills

Jan 21 2021 // Two Fieldwood Energy LLC oil workers face federal criminal charges for allegedly separately allowing crude oil spills from offshore U.S. Gulf of Mexico platforms to avoid required shut downs.The two were indicted Tuesday...

CIC of New Mexico Sues to Enjoin California Department of Insurance from Interference

Jan 7 2021 // California Insurance Company of New Mexico has filed suit in federal court to enjoin the California Insurance Department from continuing to take what the suit asserts are illegal, actions to block the approved...

New Mexico Cracking Down on Drunken Drivers

Nov 30 2020 // New Mexico authorities will be cracking down on drunken drivers throughout the month of December.State police issued the warning this week, saying sobriety checkpoints will be set up around the state. Officers also will be...

Parts of Florida, Carolinas Take Beating from Tropical Storm Eta

Nov 16 2020 // After hanging over Florida for several days, the former Tropical Storm Eta became a post-tropical cyclone early Friday, racing off the Southeast Atlantic coast and bringing heavy rains and gusty winds to the Carolinas...

Zeta’s Total Onshore U.S. Insured Losses Could Rise to $5B: RMS

Nov 16 2020 // Catastrophe risk modeler RMS has estimated that insured losses from Hurricane Zeta could rise to as high as $5 billion in the U.S.That figure is slightly higher than estimates announced earlier by catastrophe modelers AIR...

Meat Company Suing New Mexico to Remain Open After Virus Cases

Nov 12 2020 // A U.S. meat company that supplies Walmart and Costco is suing New Mexico to fight a state order that seeks to close a production facility where more than 100 workers have tested positive for COVID-19.The lawsuit from...

Task Force Nabs California Man for Insurance Fraud, Reporting False Vehicle Theft

Nov 10 2020 // Juan Camilo Vargas, 62, of Escondido, Calif., was arrested on multiple felony counts of insurance fraud and reporting a false vehicle theft after allegedly misrepresenting when and where his vehicle was stolen from in...

Flood Waters Keep Rising in South Florida from Tropical Storm Eta

Nov 10 2020 // Beaches and coronavirus testing sites were closed, public transportation shut down and some evacuations in place early Monday after Tropical Storm Eta made landfall in the Florida Keys, bringing heavy rains to already...

New Mexico Agency Settles Gas Plant Air Pollution Case for $950K

Nov 9 2020 // The New Mexico Environment Department said it has reached a settlement with the operator of a gas plant in northwestern New Mexico over permit and regulatory violations that resulted in excess emissions.The agency said CCI...

RMS: Total Onshore U.S. Insured Zeta Losses Could Rise to $5B

Nov 5 2020 // Catastrophe risk modeler RMS has estimated that insured on losses from Hurricane Zeta could rise to as high as $5 billion in the U.S.That figure is slightly higher than estimates announced by catastrophe modelers AIR...

California Insurance Co. Hits Commissioner with Anti-SLAPP Motion

Nov 3 2020 // California Insurance Co. has filed an “Anti-SLAPP” motion the company says is to protect its First Amendment rights in its ongoing legal battle with the California Department of Insurance and Insurance...

UPDATE: Tropical Storm Zeta Makes Landfall in Mexico, Threatens U.S. Gulf Coast

Oct 27 2020 // Zeta will move into the Gulf of Mexico in the next few hours after making landfall on the Yucatan Peninsula, then regain strength as it heads north toward Louisiana and likely comes ashore Wednesday.Now a tropical storm...

BP Evacuates Staff from 4 Gulf of Mexico Oil Platforms as Tropical Storm Zeta Intensifies

Oct 26 2020 // BP on Sunday said it has begun to evacuate four offshore U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil platforms and secure facilities as Tropical Storm Zeta sprang up in the Caribbean Sea.The 27th named storm of this year’s Atlantic...

Feds Ignore Risk of Huge Gulf Spills to Endangered Species, Suit Says

Oct 23 2020 // Environmental groups asked a federal court on Oct. 21 to throw out the Trump administration’s assessment of oil and gas activity’s likely effects on endangered species in the Gulf of Mexico, saying it dismisses...

Mexico Government Could Absorb Some Liabilities Arising from COVID-19 Vaccine

Oct 21 2020 // Mexico’s government could absorb some liabilities arising from unexpected side effects of COVID-19 vaccines but is not considering creating a fund to do so, a top official said.As various vaccine candidates make...