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GEICO CLASS ACTION SAYS ELECTRONIC VEHICLE SCANS SHOULD BE COVERED

GEICO CLASS ACTION SAYS ELECTRONIC VEHICLE SCANS SHOULD BE COVERED By Paul Tassin  December 18, 2017 An Oregon man says GEICO needs to cover the cost of electronic vehicle scans to verify the repair of collision damage. According to plaintiff Leif Hansen, defendant Government Employees Insurance Company has been denying insurance coverage for vehicle scans that are required or recommended by the manufacturer. “Without the electronic scans, damage to the policyholders’ vehicles goes undetected; system problems go unexplained; and GEICO puts unsafe cars back on the roads,” the complaint reads. According to this GEICO class action lawsuit, pre- and post-repair scans are a computerized check for diagnostic trouble codes. They can help identify necessary repairs before work begins, and afterward they can help confirm the repairs were successful. These scans cost about $100 each, Hansen claims. Manufacturers like General Motors, Nissan, Honda and Toyota either require or rec

This matters: Ford Asks for Takata Recall Pass

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MUST READ:  F ord Asks for Takata Recall Pass Posted on Monday, Dec 18th, 2017 On July 10, 2017, Takata recalled PSDI-5 driver air bag inflators containing phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate (PSAN) as a generant and calcium sulfate as a desiccant, which were used in vehicles sold in the United States as original equipment in frontal driver airbag modules. Recall 17E034 affected 2.7 million Ford, Mazda and Nissan vehicles produced between 2005 and 2012. http://www.safetyresearch.net/blog/articles/ford-asks-takata-recall-pass The price of delay: Lancaster County man’s death prompts lawsuit, national recall over airbags BY TEDDY KULMALA JANUARY 29, 2016 08:16 PM A Lancaster County man who was killed when his pickup struck a cow last month would still be alive had it not been for the truck’s defective airbag deploying violently, shooting a piece of shrapnel through his neck and spine, his family says in a lawsuit filed this week. Joel Knight, 52

UNQUALIFIED TRUMP NOMINEE Matthew Petersen WITHDRAWS

TODAY'S TOP STORIES Trump Judicial Nominee Withdraws After Flunking Senate Hearing Matthew Petersen, a nominee for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, could not define basic legal terms...  READ MORE » Facing Lawsuit, Ex-Judge Urges Court to Strike Law to Protect Child Sexual Abuse Victims     Former Chief Judge Richard Roberts, of the District Court for the District of Columbia. Facing a sexual assault lawsuit, a former federal judge argues the state law allowing his victim to bring the case violates...  READ MORE » Baker McKenzie, Representing Moscow-Based Kaspersky Lab, Sues Trump Over Software Ban The complaint accused U.S. officials of denying Kaspersky any meaningful chance to defend itself, and argued that the...  READ MORE » Judge Alex Kozinski, Apologizing Amid Harassment Claims, Retires Immediately Federal appeals judge Alex Kozinski, beset by allegations of sexual misconduct, on Monday announced his retirement effective...  RE

Cornel West | Ta-Nehisi Coates Is the Neoliberal Face of the Black Freedom Struggle

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18 December 17 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News A DRAMATIC DECLINE IN FUNDING - We are down 45% in December donations in the span of 1 year, and it’s going to get a lot worse. Last year on this day, our readers went on a donations run of $9,000 in 4 days. This morning so far, we have 5 donations totaling $135. The readership has grown. That part is working. We have to turn this around. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Cornel West | Ta-Nehisi Coates Is the Neoliberal Face of the Black Freedom Struggle    Cornel West, Guardian UK   West writes: "His perception of white people is tribal and his conception of freedom is neoliberal. Racial groups are homogeneous and freedom is individualistic in his world. Classes don’t exist and empires are nonexistent."   READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

Franken Urged to Reverse His Resignation

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18 December 17 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News A FEW MORE DONORS LIKE THIS - Donor writes in and says: “Monthly donation: I would like to increase it from $15 monthly to $25 monthly. I really value what you do and provide for readers.” It would only take a handful of donors like that to make this work. Inspiring. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Franken Urged to Reverse His Resignation    Edward-Isaac Dovere, Politico   Dovere writes: "At least four senators are urging Al Franken to reconsider resigning, including two who issued statements calling for the resignation two weeks ago and said they now feel remorse over what they feel was a rush to judgment."   READ MORE Trump Camp Howls as Mueller Bags Thousands of Transition Emails   Stephen Braun and Chad Day, Associated Press   Excerpt: "Special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian contacts with President Donald Trump’s

Naomi Klein | Hope Trumps Nope: A Blueprint for Resistance

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17 December 17 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News WE HAVE DONORS LARGE AND SMALL … BUT NOT MANY - So far for December we actually have a good blend of large and small donors working together. The overall number of donors however is low, and that is where the problem lies. Please don’t sit back and let someone else do it. Stand with the people who sustain Reader Supported News. It matters. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Naomi Klein | Hope Trumps Nope: A Blueprint for Resistance  Naomi Klein, Sierra Magazine Klein writes: "Let's rewind a bit, to the week Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election. At that moment, I was reeling from witnessing not one catastrophe but two. And I don't think we can understand the true danger of the Trump disaster unless we grapple with both of them." READ MORE Mueller Obtains "Tens of Thousands" of Trump Transition Emails Mike Allen,

MASSterList: Charter change? | Sound retreat | JOB BOARD MONDAY

Subscribe   Archives   Twitter   Facebook   Instagram This email may be cut off by your email provider. To see today's full MASSterList, click "View entire message" at the bottom, or view the online version  here. By Jay Fitzgerald and Keith Regan 12/18/2017 Charter change? | Sound retreat | JOB BOARD MONDAY Happening Today   Health Connector outreach, Markey presser, T Control Board   -- Massachusetts residents who want to enroll in health insurance through the  Health Connector have until Dec. 23 to sign up in order to be covered on Jan. 1, and Health Connector officials are traveling today to communities with higher uninsured rates to encourage people to enroll, with plans for stops in Dorchester, Lowell, Framingham, Fall River, Lawrence and Springfield. -- A  Division of Insurance  public hearing is scheduled on the application of  General Electric  for approval of its acquisition of Electric Insurance Company, a property and casualt