Brand New Jeep Cherokee Bursts Into Flames
A Tacoma Washington soldier was shocked when his brand new 2018 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk erupted in flames Saturday evening.
January 29, 2018
Auto
Washington
Lyft Investigates Claims Staff Abused Access To Customer Data
Allegedly using it to stalk exes to nab personal info on executives.
A user posted on the anonymous app Blind claiming that Lyft employees abused their access to customer data, from gathering info on exes to acquiring Mark Zuckerbergs personal info.
January 26, 2018
Auto
Fraud
Liability
A user posted on the anonymous app Blind claiming that Lyft employees abused their access to customer data, from gathering info on exes to acquiring Mark Zuckerbergs personal info.
Hyundai Recalls Nearly 88,000 Vehicles Due To Fire Risk
A design defect in the ABS module on 06-11 Hyundai Azeras and 2006 Sonatas may cause a short circuit and fire, documents say.
January 26, 2018
Auto
Hundreds Of Accidents Reported On Treacherous Chicago Roads
Hundreds of traffic crashes, at least three of them fatal, were reported Wednesday morning as a surprise bout of freezing rain paralyzed much of the Chicago area.
January 26, 2018
Auto
Liability
Illinois
NHC Report On Harvey: Most Significant Tropical Cyclone Rainfall Event In US History
The National Hurricane Center released Thursday its official 76-page report on Hurricane Harvey and its impacts on Texas and the rest of the United States.
January 25, 2018
Auto
Catastrophe
Property
Texas
Indianapolis Car Dealers Guilty Of Racketeering, Insurance Fraud
A jury has found two Indianapolis men guilty on charges related to a corrupt business organization case. U.S. Attorney Josh Minklers office says the defendants swindled financial institutions and insurance companies out of more than $1.5 million.
January 25, 2018
Auto
Fraud
Indiana
Chain-Reaction Vehicle Pileup Hits Fairbanks Expressway
More than 20 vehicles were involved in a chain-reaction accident Tuesday afternoon that shut down the westbound lanes of the Johansen Expressway.
January 24, 2018
Auto
Liability
Alaska
Black Ice Blamed On Dozens Of Crashes In Chicago Metro Area
Freezing drizzle made for dangerous driving conditions, causing more than 50 crashes in numerous Chicago suburbs Wednesday morning.
January 24, 2018
Auto
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Illinois
All Students Evacuate Before Alabama School Bus Erupts In Flames
A Mobile County Public School System caught fire Monday afternoon in Grand Bay. According to Grand Bay Fire, all students were safely evacuated from the bus.
January 24, 2018
Auto
Excess & Surplus Lines
Alabama
Tesla Collision Into Firetruck Under Investigation By NTSB
A tweet by the local firefighters union Monday showed a photo of a Tesla Model S with its nose wedged under the back end of a fire truck and its hood badly wrinkled. The car had been traveling at 65 miles an hour, the tweet said.
January 24, 2018
Auto
Liability
Technology
California
Ford Issues Service Recall To Fix Blown Focus RS Head Gaskets
Ford is owning up to issues involving faulty head gaskets in the 2.3-liter EcoBoost inline four-cylinder engines found in 2016 and 2017 Focus RS models and is offering to replace them free of charge. Complaints about the issue have raged for almost a year on a Focus RS online forum and for months on Reddit.
January 23, 2018
Auto
Subrogation
Fraud Investigators Catch Serial Arsonist After 33 Fire Claims
For years, one small disaster after another followed Verdon Taylor. He would buy a used car, own it for a while, and it would catch fire. He would move into a rental property and soon his belongings would go up in flames.
January 23, 2018
Auto
Fraud
Property
Florida
Virginia
Distracted Driving Leading Cause Behind Fatal Crashes In 2016 In New Jersey
Distracted driving continued to be the top factor in fatal crashes in the state for the sixth straight year, more than speeding or driving while intoxicated, according to a State Police analysis of 2016s fatal crashes.
January 22, 2018
Auto
Liability
New Jersey
Cop Claims His Vehicle Was Stolen After Fleeing Scene Of Accident
An off-duty Bern Township police officer who fled the scene of a three-vehicle crash last month and concocted a story that a thief was driving the hit-and-run vehicle faces insurance fraud and other criminal charges, Berks County detectives announced Thursday.
January 22, 2018
Auto
Fraud
Pennsylvania
Truck Driver Dies In Pile-Up On Connecticut Interstate
A tractor trailer truck driver killed in a six-car pileup Saturday morning, that also injured three other people, has been identified as a 33-year-old man from Thomaston Connecticut.
January 22, 2018
Auto
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Connecticut



