Redondo Beach Renters Lose Everything In Cottage Fire
Brooke Owens has always been one to raise a helping hand. For the second year, the Redondo Beach mom opened the doors of her flower shop on Pacific Coast Highway to serve Thanksgiving dinner to the homeless.
November 29, 2017
Property
Subrogation
California
California Lawyer Admits Running $50 Million Visa-Fraud Scam
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California attorney pleaded guilty Monday to running a scam that authorities say collected more than $50 million from wealthy Chinese investors seeking green cards.
November 28, 2017
Fraud
California
Car Insurance Claims Can Increase Over Premiums Costs
Lowcostcarinsuranceprice.com has released a new blog post explaining thatcar insurance claims can increase the policy’s costs.<br /><br />Car insurance pays benefits after an accident. The insured can claim benefits to repair his or her car. This will have an effect on car insurance rates as it will make premiums more expensive. This means that the initial prices of a policy are very important.
November 28, 2017
Auto
California
2 Killed After Truck Crashes Into California Home
An 11-year-old boy is dead and his 9-year-old boy is in critical condition after a truck crashed into their bedroom in the community of Madera Ranchos, according to the Madera County Fire Department. The driver of the truck also died at the scene.
November 27, 2017
Auto
Liability
Property
California
9K Bottles of Vodka Stolen From Downtown Los Angeles Distillery
Police on Wednesday were looking for thieves who stole 1,800 gallons of vodka from a downtown Los Angeles distillery. The thieves broke into the Fog Shots vodka factory — a family business that was started in Armenia — and took more than 9,000 bottles of alcohol worth nearly $280,000, the company’s Art Gukasyan said.
November 27, 2017
Excess & Surplus Lines
California
Uber Sued For Negligence After Disclosing Massive Data Breach
Uber Technologies Inc. was sued for negligence hours after it disclosed that customers and drivers’ personal data was hacked over a year ago.
November 22, 2017
Liability
Litigation
Risk Management
California
California Official: Wildfire Victims Have Two Years To Collect Insurance Money
The California insurance commissioner says that people who lost their homes in last month’s Northern California wildfires have up to 24 months to collect insurance payments.
November 21, 2017
Property
Risk Management
California
Hundreds Of Las Vegas Shooting Victims File Negligence Suits
Attorneys who filed one of the first lawsuits after the Oct. 1 mass shooting that killed 58 concert-goers and left hundreds injured on the Las Vegas Strip filed four new negligence cases Monday on behalf of more than 450 victims.
November 21, 2017
Liability
Litigation
California
Nevada
California Preparing Regulations On Liability Of Self-Driving Automakers
California regulators are embracing a General Motors recommendation that would help makers of self-driving cars avoid paying for accidents and other trouble, raising concerns that the proposal will put an unfair burden on vehicle owners.
November 17, 2017
Auto
Legislation & Regulation
Liability
Technology
California
NICB Releases Annual Holiday Vehicle Theft Report
New data released today by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) shows a total of 22,705 vehicles were reported stolen on the 11 holidays in 2016 covered in this report. NICB theft data is pulled from the National Crime Information Center’s (NCIC) stolen vehicle file, which showed a total of 803,719 vehicle thefts for the year.
November 16, 2017
Auto
California
Florida
Georgia
Texas
Washington
Family Sues Waterpark For Son’s Injuries On Opening Day
The parents of a 10-year-old-boy who flew off of a waterslide in northern California have filed a lawsuit. The boy was hurt on opening day of the Wave Water Park in Dublin, California, back in May. The parents are asking for $2.5 million in damages.
November 15, 2017
Liability
Litigation
California
California Sees Steady Decline In Medical Costs Per Comp Claim: Study
Medical payments per workers compensation claim with more than seven days lost time in California have decreased steadily since the enactment of reform legislation in 2013, according to a study released Thursday by the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Workers Compensation Research Institute.
November 13, 2017
Legislation & Regulation
Workers' Compensation
California
21 Kids Hurt After Platform Collapses At San Diego Gym
San Diego’s Vault PK is usually packed with bouncing and flipping children on Saturday evenings, when it hosts a “kids’ night out” for budding athletes ages 5 to 14. This past weekend was especially packed, parents said, as people cashed in a Groupon that got three kids into the parkour facility’s open gym for just $30.
November 13, 2017
Liability
California
Opioids Prevalent In California Medicare Set-Aside Settlements
An analysis on opioid prescribing and workers compensation shows that nearly 70% of federally mandated and approved California workers compensation Medicare set-aside settlements for injured workers require funding for decades of opioid use.
November 6, 2017
Workers' Compensation
California
More Than 300 iPhone Xs Stolen From UPS Truck In San Francisco
Well, that’s one way to skip the iPhone lines. Three "husky" men in hoodies driving a white Dodge van broke into a UPS truck Wednesday while it was parked outside a San Francisco Apple Store. It was delivering 313 of Apple’s new iPhone X devices, according to a police report.
November 3, 2017
Excess & Surplus Lines
California
