Dozing Driver Ends Up In Santa Clara Swimming Pool
A driver is uninjured after crashing a car through a fence and into the deep end of a swimming pool early Tuesday morning in Santa Clara, according to Santa Clara Fire Department.
April 12, 2017
Auto
Liability
California
Elderly Driver Strikes Pedestrians In Church Parking Lot
An SUV crashed into a crowd of pedestrians Sunday at a church parking lot in California, killing two women, authorities said.
April 12, 2017
Liability
California
Firefighters Injured, One Fatally In Collision With Drunk Driver
Three Georgia firefighters were injured, one of them fatally, when the vehicle in which they were traveling was struck by a suspected DUI driver Monday evening in Venice, authorities have confirmed.
April 11, 2017
Auto
Liability
California
Widow of Deceased Judge Suing State for Wrongful Death
The widow of an administrative judge has already received $150,000 in workers compensation death benefits and is suing the state of California, alleging an order requiring her husband to drive long distances to work caused his fatal heart attack.
April 6, 2017
Litigation
Workers' Compensation
California
$10M Settlement In Workers Comp Case Largest Ever In The Nation
Once more, attorney Christopher Asvar has set the record for the highest known workers compensation settlement or award in the nation.
April 5, 2017
Liability
Litigation
Workers' Compensation
California
California Construction Worker Killed By Collapsed Wall
Firefighters and construction workers frantically shoveled at a construction site where a man was trapped in a confined space Monday, authorities said. Two men were digging footings next to the wall when it collapsed, fire officials said.
April 5, 2017
Excess & Surplus Lines
Workers' Compensation
California
Los Angeles Food Processing Plant Likely A Total Loss After Explosive Fire
Firefighters battled a massive gas-fed inferno Monday night at a commercial food processing plant in South Los Angeles, and officials said explosions were heard from inside the burning building.
April 4, 2017
Excess & Surplus Lines
California
Homeowner Awarded $1.3M After Insurer Refutes $134K Water Damage Claim
A north Torrance man has won more than $1.3 million from an insurance company that declined to fully cover a claim of about $134,000 in property damage caused when burglars broke into his home, then flooded part of it when they filled the bathtub and left the taps on before fleeing.
April 4, 2017
Litigation
Property
Risk Management
California
Bull Wandering On California Highway Causes Six Cars To Crash
A runaway bull caused a six-car pileup in the East Bay Monday night. At 7:59 p.m., the California Highway Patrol received a call about a bull walking in the fast lane on eastbound state Highway 4 east of McEwen Road in unincorporated Contra Costa County.
March 29, 2017
Auto
Liability
California
California Insurers Wary Of “Significant Risk” From Oroville Dam
The next rainy season is only months away and the California insurance industry faces a “significant risk” from the Oroville Dam and its damaged spillway. Experts are cautioning the industry, residents of the region and pretty much anyone else who will listen about that the next time the waters rise could end far worse than the last time.
March 28, 2017
Property
California
17.5 Tons Of Frozen Taquitos Recalled
When mass-producing packaged foods, one of the goals is to prevent pieces of the processing equipment out of the food. A plant that makes José Olé products came up short of that aspiration, resulting in a recall of 17.5 tons of taquitos that could contain pieces of plastic and rubber.
March 28, 2017
Subrogation
California
Florida
Illinois
Missouri
New York
Massive Residential Structure Fire In Oakland
One person is confirmed dead, seven were rescued and three suffered injuries from smoke inhalation this morning in a four-alarm fire in West Oakland, according to fire officials.
March 28, 2017
Liability
Property
California
California Considers Whether To Continue Participation In FEMAs NFIP
The state is considering dropping out of the nationwide program in favor of establishing its own. California flood insurance found itself in the spotlight last month when the Oroville Dam threatened to fail.
March 22, 2017
Legislation & Regulation
Property
California
Firefighters Battle Strip Mall Blaze Threatening East Hollywood Apartments
A fire roared through the second floor of an East Hollywood strip mall and threatened nearby apartments before it was brought under control early Tuesday morning, officials said.
March 14, 2017
Excess & Surplus Lines
California
Commercial Building Incinerated After Pickup Hits Power Pole
A traffic collision led to a sheared fire hydrant, downed power lines and a raging structure fire in Santa Fe Springs Monday afternoon.
March 14, 2017
Auto
Liability
Property
California



