Four Homes Destroyed As New California Wildfire Advances
Firefighters on Sunday battled a wildfire burning in steep, inaccessible terrain in central California, threatening at least 300 homes in or near a gated community, one day after a fast-moving brush fire in San Bernardino burned five homes and injured at least three people.
July 5, 2016
Property
California
Washington
Trailhead Wildfire In California Threatens 2600 Structures
The Trailhead Fire in the El Dorado National Forest has grown to 1,264 acres and is 12 percent contained, firefighters said Thursday morning. Smoke from the fire can be seen over the Truckee Meadows. The fire that started Tuesday in the middle fork of the American River near Todd Valley is threatening 2,600 structures.
July 1, 2016
Property
California
School District’s Insurer Settles Pep Rally Beating Case For $10.5M
The Kern High School District agreed Wednesday to pay $10.5 million to a former student injured in a violent dog pile that broke out during a 2010 Bakersfield High School pep rally, cutting short an ongoing civil trial that threatened to cost the district’s insurance company even more money.
June 30, 2016
Liability
Litigation
California
Roundup Maker Monsanto Faces Lawsuit Over Cancer Claims
Yolanda Mendoza lives every day like it’s her last. The mother of three is very happy and healthy now - a stark change from three years ago, when she was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.
June 29, 2016
Liability
Litigation
California
Two Moms, Four Children Killed In Fiery California Car Wreck
Two mothers and their four children were killed early on Tuesday after their minivan was struck from behind by a tractor-trailer and burst into flames as it tumbled down an embankment north of Los Angeles, the California Highway Patrol said.
June 29, 2016
Auto
Liability
California
One Fatality After Car Slams Into Los Angeles Taco Stand
At least one person was killed Sunday evening when a car slammed into a taco stand in Boyle Heights. The age and gender of the victim was not released. It was also unclear if the victim was the driver or a pedestrian.
June 27, 2016
Auto
Liability
California
Hundreds Of Structures Destroyed, And California Wildfire Threatens Thousands More
A raging central California wildfire that has already killed two people and destroyed 200 structures was still burning Sunday, and "additional fatalities are possible," authorities said.
June 27, 2016
Property
California
Chevy Cruze Owners Sue Over Alleged Use Of Emissions “Defeat Device”
A week after General Motors was hit with a potential class action lawsuit related to the carmakers admission that it had incorrectly calculated the fuel economy on several SUV models, the company’s Chevrolet division is facing a second lawsuit alleging it tricked consumers into paying more for diesel-engine Chevy Cruze Turbo sedans equipped with emissions-cheating software.
June 23, 2016
Liability
Litigation
California
Two L.A.-Area Wildfires Threaten To Merge After Forcing Evacuations
Two rapidly growing wildfires burning a few miles apart through drought-parched foothills northeast of Los Angeles prompted the evacuation of nearly 800 homes on Tuesday, as a heat wave continued to bake much of the U.S. Southwest for a third straight day.
June 22, 2016
Property
Arizona
California
Colorado
New Mexico
Wyoming
Massive Frozen Veggie Recall Involves Nation’s Largest Retailers
Nearly two months after CRF Frozen Foods set off a massive recall of vegetables thought to be contaminated with listeria and linked to at least two deaths and eight illnesses, a second frozen vegetable supplier — National Frozen Food Corp. — has initiated a separate recall over listeria concerns, and many of the recalled products are from the nation’s largest retailers.
June 21, 2016
Subrogation
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Exxon Crane Collapse Delays Refinery Operations, Pending Sale
A 300-ton crane at a Torrance, California, refinery that Exxon Mobil Corp plans to sell fell onto a portion of a gasoline unit at the plant, industry sources said on Monday.
June 21, 2016
Excess & Surplus Lines
California
Foo Fighters Sue Lloyd’s Of London Over Terrorism Coverage
The Foo Fighters are suing insurers for failing to reimburse them for European shows they cancelled following the Paris terrorist attacks in November.
June 20, 2016
Excess & Surplus Lines
Litigation
California
Southwestern Wildfires Force Evacuations As Homes Burn In New Mexico
Firefighters worked into early Friday morning to try to contain a growing wildfire in coastal Southern California and a larger blaze in rural New Mexico as hot weather fed flames that triggered hundreds of evacuations.
June 17, 2016
Property
California
New Mexico
California Home Hit By Cars 19 Times
A car crashed into Ray Minter’s San Jose home on Monday night. For Minter, it’s nothing new. He says it is the 19th time a car has hit his home.
June 15, 2016
Auto
Liability
Weird
California
Head-On Collision Claims San Jose Motorcycle Patrol Officer’s Life
A Northern California police officer died in a motorcycle crash, authorities announced Tuesday. San Jose Police Chief Eddie Garcia said Officer Michael Katherman, 34, was riding his patrol motorcycle in uniform when he was involved in a head-on collision with a minivan at around 4:30 p.m.
June 15, 2016
Auto
Liability
Workers' Compensation
California
