The Curious Case Of Who Pays For A Building Flood Claim
A negligence lawsuit after a floodagainst a company in charge of watching building automation systemswas recently tossed out of court because of the terms of the lease agreement. A plumbing firm paid settlements to tenants after a building flood, and then sought to recover the money from the property management firm responsible for overlooking the building automation systems.
November 29, 2017
Liability
Litigation
Property
Subrogation
BMW Issues Stop-Sale Order And Recall On All i3 Electric Cars
BMW last week issued a stop-sale order and recall for every i3 in the United States, meaning from the 2014 model up to the present 2018 car. A total 30,542 cars are affected.
November 28, 2017
Auto
Liability
Adjusters Wonder How To Verify Ridesharing Driver Hours
Verifying the number of hours a driver uses ridesharing services such as Uber and Lyft could be problematic for underwriters and adjusters, one adjuster told Canadian Underwriter on Wednesday.
November 27, 2017
Liability
Crash Report Sales Exploit Victims, Lead To Fraud
Willis Price and Kevin Kerr were involved in automobile accidents in Memphis. Neither was happy about it. Their anger increased when, within days, they started receiving sales pitches to contact attorneys possibly to exploit their mishap with bogus injury treatment and fraudulent insurance billings.
November 27, 2017
Liability
Litigation
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
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
Elderly Couple Arrested At Gunpoint After Insurance Agent Reports Them For Drugs
A Pennsylvania couple is suing the local police department and their insurer after being arrested at gunpoint, handcuffed and stuck in the back of a police cruiser for hours — all because their insurance agent couldnt tell the difference between landscaping and pot farming.
November 21, 2017
Liability
Litigation
Property
Pennsylvania
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
Ikea Relaunches Dresser Recall After Death Of 8th Child
Ikea relaunched a recall of 29 million chests and dressers Tuesday after the death of an eighth child. CEO Lars Petersson said Ikea wants to increase awareness of the recall campaign for several types of chest and dressers that can easily tip over if not properly anchored to a wall.
November 21, 2017
Liability
Litigation
6 Hurt After Driver Fleeing Cops Leaves Trail Of Destruction
A driver took off during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Saturday, plowing through a red light and hitting an MTA bus and two cars in chaotic crashes that left six people injured, the NYPD said.
November 20, 2017
Auto
Education & Training
Liability
New York
High Winds In New York City Collapse Scaffolding, Fell Trees On Cars
New Yorkers will do anything to help their fellow man — and heres the video to prove it. After a scaffold collapsed Sunday in lower Manhattan, trapping two people underneath, dozens of New Yorkers pitched in to pull off hunks of debris and save them.
November 20, 2017
Auto
Liability
New York
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
Johnson & Johnson Hit With $247M Verdict In Hip Implant Trial
A federal jury in Dallas on Thursday ordered Johnson & Johnson and its DePuy Orthopaedics unit to pay $247 million to six patients who said they were injured by defective Pinnacle hip implants.
November 17, 2017
Liability
Litigation
Texas
Fuel Tanker Causes Pileup On Foggy Georgia Parkway
In a mid-morning update, Gainesville Police said there were 10, possibly 12, vehicles involved in a traffic accident on Ga. 60/Queen City Parkway that sent several people to the hospital this morning.
November 16, 2017
Auto
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Georgia
Las Vegas Shooting Lawsuits Stack Up With 14 More Filed
Legal action stemming from the mass shooting at a Las Vegas concert is picking up with lawsuits filed on behalf of 14 concertgoers. The 14 civil complaints were filed together Wednesday in state court in Las Vegas. Several plaintiffs are from the Chicago area, and a Chicago law firm helped prepared the filings.
November 16, 2017
Liability
Litigation
Nevada



