NHTSA Expands Investigation Of Possible Carbon Monoxide Leaks In Ford Explorers

A major development resulting from an ongoing CBS News investigation could affect more than one million Ford Explorer owners. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says the number of complaints and injuries related to possible carbon monoxide leaks is much higher than previously thought.
July 28, 2017 Auto Liability Litigation California Texas

United Airlines Sued By Owners Of Giant Rabbit Found Dead After Flight

The owners of a giant rabbit named Simon who died on a United Airlines flight while bound for the Iowa State Fair sued the carrier on Monday, claiming its employees were responsible for the hare’s death.
July 27, 2017 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Litigation Iowa

Small Plane Misses Cars But Kills 4 Aboard In Highway Crash

A small plane crashed on a Utah highway Wednesday, killing two couples heading for a vacation but narrowly missing cars when it barreled across the lanes through a gap in traffic.
July 27, 2017 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Utah

One Dead, Seven Injured After Ohio State Fair Ride Malfunctions

The Columbus Division of Fire says one person is dead and five critically injured after a ride malfunctioned at the Ohio State Fair. The deceased is an 18-year-old man. None of the victims have been identified.
July 27, 2017 Liability Ohio

Pickup Driver Crashes Into Bus Loaded With Farmworkers

A bus carrying tobacco workers was involved in a crash with a pickup truck in Suffield on Tuesday morning. Twenty one adults, many of them tobacco workers, were brought to the hospital as a result.
July 26, 2017 Auto Liability Connecticut

Dallas Body Shop Sued For Defective Repairs On Insured Vehicle

A Dallas couple suffered crushing injuries in a car accident because John Eagle Collision Center allegedly cut insurance costs by using glue instead of welding a car’s metal structure together according to a defective repair lawsuit against the Dallas auto body shop .
July 25, 2017 Auto Liability Litigation Texas

Four Struck By Golf Cart At Indianapolis Motor Speedway

A golf cart struck several pedestrians attending the Brickyard 400 on Sunday. Authorities arrested a 40-year-old man, identified as Noblesville resident Colonious Thomas, for an OWI following the incident.
July 24, 2017 Liability Indiana

Drugged Driving Crashes Surging Across Michigan

The driver of a red pickup appeared to be drunk, according to witnesses who called 911, as he sped erratically through Kalamazoo County in June 2016. Before police could catch up to him, the driver plowed into a group of bicyclists on a rural road, killing five of them in a crash that would make international headlines.
July 24, 2017 Auto Liability Michigan

Man In His Yard Struck, Killed By Garbage Truck

One person is dead following a crash Thursday morning in Ware. Mary Carey, spokesperson for the Northwestern District Attorney’s office, said that one man died after he was struck by a garbage truck around 9:30 a.m. on Church Street.
July 24, 2017 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Massachusetts

Storm Cleanup Costing Local Communities More Overtime

As more severe storms hit southern Wisconsin, public works departments are working overtime to clean up the damage.
July 21, 2017 Liability Property Wisconsin

Semi Crushes Car After Its Driver Speeds Through Red Light

A speeding Honda slammed into a city Department of Transportation tractor-trailer in Murray Hill early Wednesday, sparking a massive crash that sent three people to the hospital — two in critical condition.
July 20, 2017 Auto Excess & Surplus Lines Liability New York

Family Of Crew Member Killed On Allman Movie Set Awarded $11.2M

A Georgia jury has awarded more than $11.2 million to the family of a film crew member who was killed in 2014 on the set of a biographical movie about rock singer Gregg Allman, court records show.
July 19, 2017 Liability Litigation Georgia

Mediation Results In $160M Payment By U-Haul Over Fatal Propane Tank Explosion

U-Haul Co. of Pennsylvania will pay a record $160 million in a settlement after a Feltonville food truck exploded nearly four years ago, killing a mother and daughter and injuring 11 people.
July 18, 2017 Liability Litigation

New Washington State Law Bans Electronics While Driving

The new distracted driving law goes into effect on Sunday, July 23. It means drivers will no longer be able to use a cell phone or any electronic device while driving, even when stopped at a traffic light. Deaths from distracted driving went up by 32% from 2014 to 2015.
July 18, 2017 Legislation & Regulation Liability Washington

Orlando Man Miraculously Survives Van Being Crushed By Huge Metal Pipe

When 36-year-old Jesus Armando Escobar was exiting off Interstate 4 onto State Road 528, he had no idea what was about to happen on the overpass above him.
July 17, 2017 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Florida
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