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Auto Glass Shops Seek Class Certification Against Geico

VIP Auto Glass Inc. (VIP) and Class members are seeking class certification in a Florida lawsuit against Geico General Insurance Company for allegedly violating the state’s law by underpaying auto glass shops not affiliated with Safelite Retail facilities or participants in the Safelite Network.
May 24, 2017 Auto Liability Litigation Florida

Driver Killed After Tanker Truck Explodes In Atwater, California

Fire crews are investigating a Tanker explosion in Atwater near Highway 99 that killed one person. About 200 people in the area were evacuated.
May 24, 2017 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Workers' Compensation California

Claims Professionals, Be Mindful Of Your Words

“What are words for when no one listens? ...What little filters through is giving you the wrong impression. It’s a sorry state I say to myself.” If you grew up on MTV in the early 1980s like I did, you recognize these lyrics to “Words” by Missing Persons.
May 23, 2017 Auto Liability Litigation Property Risk Management

Passenger Jet Collides With Truck On LAX Taxiway

An Aeromexico passenger jet collided with a utility truck on a taxiway of Los Angeles International Airport shortly after landing on Saturday, injuring eight employees who were aboard the truck, but no one on the plane was hurt, authorities said.
May 22, 2017 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability California

Dust Storm Creates Blackout Conditions On Central Illinois Roadways

A Chatham man was killed, and Illinois State Police shut down eastbound Interstate 72 at the Morgan-Sangamon county line and eastbound Illinois 104 at Auburn Wednesday afternoon following numerous multi-vehicle accidents due to dirt from fields blowing across the roadway.
May 18, 2017 Auto Liability Illinois

Hit-And-Run Driver Causes Multiple-Vehicle Crash, School Bus Roll-Over

Police say more than a dozen people were injured after a hit-and-run driver caused a four-vehicle crash involving a Lancaster Mennonite school bus Wednesday morning in East Lampeter Township.
May 18, 2017 Auto Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Pennsylvania

5 Dead In Chain Reaction Collision Near South Carolina Border

Five people, including two children, were killed and four others were injured in a fiery crash involving multiple vehicles on Interstate 95 Tuesday afternoon. Pictures from Chopper 11 HD showed there were at least 3 tractor-trailer trucks and 3 smaller vehicles involved.
May 17, 2017 Auto Excess & Surplus Lines Liability North Carolina

6 Hospitalized After Boat Wrecks Into Miami Beach Dock

Rescue crews took six people to the hospital after, officials said, a fishing boat crashed into a dock near Normandy Shores, injuring most of the passengers on board, Saturday evening.
May 16, 2017 Liability Marine Florida

Learjet Crashes On Approach To New Jersey Airport

A small plane on Monday crashed on approach near Teterboro Airport in New Jersey causing two buildings to catch fire, the Federal Aviation Administration and local police said.
May 16, 2017 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability New Jersey

Multiple Injuries After School Tour Bus Crashes In Maryland

A bus carrying Philadelphia schoolchildren on an eighth-grade class trip was involved in a serious accident on I-95 in Maryland on Monday.
May 16, 2017 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Maryland Pennsylvania

WannaCry Exposes Glitch In Tech Business Model

A customer skimps on software upgrades; a malicious program storms its computers. As far as the blame game goes, this weekend’s global malware attack seems straightforward. In reality, things are more complex.
May 15, 2017 Liability Technology

Nine Out Of 10 Cyber Policies Are In The U.S.

A ransomware worm made its way to more than 200,000 computers in 150,000 countries over the weekend, and while one may dismiss its creators as petty criminals—asking for an average individual ransom cost of $300—its economic implications are significant.
May 15, 2017 Liability Risk Management Technology

Driver Rams Into 7-Eleven After Pedal Mix-Up

A car smashed into a 7-Eleven in Fairhaven Wednesday morning. Police said an elderly woman mistook the brake pedal for the gas pedal.
May 11, 2017 Auto Liability Massachusetts

5 Dead Following Fiery, 2-Vehicle Crash In Michigan

Police say five people are dead in Michigan after a 22-year-old driver blew through a stop sign and smashed into another vehicle. Two people were killed in one car and three in the other.
May 10, 2017 Auto Liability Michigan

Insurers File Racketeering Lawsuits To Counter No-Fault Schemes In Michigan

Fed up with no-fault fraud, auto insurance giants Allstate and State Farm have, in recent years, brought racketeering lawsuits against a handful of metro Detroit medical clinics, MRI centers and doctors.
May 9, 2017 Fraud Liability Litigation Michigan
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