Indianapolis Interstate Is Partially Closed; Semi's Cargo Damaged An Overpass

A semi crashed into an overpass on the west side of Indianapolis, causing significant damage that will leave all northbound lanes of Interstate 465 shut down for weeks.
January 11, 2017 Auto Liability

21 Vehicles Involved In Connecticut Interstate Pileup

After being closed for almost six hours Saturday, Interstate 91 has reopened between Middletown and Wethersfield after crews worked to clear multiple crashes from the highway.
January 9, 2017 Auto Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Connecticut

DuPont To Pay $10.5M In Punitive Damages Over Leaked Chemical

A U.S. jury in Ohio ordered DuPont on Thursday to pay $10.5 million in punitive damages to a man who said he developed testicular cancer from exposure to a toxic chemical leaked from a Dupont plant, the plaintiff’s lawyer Robert Bilott said.
January 6, 2017 Liability Litigation Ohio

Three School Bus Accidents In Florida County First Day Classes Resume

A Pinellas County school bus and SUV collided early Tuesday evening after the bus driver failed to obey a stop sign, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
January 5, 2017 Auto Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Florida

Dozens Injured In Philadelphia Trolley Collision

Two trolleys crashed on Lancaster Avenue in West Philadelphia on Wednesday, leaving 46 people with minor injuries, officials on the scene said. "It’s like a bomb set off," one passenger told NBC10.
January 5, 2017 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Pennsylvania

Speeding Semi Slides Off Icy Curve, Plows Into Maine Home

Police said speed, icy roads and driver inexperience may have caused a tractor-trailer to plow into a house on Route 4 on Tuesday evening.
January 4, 2017 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Maine

Many Minor Injuries After Long Island Rail Train Bumps Into Platform

New York City authorities say more than 100 people suffered minor injuries when a Long Island Rail Road train hit a bumping block at a Brooklyn station.
January 4, 2017 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability New York

Lloyd’s Could Have To Pay Out $50M For Carrie Fisher’s Death

Lloyd’s of London could be paying Disney $50 million in the wake of the sudden death of Hollywood legend Carrie Fisher. The acclaimed writer and actress — best known as the Star Wars franchise’s indomitable Leia Organa — died Dec. 27, four days after suffering a heart attack while on a flight.
January 4, 2017 Liability California

Lawsuits Settled Against Boat Owner Responsible For Marina Fire

Twenty lawsuits later, the dust has finally settled from an explosion and fire at North Shore Marina nearly four years ago. “We’re happy to be done with it,” Marina Manager Jill Kinkema said last week. “We got to the point where we wanted to put that behind us.”
January 4, 2017 Liability Litigation Subrogation Michigan

Passengers Sue Lyft Over Their Drunken Driver’s Accident

Two Southern California women are suing Lyft. They claim the guy dispatched to be their designated driver showed up drunk and caused a crash that nearly killed them.
January 4, 2017 Auto Liability Litigation California

Good Samaritans Help Rescue Two After Tree Falls On Car

Good Samaritans came to the rescue of two people after a car crashed into a tree causing the top of the tree to fall on the vehicle.
January 4, 2017 Auto Liability South Carolina

Runaway Dump Truck Hits Child, House In North Carolina

The man charged in the death of a 5-year-old Hillsborough boy who was hit by an unattended dump truck that rolled down a hill worked for a local contracting company with a suspended license, documents show.
January 3, 2017 Liability Litigation Property North Carolina

DuPont Hit With $2M Verdict Over Teflon-Making Chemical

A U.S. jury in Ohio on Wednesday ordered DuPont (DD.N) to pay $2 million to a man who said he developed testicular cancer from exposure to a toxic chemical leaked from one of the company’s plants, according to the plaintiff’s lawyer Robert Bilott.
December 23, 2016 Liability Litigation Ohio

Unsecured Lumber Flies Through Windshield, Killing Driver

A 53-year-old man died after a piece of lumber flew off the back of a truck and smashed through his pickup’s windshield in midtown Tuesday morning, police said.
December 22, 2016 Liability

Escalator Malfunction At Brooklyn Mall Injures Seven

Seven people were hurt — two seriously — when an escalator at the Atlantic Terminal Mall in Brooklyn malfunctioned Tuesday evening. According to store employees, people were walking down a non-working escalator when it began to move without warning just after 6 p.m.
December 21, 2016 Liability Subrogation New York
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