Truck Drops 60 Into Crowded Park, Killing Four
A pickup truck swerved off a bridge and plummeted about 60 feet crashing into a crowd below who had gathered at a San Diego park, authorities said.
October 17, 2016
Auto
Liability
Life & Health
California
Injured Passengers Intend To Sue NJ Transit For Negligence
When Sheldon Kest climbed out a window of the NJ Transit train that hurtled into Hoboken Terminal on Sept. 29, his right middle finger was partly amputated and his face was covered in blood.
October 14, 2016
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Litigation
New Jersey
Smart Homes Could Increase Risks Of Ransomware, Data Loss
Carriers are offering high tech bargains to policy holdersusing internet connected devices, such as thermostats, doorbells, and moisture sensorsin exchange for discounts on home policies, according to reports.
October 14, 2016
Liability
Technology
Car Wash Malfunction Traps Family, Crushes Vehicle
Members of a local family say they are lucky to be alive after a car-wash part fell on their vehicle and nearly crushed them.
The Mitchell family says they were at a car wash in Conyers over the weekend when a massive part came loose and smashed their car with them in it.
October 13, 2016
Auto
Liability
Georgia
The Mitchell family says they were at a car wash in Conyers over the weekend when a massive part came loose and smashed their car with them in it.
Samsung Ships Fire-Proof Boxes For Note 7 Returns
If you purchased a Galaxy Note 7 from a US carrier or retailer, you can (and should) return it to a store immediately. If you bought the phone straight from Samsung, though, the process was a little trickier -- some customers complained early on about FedEx and UPS refusing to handle return units out of fears they would blow up.
October 12, 2016
Liability
Subrogation
Technology
UPS Sued Over Pedestrians Death In Crosswalk
A Chicago area family has filed a wrongful death suit against UPS, two months after a truck hit and killed a 78-year-old woman in the Sauganash neighborhood.
October 12, 2016
Liability
Litigation
Illinois
Bacteria In Dentists Water Sends 30 Kids To Hospital
An outbreak that sent 30 children to Southern California hospitals and could have long-term effects on their health, is raising awareness about the risk of bacterial infection from water at the dentists office.
October 12, 2016
Liability
Litigation
California
Timber Company, Washington State Settle Landslide Liability Claims
Survivors and family members of people killed in the nations deadliest landslide have reached $60 million in settlements with the state of Washington and a timber company that logged an area above the site of the collapse.
October 11, 2016
Liability
Litigation
Washington
Self-Driving Cars Will Be the Best Thing To Happen To Motorcycles
Self-driving technology promises to pretty much transform the auto industry as we know it. It may also change the business of selling motorcyclesbut in a very different way.
October 11, 2016
Liability
Technology
30 Passengers Rescued From Capsized Sailboat In San Francisco
A boat with 30 people aboard capsized on Saturday at Fishermans Wharf in San Francisco, trapping several passengers under the vessels hull before rescue swimmers managed to pull everyone from the water, though two children were critically injured, fire officials said.
October 10, 2016
Liability
Marine
California
Long Island Commuter Train Derailment Injures 33
The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the derailment of a Long Island commuter train Saturday night that left 33 people injured, authorities said.
October 10, 2016
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
New York
Five Killed By Wrong-Way Driver On Vermont Interstate
Four of the five teenagers who were killed in a crash on Interstate 89 late Sunday night have been identified as juniors at Harwood Union Middle/High School, according to a news release from the schools co-principal, Amy Rex.
October 10, 2016
Auto
Liability
Vermont
U.S. Traffic Deaths Jump 10.4% In First Half Of 2016
U.S. traffic fatalities rose by an estimated 10.4 percent in the first half of this year, federal officials said Wednesday, and continued an upward trend that started in late 2014 as the economic recovery accelerated.
October 5, 2016
Auto
Liability
3 Family Haulers Win Top Safety Ratings
Families need space to haul their kids, friends and stuff. To get that space, they usually choose an SUV or minivan. Either way, safety is very important to those families. Two 2017 minivans and one SUV have just won top safety ratings from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
October 5, 2016
Auto
Liability
Technology
Arkansas Insurance Department Prosecutes U-Haul Crash Fraudsters
"In this case, Im not sure that there ever was a crash," Ryan James, with the Arkansas Insurance Department, said. As U-Haul locations across Central Arkansas load up their trucks for law abiding customers, the Arkansas Insurance Department is unloading a conviction on a woman they say hitched onto a U-Haul for insurance fraud.
October 4, 2016
Fraud
Liability
Arkansas



