Johnson & Johnson Warns Of Cyber Vulnerability In Its Insulin Pumps
Johnson & Johnson is telling patients that it has learned of a cyber security bug in one of its insulin pumps that a hacker could exploit to overdose diabetic patients with insulin, though it describes the hacking risk as low.
October 4, 2016
Liability
Technology
Thief Abandons Yacht After Crashing Into Docked Boats
First requirement of a vessel or vehicle thief: know how to drive. Sunday nights attempted yacht thief in Miami Beach failed that crucial skill.
October 3, 2016
Liability
Marine
Florida
Political Discussions In The Workplace Could Be A Liability
The concept of “free speech” is as American as apple pie. However, any employment litigator or human resources professional can tell you that free speech and what is appropriate in the workplace are very different concepts.
October 3, 2016
Liability
Risk Management
Trolley Flips In Delaware, Injuring More Than A Dozen Riders
A trolley carrying nearly two dozen wedding guests flipped on a Delaware highway Saturday afternoon, sending at least a dozen people to the hospital with injuries.
October 3, 2016
Liability
Delaware
Buck Up And Watch Out For Deer
The odds of drawing a license for North Dakotas deer gun season remain slim, but the odds of hitting that buck, doe or fawn with a vehicle are increasing on both sides of the Red River, a new report says.
September 30, 2016
Auto
Liability
Minnesota
North Dakota
Samsung Sued Over Exploding Washing Machines
Some owners of Samsung top-loading washing machines say their appliances exploded while in normal use. Now, federal safety regulators have confirmed they are looking into the matter and are advising Samsung owners on the best way to avoid the potential problem.
September 29, 2016
Liability
Litigation
Subrogation
Triage Underway At Hoboken, New Jersey Terminal After Train Derails
A New Jersey Transit commuter train crashed into the Hoboken terminal during rush hour, causing major structural damage and numerous injuries. Local media are reporting "major structural damage" and "multiple injuries," while the first responders are setting up triage.
September 29, 2016
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Property
New Jersey
Heroic Deputy Pulls Woman From Fiery Wreck
The driver of an 18-wheeler involved in a fiery accident on I-95 in Florence County this week described the deputy that came to their aid as "an angel," in voice messages left for the Florence County Sheriffs Office.
September 29, 2016
Auto
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
South Carolina
Yahoos Massive Data Breach Draws Negligence Suits By Users
Yahoo! Inc. is being accused in lawsuits of failing to secure customer data after the company said the personal information of at least 500 million users was stolen in a 2014 hack.
September 28, 2016
Liability
Litigation
High School Football Player Dies From Misdiagnosed Game Injury
The Euclid football player who died two days after Fridays game against Solon died from an injury to his abdomen, the medical examiner said on Tuesday.
September 28, 2016
Liability
Life & Health
Litigation
Ohio
New York Considers "Textalyzer" Bill
On a summer morning near Chappaqua, New York, in 2011, Evan Lieberman, 19, was carpooling with co-workers when the driver collided with another vehicle. Five occupants between the two cars were sent to the hospital.
September 27, 2016
Legislation & Regulation
Liability
New York
Transit Bus Collision Sends Passengers Flying
An accident involving two NJ Transit buses shut down the Lincoln Tunnels center tube into New York City Monday morning, causing delays of nearly two hours and injuring dozens. Some 44 people were hurt, though the injuries were not considered life-threatening.
September 27, 2016
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
New Jersey
New York
Florida Aquifer Contaminated By Radioactive Wastewater
A sinkhole the size of 300 Olympic swimming pools at a Florida fertilizer plant has leaked radioactive wastewater into the states aquifer. It took the company more than three weeks to alert the public.
September 23, 2016
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Florida
Satellite-Based Radar Confirms Injection Wells Caused Texas Quakes
Scientists used radar from satellites to show that five Texas earthquakes, one reaching magnitude 4.8, were caused by injections of wastewater in drilling for oil and gas. In 2012 and 2013, earthquakes five of them considered significant shook East Texas near Timpson.
September 23, 2016
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Texas
Rapper Shawty Lo Killed In Atlanta Crash
Rapper Shawty Lo, known for his song "Dey Know" and an abandoned reality TV show about the mothers of his 11 children, died Wednesday after a car crash in Atlanta, his manager told a local radio station.
September 23, 2016
Auto
Liability
Georgia



