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Yahoo Security Breach May Be Largest Ever

Yahoo (YHOO, Tech30) confirmed on Thursday data "associated with at least 500 million user accounts" have been stolen in what may be one of the largest cybersecurity breaches ever.
September 23, 2016 Liability Technology

Parents Of USC Student Sue Over Fatal Crash With Campus Cop

Ambition brought Kelsey Dresser to the University of Southern California, where the aspiring therapist from Carlsbad enrolled in graduate school. But the 23-year-old student’s goal to become a mental health counselor was cut short last December, when she turned her red convertible into the university’s South Los Angeles campus.
September 22, 2016 Auto Liability Litigation California

Yahoo Will Reveal ‘Massive’ Loss Of User Data, Recode Says

Yahoo! Inc. is preparing to disclose a “massive” data breach of its main service, Recode reported, just as Verizon Communications Inc. prepares to take over the ailing internet company’s core assets.
September 22, 2016 Liability Technology

Wreck Artists Add Billions To Auto Injury Claims Payouts

Whenever Doris Maxey backs out of a parking spot, she honks her horn as a warning. “I am very cautious,” Maxey, 90, said. “I honk, and I look and look, because I don’t want to run over my postman.”
September 21, 2016 Fraud Liability

Pilot Survives Plane Crash Into Phoenix Home

Federal investigators are at the scene of a plane crash in a suburban Phoenix neighborhood. Gilbert Fire Department spokesman Gary Hildebrandt says firefighters were assisting National Transportation Safety Board personnel Sunday, the morning after a plane carrying several skydivers crashed into a Gilbert home.
September 20, 2016 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Property Arizona

Church’s Chicken Worker Cooked By Grease When Floor Collapsed

A Texas woman is demanding $50 million for being "literally cooked" when a floor collapsed at a Church’s Chicken restaurant and covered her in boiling fryer grease.
September 19, 2016 Liability Litigation Workers' Compensation Texas

Road Debris Smashes Through Windshield, Killing Driver

The California Department of Transportation says a large metal nut that struck and killed a man as he drove on a Northern California freeway may have come from one of its trucks.
September 19, 2016 Auto Liability California

Floridian Burned By Exploding Smartphone Files Suit

A Florida man has filed what is believed to be the first lawsuit to result from a battery defect affecting Samsung Note7 smartphones.
September 19, 2016 Liability Litigation Florida

Football Team Charter Bus Crash Kills Four

Four people, including an 8-year-old boy, died and 42 were taken to the hospital Saturday when a charter bus carrying a football team from Ramah Juco Academy of Rock Hill crashed.
September 19, 2016 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability North Carolina

Fiat-Chrysler Recalling 1.9M Vehicles Globally

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV said on Thursday it is recalling 1.9 million vehicles worldwide for an air bag defect that is linked to three deaths and five injuries.
September 16, 2016 Liability Subrogation

Alabama Teen Hits Camel Crossing The Road

A teenage driver was injured Monday night when his vehicle hit a camel crossing a road in Sardis City in Etowah County. The camel was euthanized this morning as a result of his injuries, according to Sardis City Police Chief James Harp.
September 15, 2016 Auto Liability Weird Alabama

Chinese Man Blames Tesla Autopilot Function For Son’s Crash

A Chinese man suing Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA.O) after his son was killed while driving one of the U.S. car makers’ vehicles argues that the responsiveness of the car’s "autopilot" function was responsible for the accident, his lawyer said.
September 15, 2016 Auto Liability Litigation Technology

Construction Workers Start Apartment Building Fire

Orem firefighters responded to a two-alarm residential fire Monday afternoon. According to Ryan Peterson with the Orem Fire Department, the fire started at 730 E. 950 South at about 11:35 a.m. The fire was at building B of the Aston Apartments, part of the University Place complex near Costco.
September 14, 2016 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Utah

School Bus Cameras Reveal Lots Of Drivers Passing Illegally

As students return to class,some school districts are releasing dramatic videos to highlight the dangers from drivers who fail to stop for school.
September 14, 2016 Liability Texas

374K Haul Master Trailers Recalled For Missing Side Lights

Harbor Freight Tools is recalling more than 374,000 trailers because they may not have red side marker lights as required by federal safety standards.
September 14, 2016 Liability Subrogation
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