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Increased Regulations For Commercial Drivers Have Not Improved Safety

There’s no question that driver fatigue poses a serious threat to safety on our nation’s roadways. But just how bad is the threat?
August 25, 2016 Excess & Surplus Lines Legislation & Regulation Liability Workers' Compensation

Family Of Gun Instructor Killed By Girl Sues Shooting Range

The family of an Arizona shooting range instructor who was accidentally killed by a 9-year-old girl with an Uzi has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the business.
August 25, 2016 Liability Arizona

School Bus Crash Kills Driver, Injures 7 Children

The investigation continues into a school bus crash in Midland Monday morning, where seven children were injured and the bus driver has died.
August 24, 2016 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Workers' Compensation Georgia

San Francisco Taxi Plows Into Sidewalk Shoeshine Stand

Authorities say three people are critically injured Tuesday after a taxi jumped a curb and plowed into an advertising kiosk and a shoeshine stand at a busy corner in downtown San Francisco.
August 24, 2016 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability California

Insurer May Sue Tesla Over Autopilot Accident

A Texas man said the Autopilot mode on his Tesla Model S sent him off the road and into a guardrail, bloodying his nose and shaking his confidence in the technology. He doesn’t plan to sue the electric-car maker, but his insurance company might.
August 24, 2016 Liability Litigation Subrogation Technology Texas

27 Or More Vehicles Piled Up On Georgia Interstate

Thirteen people were hospitalized Sunday after an accident involving more than two dozen vehicles on an interstate north of Atlanta, officials told NBC News.
August 23, 2016 Auto Liability Georgia

Labor Day Weekend Driving May Be Deadlier Than Ever

Often, trends are a good thing. However, the current trend - and increase in fatal motor vehicle accidents - could result in the United States experiencing its deadliest driving year since 2007. And with Labor Day coming up, traditionally a deadly weekend on U.S. roads, the National Safety Council is warning drivers to be aware on the roads.
August 23, 2016 Auto Liability California Florida Georgia Indiana Kentucky

Driver Confuses Pedals, Runs Into Park Concertgoers

Several people were injured Sunday night when a car drove onto a dance floor at an outdoor concert in Parma Heights, a suburb south of Cleveland.
August 22, 2016 Auto Liability Ohio

Deadly Collision Of Two Transit Buses In New Jersey

Two NJ Transit buses collided in a "T-bone" crash Friday in New Jersey, killing two people and injuring 17 others. Shortly after 6 a.m. Friday, a NJ Transit bus - the 59 line to Westfield - collided with the 13 bus that was traveling from Irvington to Belleville, according to the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office.
August 22, 2016 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability New Jersey

Five Die As Airborne Car Hits Two Others On Long Island Highway

Five people, including a 10-year-old boy, were killed on Sunday when a car driver lost control and his vehicle became airborne, striking two cars traveling in the opposite direction on the Long Island Expressway, police said.
August 22, 2016 Auto Liability New York

Wild Transit Bus Ride Ends With 17 Hospitalized

It was like the scene out of a movie, an out of control bus slams into cars, houses, a church and a dumpster before coming to rest on a porch, with it all unfolding in real life in Lebanon late Wednesday night.
August 18, 2016 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Pennsylvania

Oklahoma Shaken By Another, Stronger Earthquake This Week

A 4.3 magnitude earthquake has struck central Oklahoma in the same area that’s been rattled by quakes over the past week.
The U.S. Geological Survey says Wednesday’s quake was centered near Luther, about 28 miles northeast of Oklahoma City.
August 17, 2016 Legislation & Regulation Liability Oklahoma

Six Children Shocked On Ocean Beach Park Ride

A half dozen kids were shocked by electricity on a Connecticut boardwalk ride Tuesday, police said. The six children were rushed to a local hospital with minor injuries after being shocked on the Scrambler at Ocean Beach Park in New London.
August 17, 2016 Liability Connecticut

Credit Card Payment Systems Hacked At HEI Hotels In 10 States

HEI Hotels & Resorts provided a list of hotels—20 hotels in 10 states and the District of Columbia—that suffered a "security incident," in which payment card data of customers may have been affected. "HEI was recently alerted to a potential security incident by its card processor," HEI said in a statement released Friday.
August 16, 2016 Liability Technology California Colorado District Of Columbia Florida Illinois

Lamborghini Driver Protected By High-End Crash Cell In Car-Splitting Accident

The driver was pulled from the car mere moments before it erupted into flames. A burned and broken sports car strewn across the streets of Chicago isn’t a pretty sight.
August 16, 2016 Auto Liability Illinois
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