Invasive, Nuisance Players Spur Canadian Pokemon Go Lawsuit
A class-action lawsuit against the makers of Pokeman Go is moving ahead even though the company has removed the lead plaintiffs home in a small Alberta hamlet from its app. Barbie Schaeffer alleges she and her husband have been inundated with players on their private property in Torrington, Alta. since it showed up on the games app as Pokemon Gym.
August 15, 2016
Liability
Litigation
Fewer Oklahoma Quakes Potentially Due To Increased Regulations
While the earth continues to shudder more frequently than seven years ago beneath Oklahomans feet, the rate of earthquakes in the state in 2016 is down from last year.
August 12, 2016
Legislation & Regulation
Liability
Oklahoma
Under The Influence Of Road Rage, Driver Slams Into Kentucky Home
A couple was just getting ready to move into their house, when a car came crashing through a bedroom wall.
August 11, 2016
Auto
Liability
Kentucky
AAA Warns Of Accident Risk From Debris Flying Off Vehicles
Driver beware: Dangerous debris in the road or from an unsecured load falling off other vehicles has been blamed for more than 200,000 crashes on U.S. roads between 2011 and 2014.
August 11, 2016
Auto
Liability
Freight Car Derails Into DeRailed Bar: Small Town Excitement
Can a name be destiny? In the case of DeRailed, a bar at 1130 N. Grand Ave., it appears so. A Canadian Pacific railroad car tipped over on the adjacent tracks early Tuesday and crushed a corner of the metal storage shed at the back of the bar.
August 11, 2016
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Iowa
Woman Flips Her SUV Into Line At Starbucks Drive-Thru
Investigators in Washington are examining the scene of a crash that left an SUV propped on its top on the wall of a Starbucks.
August 11, 2016
Auto
Liability
Washington
Earthquake With 4.0 Magnitude Hits Central Oklahoma
Another earthquake has rattled central Oklahoma, but there have been no reports of damage or injuries. The U.S. Geological Survey says the earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 4.0.
August 10, 2016
Legislation & Regulation
Liability
Technology
Oklahoma
Californias PG&E Guilty Of Pipeline Violations, But Fines Greatly Reduced
A federal jury found Californias largest utility guilty on Tuesday of misleading investigators about how it was identifying high-risk pipelines after a deadly pipeline explosion in the San Francisco Bay Area.
August 10, 2016
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Litigation
California
Medevacs Required For RV, Tour Bus Crash In Alaskan Wilderness
Thirteen people required hospitalization after a motor home slammed into the back of a bus that was turning into a wilderness lodge near Alaskas Wrangell-St. Elias National Park.
August 9, 2016
Auto
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Alaska
Southern Florida Clinic Employees Arrested For Fraudulent PIP Billing
A dozen people were arrested Monday in Miami-Dade County for their roles in medical fraud schemes, authorities said.
August 9, 2016
Fraud
Liability
Florida
Good Samaritans Help Rescue Family After Head-On Collision
Two Tennessee women were killed in a head-on collision in Mobile County on Saturday. It happened on Highway 45 north of Eight Mile. Both of the drivers were killed 64-year-old Mary Robinson and 26-year-old Amanda Murley.
August 9, 2016
Auto
Liability
Alabama
Three Girls Fall From Fair Ride In Tennessee
Three girls were injured after they fell from a Ferris wheel at a county fair in eastern Tennessee, police said Monday evening. Greeneville police Capt. Tim Davis said a basket reportedly overturned on a Greene County Fair ride and dumped the occupants out.
August 9, 2016
Liability
Tennessee
Woman Attempting To Parallel Park Backs Into A Ferrari
A Ferrari 458 Speciale has been damaged after a woman driving a Mercedes-Benz 380SL Roadster reversed into the prized Italian exotic.
August 8, 2016
Auto
Liability
Virginia
Lawmakers Young Son Perishes On Worlds Largest Water Slide
The young son of a Kansas state lawmaker died Sunday on a water slide that is billed as the worlds largest, according to officials and the boys family.
August 8, 2016
Liability
Kansas
Dozens Injured At Snoop Dogg Concert In New Jersey As Railing Collapses
More than 40 concertgoers were injured on Friday night when a railing collapsed at an amphitheater where rapper Snoop Dogg was performing in Camden, New Jersey, officials said.
August 8, 2016
Liability
New Jersey



