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Hazmat Crews Respond To Crash Involving Deadly Anhydrous Ammonia

A semitrailer carrying hazardous material crashed on Interstate 90 in central Washington state, killing the driver, sending fumes into the air and causing some residences to be temporarily evacuated.
August 4, 2016 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Workers' Compensation Washington

830K Ford Vehicles Recalled Over Faulty Door Latches

Ford is recalling about 830,000 vehicles in the U.S. and Mexico because parts in the side door latches can break and the doors can open while the vehicles are moving.
August 4, 2016 Auto Liability Subrogation Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Florida

Parents Of Anton Yelchin To File Wrongful Death Suit Against Automaker

Anton Yelchin’s parents have filed court documents indicating the "Star Trek" actor died without a will and left behind a nearly $1.4 million estate.
August 3, 2016 Liability Litigation California

Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight May Have Deliberately Crashed, Complicating Insurance Settlements

Certain tenets of an international insurance treaty may stymie coverage for families of the victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, as new evidence points to a deliberate crash and potential pilot suicide as the cause of the plane’s disappearance two years ago.
August 2, 2016 Liability Litigation

Homeowners Face Legal Battle As Ritzy Condo Tower Sinks

A newly built high-rise residential tower in San Francisco’s SoMa area may be sinking and shifting, developments that could cost thousands -- if not millions -- of dollars to fix and could pit homeowners against the city.
August 2, 2016 Liability Litigation California

California Tour Bus Crash Kills Five Passengers

A bush crash in Merced County has claimed the lives of at least five passengers. The crash happened around 3:30 a.m. Tuesday on Highway 99 one mile south of the Hammat Avenue exit near the city of Livingston, according to a spokesperson with Merced-area California Highway Patrol.
August 2, 2016 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability California

DUI Driver Plows Into Las Vegas Home

Las Vegas Metro police reported a driver who drove a van into an east Valley house Wednesday morning is facing a DUI charge. The crash happened about 7:02 a.m. at a house located on Parkhurst Street, near Washington Avenue and Pecos Road.
August 2, 2016 Liability Property Nevada

Florida Leads The Nation In Credit Card Fraud

The numbers don’t lie. Florida is the credit card fraud capital of the nation based on the number of complaints to the Federal Trade Commission. The agency received the most credit card fraud complaints from Florida in 2015.
August 2, 2016 Liability Technology Florida

Texas Hot Air Balloon Crash Kills 16 People

U.S. safety investigators in central Texas began gathering evidence on Sunday into what caused the crash of a hot air balloon that killed 16 people after it hit a power line and plummeted to the ground in flames.
August 1, 2016 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Texas

Florida Driver Survives Dramatic Accident

A man was rushed to a hospital by helicopter Saturday after a frightening crash sent his car tumbling beside busy Woodland Boulevard in DeLand. When it stopped flipping through the air along the 1400-block, smoke began to rise from the car.
August 1, 2016 Auto Liability Florida

Dump Truck Driver Causes Chain Of Collisions On Ohio Interstate

One person was killed, as many as three others were injured, and a dump truck driver is in custody following a five vehicle rear-end, chain-reaction accident on I-75 North in Moraine on Wednesday afternoon.
July 29, 2016 Auto Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Ohio

Road Rage Precedes Fatal, Head-On Crash

A man who deputies say was fleeing after a reported road rage incident was killed when he crashed head-on into another vehicle, injuring a mother and child, according to Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office officials.
July 29, 2016 Auto Liability North Carolina

IIHS Research Finds Red Light Cameras Do Save Lives

Red light camera programs in 79 large U.S. cities saved nearly 1,300 lives through 2014, researchers from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety have found. Shutting down such programs has cost lives, with the rate of fatal red-light-running crashes shooting up 30 percent in cities that have turned off cameras.
July 28, 2016 Auto Liability

Woman Seriously Injured After Fair Ride Cable Snaps

A 47-year-old woman was seriously injured after falling roughly 40-feet from a fair ride at the Frederick County Fairgrounds in Virginia on Monday, July 25, according to police.
July 28, 2016 Liability Virginia

California Leads Nation In #DrivingSelfie Posts

California drivers take more selfies while driving than motorists in any other state, according to a new study by the insurance news and information site Auto Insurance Center.
July 27, 2016 Auto Liability California Florida Hawaii Nevada
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