10-Year-Old Girl Dies After Falling Off Carnival Ride In New Jersey

A 10-year-old girl has died after she fell off a carnival ride in New Jersey, according to police. The girl was on a ride called "Extreme" at the Deerfield Township Harvest Festival Saturday around 6 p.m. in south New Jersey when she fell off the ride, according to a news release from the New Jersey State Police.
October 14, 2019 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability New Jersey

Denver Drivers Unprepared For Season’s First Snowy Roads, Nearly 100 Crashes Reported

Numerous crashes took place on roads across the Denver metro area Thursday morning as snow fell and temperatures dropped on Colorado’s Front Range.
October 11, 2019 Auto Liability Colorado

Boxing Champ Errol Spence Jr. Hospitalized After Wrecking Ferrari

Welterweight boxing champion Errol Spence Jr. was thrown from a Ferrari early Thursday while driving in Dallas, but he is expected to survive, police say.
October 11, 2019 Auto Liability Texas

Jury Awards $8 Billion In Risperdal Suit Against Johnson & Johnson Subsidiary

A Philadelphia jury on Tuesday hit Johnson & Johnson with an $8 billion verdict over its marketing of the anti-psychotic drug Risperdal, siding with a Maryland man who argued that the health care giant downplayed risks that the drug could lead to breast growth in boys.
October 9, 2019 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Litigation Pennsylvania

SoCal Edison Crane Falls On Home, Injures Pastor

Video captured the moment a Southern California Edison crane fell over in a residential area of Long Beach Monday afternoon, injuring one person.
October 9, 2019 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Property Subrogation California

Physicians Increasingly Face “Hybrid” Medical Liability Claims

California physicians are increasingly facing “hybrid” lawsuits alleging professional negligence as well as medical battery from plaintiffs who want to avoid the state’s long-standing $250,000 limit on what juries can award for noneconomic damages in medical liability cases.
October 9, 2019 Liability Litigation California

Washington Supreme Court Holds Claims Adjusters Cannot Be Personally Liable For Bad Faith

In a closely contested 5-4 decision, the Washington Supreme Court held in Keodalah v. Allstate Insurance Company, et al., Slip. Op. No. 95867-0, ___ P.3d ___ (Oct. 3, 2019), that a claims adjuster cannot be held personally liable to an insured for bad faith.
October 8, 2019 Liability Litigation

Supreme Court Rejects Utility’s Appeal On Who Pays For Wildfire Costs

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday morning said it will not hear San Diego Gas & Electric’s appeal of a California Supreme Court case that turned back the utility’s request to pass along $379 million in costs related to the 2007 wildfires that blazed through San Diego County.
October 8, 2019 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Property California

Trick Or Treat, Or Insurance Claim?

A cornerstone of Halloween — little kids and their parents scampering door to door in search of candy — is a source of hair-raising risk for homeowners, according to a homeowners insurance expert weighing in recently in three risks associated with the holiday.
October 3, 2019 Liability Property

Las Vegas Massacre Victims Families Reach $735 Million Settlement With MGM Resorts

A landmark settlement between MGM and victims of the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting is expected to be announced on Thursday to resolve victims’ claims, according to a source familiar with the matter.
October 3, 2019 Liability Litigation Nevada

Johnson & Johnson Settles Ohio Lawsuits To Avoid Federal Trial

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) said on Tuesday it will pay $20.4 million to settle claims by two Ohio counties, allowing the U.S. healthcare giant to avoid an upcoming federal trial seeking to hold the industry responsible for the nation’s opioid epidemic.
October 1, 2019 Liability Litigation Ohio

Treat Each Claim As Unique; Look At Whole Picture

Stepping back to look at the whole picture when evaluating a claim and treating each case as unique is important for determining the best course of action, said legal experts in a presentation Monday at the Chicagoland Risk Forum at the Marriott Magnificent Mile in Chicago.
September 26, 2019 Education & Training Liability Workers' Compensation

Four Reasons Bodily Injury Adjusters Are Overloaded With Work

Workload is the number one cause of stress in the workplace, when compared with other factors including people issues, work-life balance and lack of job security, according to Statista.
September 25, 2019 Auto Liability Technology

U-Haul To Pay $160M In Feltonville Food Truck Blast That Killed 2

U-Haul Co. of Pennsylvania will pay a record $160 million in a settlement after a Feltonville food truck exploded nearly four years ago, killing a mother and daughter and injuring 11 people. The amount is the highest pre-verdict settlement in Pennsylvania, attorneys for the plaintiffs said Wednesday.
September 24, 2019 Liability Litigation Pennsylvania

PG&E Confirms $11B Settlement With California Wildfire Re/Insurers

PG&E Corporation and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has confirmed an $11 billion agreement to resolve all insurance subrogation claims arising from the 2017 Northern California wildfires and the 2018 Camp Fire.
September 23, 2019 Catastrophe Liability Property Subrogation California
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