Houston Neighborhood In Blast Zone Of Machine Shop Explosion; Two Deaths Confirmed
A massive explosion at a machine shop ripped through a Houston neighborhood early Friday morning, and police said at least two people were killed and several injured while homes were damaged by the explosion that sent out blast waves detected for miles.
January 24, 2020
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Property
Subrogation
Texas
Keeping Up With Conditional Payment Obligations: Effective Strategies For Medicare Conditional-Payment Recovery Cost Containment
Compliance with the Medicare Secondary Payer Act (MSP) in a workers compensation, general liability, or no-fault settlement requires a multi-faceted approach to satisfy three pillarspast, present, and futureof protecting Medicares interest.
January 23, 2020
Education & Training
Liability
Workers' Compensation
The Trucking Insurance Crisis: Lawsuit Abuse
In one notable personal injury case, a medical provider billed more than $14,000 for a procedure thats typically reimbursed by insurance at less than $400. Grossly inflated claims are costing the industry dearly and in some cases are driving trucking companies out of the marketplace because they can no longer afford insurance.
January 23, 2020
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Litigation
Meat Loaf Sues Hyatt And Concert Organizer After Injurious Fall
Rock singer Meat Loaf is suing a hotel in North Texas. He claims he cannot perform music because of a fall off the hotels stage. Meat Loaf filed the lawsuit in Tarrant County this week against Hyatt Corporation and the Texas Frightmare Weekend organizers.
January 15, 2020
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Litigation
Texas
Police: Black Ice Caused Massive Chain-Reaction Crash In York County, Virginia
Weeks after a massive 75-car pile up on Interstate 64 westbound, Virginia State Police investigators believe the initial cause of the pileup was one car and a patch of black ice.
January 13, 2020
Auto
Liability
Subrogation
Virginia
Americas Top Ten Judicial Hellholes
A new report highlights the worst local courts and states for abuses of the civil justice system, with the Top 10 Judicial Hellholes filled with widespread civil lawsuits, legislative loopholes that create more ways for lawyers to sue, and judges who allow junk science into evidence in trials.
January 9, 2020
Legislation & Regulation
Liability
Litigation
California
Georgia
Illinois
Louisiana
Minnesota
Why Phone Evidence Fell Short In This Triple-Collision Fraud Lawsuit
An insurer suspicious about a vehicle accident obtains evidence that the occupants of the different vehicles were talking by phone to one another.
January 8, 2020
Auto
Fraud
Liability
Drivers Who Arent, But Who Gets The Bill?
Another auto-piloted Tesla has crashed into another cartwo cars, actuallylast month. The Teslas "driver" (in quotes to ironize the obvious) was reportedly "checking on his dog" in the back seat when his car rammed into a Connecticut State Police cruiser and then ping-ponged into another car that was parked on the shoulder of the road.
January 8, 2020
Auto
Liability
Technology
Morning Sun Glare Contributed To 30-Vehicle Pileup In Maine
A chain reaction crash on Interstate 95 in Carmel, Maine, caused 30 cars to pile up west of Bangor Tuesday morning, stranding hundreds of drivers on the highway and seriously injuring one person, police said.
January 7, 2020
Auto
Liability
Subrogation
Maine
Chain-Reaction Crash Kills Five, Injures 60 On Pennsylvania Turnpike
A chain-reaction crash involving a tour bus, three tractor-trailers and a passenger car killed five people and injured about 60 others on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Pittsburgh early on Sunday, state police said.
January 6, 2020
Auto
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Subrogation
Pennsylvania
2019: The Year Climate Litigation Hit High Gear
One of the busiest years yet for climate litigation, 2019 was highlighted by favorable decisions handed down by some of the worlds highest courts.
January 2, 2020
Liability
Litigation
Drone Risks Causing Sky-High Headaches For Insurers
A recreational drone pilot has been fined US$20,000 after he lost control of his drone while flying it illegally near McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas. In June of 2018, pilot Rueben Burciaga lost control of his DJI Phantom 3 drone while operating it in Class B airspace - a no-go zone surrounding the nations busiest airports.
January 2, 2020
Liability
NHTSA Investigating Fatal California Tesla Crash
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating the crash of a speeding Tesla that killed two people in a Los Angeles suburb, the agency announced Tuesday.
January 2, 2020
Auto
Liability
California
Wind Turbine In New York City Crashes Onto Car
A recently installed wind turbine came crashing down in a New York City neighborhood, causing a chain reaction on Monday. As the turbine in the Bronx partially collapsed, it smashed into an adjacent three-sided illuminated billboard, causing that also to break apart and come tumbling down to the street and cars below.
December 31, 2019
Liability
Subrogation
New York
U.S. Aviation Regulator Proposes Tracking Most Drones
The top U.S. aviation regulator on Thursday proposed a rule that would allow for remote tracking of most drones in U.S airspace.The Federal Aviation Administration, or FAA, said the proposed rule would require all drones operating in the United States to be compliant within three years.
December 30, 2019
Legislation & Regulation
Liability



