Six Dead In Crash Of Twin-Engine Plane In Texas
All six people on board a twin-engine plane died when it crashed on a private ranch near an airport in Kerrville, Texas on Monday, officials said.
April 23, 2019
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Texas
Pledge To Put Your #phonedown
In 2016, California teen Amanda Clark was on the phone when her Chevrolet Trailblazer rolled three times, landing on its roof. According to the Sacramento Bee, Clark wrote: “I hate the thought of dying without my family knowing how I felt about them.”
April 22, 2019
Auto
Liability
Revealed: Insurance Company Linked To Two Notre-Dame de Paris Contractors
Unless youve been living under a rock the size of the Eiffel Tower, youll know that the 856-year-old Notre-Dame de Paris has been hit by a blaze while undergoing restoration work.
April 17, 2019
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Court Says Insurer Not Responsible For Refinerys Fire Damage
Valero energy corporation purchased an oil refinery from Murphy Oil Corporation. One year later, that refinery had a large fire, causing extensive structural damage.
April 16, 2019
Liability
Litigation
Bill Cosby Defamation Lawsuit Settled By Insurance Company, Actor Livid
A Bill Cosby defamation lawsuit filed by seven women against the actor was settled in federal court on Friday. According to the actors lawyers, this case was settled without Cosbys knowledge.
April 12, 2019
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Litigation
Contractors Strike Gas Line, Trigger Fatal Explosion In Durham, North Carolina
A gas explosion that partially collapsed a North Carolina building and set it ablaze Wednesday morning killed one person and injured more than a dozen others, police said.
April 10, 2019
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Property
Subrogation
Workers' Compensation
North Carolina
Explosion Occurred In Fort Worth Home With Renovation Crew Inside
One person was hurt after an explosion leveled a home near Fort Worth Saturday. Fire officials say a renovation crew was inside the 6,000 square foot house when the explosion happened.
April 9, 2019
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Property
Subrogation
Helicopter Crash-Lands On Florida Roadway, Rotor Blade Kills Truck Passenger
The helicopter involved in a crash-landing that resulted in the death of a motorist Thursday had possible mechanical problems days before, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
April 5, 2019
Auto
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Subrogation
Florida
Jury Awards $80M In Roundup Cancer Trial
A federal jury has awarded $80 million to a California man after determining that Monsantos popular weedkiller, Roundup, was a substantial factor in causing his cancer, and that the corporation is liable.
March 28, 2019
Liability
Litigation
California
$125M Lawsuit Filed Against Weather Channel For Crash That Killed 3 During Tornado Chase
The mother of a man killed in a "horrific" 2017 car accident filed a $125 million wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday against the Weather Channel for its role in the crash.
March 28, 2019
Liability
Litigation
Texas
Dozens Of Vehicles Pile Up On California Highway In Foggy Conditions
A child was in critical condition and several others were injured Saturday after a massive pileup snarled traffic on a California highway for hours, authorities said.
March 26, 2019
Auto
Liability
Subrogation
California
Dense Fog A Contributing Factor In Pileups On California Highway
Authorities say several crashes involving about 50 vehicles on Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles have sent 12 people to the hospital.
March 25, 2019
Auto
Liability
Subrogation
California
Petrochemical Leak Keeps Stretch Of Houston Port Closed A Third Day
Ship traffic was halted for a third day on Sunday along a key stretch of the United States busiest oil port as emergency workers siphoned fuels from the Houston Ship Channel that leaked from a massive fire at a nearby petrochemical storage facility.
March 25, 2019
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Texas
New Fire At Deer Park Plant As Leaking Toxins Close Ship Channel
A fireball again erupted into the sky. An unknown volume of chemicals leaked into waterways, destined for Galveston Bay. Deer Park residents peered out their windows at another plume of black smoke.
March 25, 2019
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Texas
Jury Sides With Cancer Patient; Thousands More Cases Pending Against Monsanto Over Roundup
A federal jury dealt a huge blow to Monsanto, saying its popular weedkiller Roundup was a substantial factor in causing a California mans cancer. Its the second time in eight months that a jury has reached such a decision.
March 21, 2019
Liability
Litigation
California



