Two Semitrailers Involved In Fatal Interstate Chain-Reaction Crash
One person is dead and three others were sent to the hospital after a chain-reaction crash between two tractor-trailers and five vehicles Saturday on westbound I-70 in Terre Haute.
March 20, 2019
Auto
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Subrogation
Indiana
2 Dead, Dozens Injured In Charter Bus Crash In Virginia
Two people were killed and several others hurt when a Taos Travel Inc. bus overturned on Interstate 95 in Prince George County Tuesday morning.
March 20, 2019
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Massachusetts
Virginia
Mold Damage From Allegedly Defective Work Excluded From CGL Coverage
Following a contractors remodeling of a house, the home owner sued the contractor and its commercial general liability (CGL) insurer, Wisconsin Mutual Insurance, as well as its own homeowners insurer, Hastings Mutual Insurance. The home owner claimed the house was rendered uninhabitable by the contractors negligent work on a bathroom that resulted in leaking water, which caused mold to grow and then release the chemical trichothecene into the residence.
March 18, 2019
Education & Training
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Litigation
Property
Wisconsin
100 Cars Involved In Several Crashes In One-Mile Stretch Of I-25 During Blizzard
One hundred vehicles were involved in several crashes in a one-mile stretch of Colorados Interstate 25 during Wednesdays blizzard, according to the Wellington Fire Protection District.
March 15, 2019
Auto
Liability
Subrogation
Colorado
Families Can Sue Gun Maker For Sandy Hook School Massacre: Court
Families of schoolchildren gunned down in the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre can sue Remington Outdoor Co Inc, a Connecticut court ruled on Thursday, in a setback for gun makers long shielded from liability in mass shootings.
March 15, 2019
Liability
Litigation
Connecticut
Deadly 2017 Wildfire Found Sparked By Southern California Edison Power Lines
The devastating Thomas Fire that killed two people and destroyed more than 1,000 structures northwest of Los Angeles in December 2017 was sparked by power lines owned by Southern California Edison Co, fire officials said on Wednesday.
March 14, 2019
Liability
Litigation
Property
Subrogation
California
Insurers Face Large Claims After Ethiopian Airlines Crash
Boeing Cos insurers face big claims from families of the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines crash, coming less than six months after the crash of the same type of Boeing aircraft in Indonesia, insurance and aviation sources said.
March 12, 2019
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Litigation
5G Will Transform P&C, Car Repair
Todays technology news is dominated by articles about the promise of 5Git was one of the top stories coming out of this years Consumer Electronics Show. 5G, so named because its the generation following todays 4G, could bring mobile phones information 600 times faster than todays speeds.
March 11, 2019
Auto
Liability
Life & Health
Property
Technology
30-Vehicle Pileup On Wisconsin Bridge Started With One Car Hitting Ice
A 30-vehicle crash closed a section of Interstate 43 for hours Tuesday morning.
March 7, 2019
Auto
Liability
Wisconsin
Uber Not Criminally Liable In Fatal 2018 Arizona Self-Driving Crash: Prosecutors
Uber Technologies Inc is not criminally liable in a March 2018 crash in Tempe, Arizona, in which one of the companys self-driving cars struck and killed a pedestrian, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
March 6, 2019
Auto
Liability
Technology
Arizona
The Looming Long-Tail Risk Of E-Cigarettes
In July 2007, Dr. Cecile Rose, a pulmonologist with the National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver, Colorado, wrote a letter to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration describing a case in which one of her patients was diagnosed with the debilitating lung disease Broncholitis obliterans. Dr. Rose said that the 53-year-old patient appeared to have contracted the disease from approximately 10 years of at-home exposure to diacetyl fumes from microwave popcorn.
March 4, 2019
Liability
Litigation
U.S. Safety Agencies To Investigate Fatal Tesla Crash In Florida
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said they are sending teams to investigate a fatal crash in Florida on Friday involving a Tesla Inc car and a semi-trailer.
March 4, 2019
Auto
Liability
Technology
Florida
Liberty Mutual May Have To Defend In Heroin Overdose
Liberty Mutual may be required to defend two seafood companies from negligence claims filed by an employee who sustained injuries after a heroin overdose at work.
March 1, 2019
Liability
Litigation
Maine
Concussion Risks Raise The Stakes For Sports Organizations
In recent years, the world of sports has been shaken up by an increased awareness of concussions and their long-term consequences, especially after a concussion-related settlement between the NFL and over 20,000 retired football players was reached back in 2015.
March 1, 2019
Liability
Litigation
Workers' Compensation
Drunk Driver Hit 10 Cars, Caused $88K In Damage
Police have charged a man accused of slamming into multiple cars with a truck outside a High Point restaurant on Wednesday.
March 1, 2019
Auto
Liability
Subrogation
North Carolina



