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Mini Meteorologists: How Satellite Technology Is Reducing Weather Risks

In recent years, we have witnessed a technological revolution that is historic, impressive and even a bit overwhelming. From the introduction of smartphones to cloud computing to artificial intelligence, the frenetic pace of innovation has led to efficiencies that never before seemed possible. For businesses, the access to information is equally profound. Accurate and timely data facilitates sound decisions in terms of protecting assets, mitigating loss and meeting fiduciary responsibilities.
November 9, 2018 Liability Technology

High Frequency Of Collisions, BI Claims And Litigation Makes Louisiana Car Insurance Most Expensive Nationwide

The Insurance Research Council (I.R.C.) released data from a recent study showing that Louisiana car insurance is the least affordable in the United States. Moreover, the state is also among the highest for payment delinquencies in the country.
November 8, 2018 Auto Liability Litigation Louisiana

Fire Breaks Out At Industrial Building In Southwest Santa Rosa

A dark plume was clearly visible around southwest Santa Rosa on Saturday afternoon after a fire broke out at a large industrial building and destroyed at least two businesses, fire officials said.
November 6, 2018 Auto Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Property Subrogation California

Cleared For Launch: CLM’s Universal Claims Certification Is Ready For Takeoff

Nearly three years ago, CLM began the process of creating the Universal Claims Certification (UCC) for states that license claims professionals. The goal was simple: Create one educational standard to rule them all.
November 6, 2018 Auto Legislation & Regulation Liability Property Workers' Compensation

Product Liability, Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against Honeywell And Pennsylvania Utilities

A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed in a 2017 gas explosion that destroyed a Lancaster County home, killed one utility worker and injured two others.
November 6, 2018 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Litigation Pennsylvania

Man With Alleged History Of Fraudulent Claims Accused of Drowning Wife For Life Insurance Policy

The man Twin Cities Community Hospital in Templeton hired earlier this year to be its chief nursing officer allegedly murdered his wife, a successful lawyer with a $1 million life insurance policy, in attempt to collect large sums of money that would allow him to continue living a luxurious lifestyle, which included expensive cars and multiple mistresses, according to a lawsuit filed this week in Florida.
November 5, 2018 Auto Fraud Liability Life & Health Litigation Florida

Male Stripper Loses Damages Suit Over Rear End Injury

Welcome to what will undoubtedly be the most read article I have posted in some time. To be fair, the title of the article that originally caught my eye read, "Male Stripper Loses Damages Claim Over Rear-Ending Injury, " but I probably clicked on that link with the same tawdry imagination and giddy interest in the perverse as you did in order to wind up here.
November 2, 2018 Liability Litigation Weird

Florida Man Sues Tesla Over Crash During Autopilot Mode

A Florida man says the autopilot feature of his Tesla vehicle failed to detect a disabled car on a highway, leading to a collision that left him with permanent injuries, according to a negligence lawsuit filed Tuesday.
October 31, 2018 Auto Liability Litigation Florida

Increasing Number Of Car Crashes Complicate Boulder’s March Toward Vision Zero

When it comes to preventing serious car crashes — either with another vehicle or, more often, pedestrians and cyclists — the key is left-hand turns. So said Boulder’s traffic engineers at a Tuesday study session on the city’s goal to do just that, and completely eliminate traffic-related fatalities and severe injuries by 2040.
October 26, 2018 Auto Liability Colorado

7 Children Dead In Virus Outbreak At New Jersey Facility

Seven children have died as a result of adenovirus at the Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Haskell, New Jersey. The Wanaque facility has been "instructed not to admit any new patients until the outbreak ends and they are in full compliance," according to the health department.
October 24, 2018 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability New Jersey

Well-Known Detroit Lawyer Accused Of Insurance Bribery Conspiracy

Detroit Police officers funneled unofficial accident reports to personal injury lawyer Mike Morse during a scheme that cheated State Farm Automobile Insurance Co. out of at least $1 million, the insurer alleges.
October 23, 2018 Fraud Liability Litigation Michigan

Jeep Wrangler Recall: Faulty Weld Could Lead To Crash Without Warning

Problem welds, which could lead to a "crash without prior warning," are prompting Fiat Chrysler Automobiles to recall about 18,000 2018 and 2019 Jeep Wrangler JLs
October 17, 2018 Auto Liability

A Google Self-Driving Car Reportedly Caused A Crash In 2011 After A Former Engineer Changed Its Code To Drive Where It Wasn’t Supposed To

Anthony Levandowski, the engineer at the center of this year’s corporate espionage trial between Waymo and Uber, has a history of bending the rules when it comes to self-driving cars, the New Yorker reports.
October 17, 2018 Auto Liability Technology California

25 People Hospitalized In 405 Freeway Bus Crash

Five people suffered serious injuries in the San Fernando Valley crash that closed lanes for about 10 hours. Twenty-five people were hospitalized following a bus crash that closed the busy 405 Freeway in the west San Fernando Valley.
October 16, 2018 Auto Liability California

Burn Notice: Ford GT Recalled For Fire Hazard

One of the undoubted highlights of the Midwest Automotive Media Association’s Spring Rally in May was having the opportunity to ride shotgun for quick laps around the Road America racetrack in a Ford GT. They were awful hot, those laps, and we even said that the GT "blazed" around the track. Well, for the handful of owners out there, your Ford GT is now being recalled for a very different, literal kind of blaze.
October 10, 2018 Auto Liability
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