Toronto Van Attack: How Insurance Applies To Vehicles Used As Weapons

If a rental vehicle is used as a murder weapon, the insurer could be on the hook if neither the driver nor the person renting the vehicle have auto insurance.
April 25, 2018 Auto Liability

Speeding Semi Causes 9-Vehicle Pileup In Greeley, Colorado

Nine vehicle were damaged in a pileup caused by a speeding semitruck on Tuesday, the Greeley Police Department said.
April 20, 2018 Auto Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Colorado

Semi-Trailers Pile Up On Interstate In Whiteout Conditions

I-76 was shut down both ways on Tuesday afternoon after a pileup in the westbound lane. The incident took place about four miles west of Fort Morgan after a strong gust of wind created extremely low visibility.
April 19, 2018 Auto Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Subrogation Colorado

Driver In Fatal Hit-And-Run Charged With Padding Insurance Claim

A Wheatfield hit-and-run fatality in 2014 continues to reverberate through local courtrooms. The driver who killed Ryan Fischer, 16, of North Tonawanda, faces charges of illegally padding an insurance claim he filed after the teenager’s mother, who was drunk at the time, rammed his garage door and damaged his vehicle.
April 19, 2018 Auto Fraud Liability New York

Airlines Inspecting Boeing 737 Engines After Fatal Southwest Incident

Some major customers of Boeing Co’s popular 737 jets including Korean Air Lines Co Ltd said on Wednesday they were inspecting engines of the type that blew apart mid-air on a fatal Southwest Airlines Co flight on Tuesday.
April 18, 2018 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Pennsylvania

PG&E Jolted By Wildfire Lawsuit From Dozens Of Insurance Companies

Dozens of insurance companies have filed a lawsuit against PG&E in connection with the company’s role in wildfires that scorched the North Bay wine country and nearby regions, litigation that intensifies the financial pressure on the embattled utility.
April 17, 2018 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Litigation Property Subrogation California

Auto Industry Lawyers Warn Automated Driving Hype Will Be A Legal Matter

Deadly crashes involving Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) and Uber Technologies [UBER.UL] vehicles operating entirely or in part under automated systems have made a once-abstract problem very real for auto industry lawyers gathered at a recent conference.
April 16, 2018 Liability Litigation Technology

Jury Finds GEICO Insurance Guilty Of Bad Faith, Awards Almost $23 Million in Damages

Newport Beach law firm Allen, Flatt, Ballidis & Leslie announced today that an Orange County jury has found GEICO Indemnity Insurance Co. (GEICO) guilty of operating in bad faith and using organization-wide stalling tactics to drag out an auto insurance policy settlement with a disabled Irvine businessman for almost six years.
April 13, 2018 Liability Litigation Risk Management California

West Virginia Sues Equifax Over Data Breach

West Virginia sued Equifax Inc on Thursday for failing to safeguard consumer information of hundreds of thousands of state residents and for delaying alerting the public to a breach that exposed the personal data of about 148 million people, the state’s attorney general said.
April 13, 2018 Liability Litigation West Virginia

1 Killed, 4 Injured When SUV Crashes Into Bus Shelter

A 67-year-old woman was killed and four other people were injured, including a 5-year-old girl, when a vehicle crashed into a bus shelter and caught fire Tuesday night in the Calumet Heights neighborhood.
April 12, 2018 Auto Liability Illinois

J&J, Imerys Unit Must Pay $117M In N.J. Asbestos Cancer Case

Johnson & Johnson and Imerys Talc America, a unit of Imerys SA, must pay $117 million in damages in a case involving a man who said he developed cancer due to his exposure to asbestos in talc-based products, a New Jersey state court jury said on Wednesday.
April 12, 2018 Liability Litigation New Jersey

It’s Work Zone Awareness Week; Three PennDOT Workers Struck

Authorities say three highway workers were struck and injured on a Monroe County interstate. Officials said the accident happened Tuesday afternoon in a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation construction zone in the westbound lanes of Interstate 80 in Tobyhanna Township.
April 11, 2018 Auto Liability Workers' Compensation Pennsylvania

P&C Rates Continue Upward Trend

The U.S. property and casualty industry continues to show rate increases, with a first quarter composite rate of plus 2%, according to MarketScout. The increase is in all lines except workers compensation, which had a rate decrease of 2%. The trend follows a 2% increase in the fourth quarter of 2017.
April 10, 2018 Auto Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Property

6 Dead After Small Plane Crashes At Arizona Golf Course

A small plane caught fire after takeoff and crashed at a nearby Arizona golf course on Monday, leaving six people dead, officials said.
April 10, 2018 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Arizona

Car Slams Into Texas Home, Triggering Gas Explosion

A family of three were among five people injured after a car slammed into their Texas home, struck a gas line, and sparked an explosion on Saturday, officials said.
April 9, 2018 Auto Liability Property Texas
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