Airlines Inspecting Boeing 737 Engines After Fatal Southwest Incident
Some major customers of Boeing Cos 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 companys 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 states 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
Its 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
House Trashed During SWAT Standoff In Federal Way, Washington
Its difficult for Glen Whitton to grasp what happened inside the Federal Way home he shares with his wife Judy, his wifes twin sister Julie Hocking and her husband Kevin.
April 9, 2018
Liability
Property
Subrogation
Washington
Overpass Shears Top Off Charter Bus, 40 Injured
Authorities are investigating an accident Monday that injured more than 40 people, involving a charter bus carrying New York City high school students that crashed into a bridge overpass.
April 9, 2018
Auto
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
New York
Strong Winds Collapse Hangar At Houston Airport, Millions In Damage
Strong winds took down a large hangar at Hobby Airport overnight when severe storms rolled through southeast Houston. No one was inside the hangar when it happened. No one was hurt.
April 6, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Property
Texas
DUI Driver Repeatedly Swerved Before Crashing Charter Bus
A charter bus headed to the Masters golf tournament overturned on a Georgia interstate Thursday, injuring 15 people and snarling traffic as scores of fans made the pilgrimage to one of the sport's premier events. The bus driver was charged with driving under the influence.
April 6, 2018
Liability
Georgia



