Destructive Flash Flooding Sweeps Through Ellicott City, Maryland

A deadly flash flood in Maryland killed two people and stranded more than 100 over the weekend, leaving behind a scene of devastation in a historic Maryland town that officials say could take months to rebuild.
August 1, 2016 Auto Property Maryland

GM Recalling Almost 290K Impalas Over Airbag Issue

Over the past two years, General Motors has recalled millions of vehicles over airbag issues, many related to Takata safety devices deploying too forcefully. Now, the company is recalling nearly 290,000 Chevrolet sedans for a different reason: the airbags might not deploy in a crash.
July 22, 2016 Auto Subrogation Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California

Five-Year-Olds Burn Down Maryland Home

Children playing with fire are to blame for a fire that destroyed an Aberdeen home Tuesday evening and displaced the family that had just moved in, authorities said.
July 21, 2016 Property Maryland

Driver Playing Pokemon Go Strikes Baltimore Patrol Car

Baltimore police said a driver struck a parked patrol car while he was playing Pokémon Go, narrowly hitting officers standing nearby.
July 20, 2016 Auto Liability Maryland

Recall Of P.F. Chang’s Frozen Meals Expanded

After a long day, it can be nice to come home and grab a frozen meal from the fridge for a quick and easy dinner. If you’ve been stocking up on P.F. Chang’s frozen meals, you might want to double-check they aren’t included in a recently expanded recall of more than 195,000 pounds of frozen dinner product that may contain metal fragments.
July 18, 2016 Subrogation Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California

Massive Frozen Veggie Recall Involves Nation’s Largest Retailers

Nearly two months after CRF Frozen Foods set off a massive recall of vegetables thought to be contaminated with listeria and linked to at least two deaths and eight illnesses, a second frozen vegetable supplier — National Frozen Food Corp. — has initiated a separate recall over listeria concerns, and many of the recalled products are from the nation’s largest retailers.
June 21, 2016 Subrogation Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California

Maryland Regulators Seek To Curb Auto Insurance Fraud

Maryland’s top insurance regulator is trying out an old-fashioned approach to cracking down on insurance fraud: publicly shaming offenders.
June 21, 2016 Auto Fraud Liability Maryland

Collision With Pickup Slams Maryland Metrobus Into A Tree

More than a dozen bus passengers were taken to a hospital Monday afternoon after a Metrobus crashed with another vehicle and then slammed into a tree in Silver Spring, Maryland, officials said. The crash of the J2 bus headed to Montgomery Westfield mall occurred Monday afternoon on East-West Highway at Grubb Road.
June 8, 2016 Auto Liability Maryland

22 Rescued After Boat Sinks In Chesapeake Bay

A good Samaritan rescued more than 20 people, including schoolchildren, after their charter boat sank Wednesday evening in the Chesapeake Bay, authorities said. The U.S. Coast Guard said it received an alert with a GPS locator and a distress call: "Mayday, mayday, mayday. This is the motor vessel Karen N. We have sunk off of Bloodsworth Island."
June 2, 2016 Liability Marine Maryland

Frozen Produce Recall Involves Millions Of Packages, 3 Countries

Amid a massive frozen foods recall involving millions of packages of fruits and vegetables that were shipped to all 50 U.S. states, Canada and Mexico, authorities who want to stem the listeria-linked illnesses and deaths worry it’ll be difficult to get consumers to dig through their freezers and check for products they may have bought as far back as 2014.
May 20, 2016 Subrogation Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California

Poll Reveals 90% Of Businesses Experienced A Cyber Attack In The Last Year

Nine of ten businesses experienced at least one hacking incident in the past year, according to a survey of business risk managers released today by The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company (HSB), part of Munich Re.
May 17, 2016 Liability Risk Management Technology Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California

Maryland Homeowner Burned By Restoration Contractor

A Maryland-based home contractor is at the center of a state investigation, following complaints about faulty and incomplete work on houses, including some customers who had already lost almost all of their possessions in house fires, the News4 I-Team has learned.
May 12, 2016 Property Maryland

Frozen Produce Recall Expanded After Eight People Contract Listeria

CRF Frozen Foods is expanding a recall of frozen organic and traditional fruits and vegetables over possible listeria contamination. The recall includes some 358 products sold under 42 brand names, including items like kale, potatoes, blueberries, strawberries, broccoli and various vegetable medleys, among others.
May 4, 2016 Liability Subrogation Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California

Research Suggests More Than 250K Americans Die Yearly From Medical Errors

Medical errors, including wrong diagnoses, botched surgeries and medication mistakes, are the third leading cause of death in the United States, a new study suggests.
May 4, 2016 Education & Training Liability Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California

Takata Doubles The Number Of Vehicles Under Recall In The U.S.

Under pressure from U.S. regulators, Japanese air bag manufacturer Takata Corp (7312.T) is expected to announce as early as Wednesday that it is recalling 35 million to 40 million additional inflators in U.S. vehicles, three sources briefed on the matter said on Tuesday.
May 4, 2016 Auto Liability Subrogation Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California
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