830K Ford Vehicles Recalled Over Faulty Door Latches

Ford is recalling about 830,000 vehicles in the U.S. and Mexico because parts in the side door latches can break and the doors can open while the vehicles are moving.
August 4, 2016 Auto Liability Subrogation Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Florida

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

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

Fire Sparked By Lightning Destroys Home Within Minutes

Lightning is being blamed for sparking a house fire in Woolmarket early Monday morning that left a a family of three scrambling to escape with their lives. The fire was so intense, it could be felt and heard hundreds of feet away.
June 28, 2016 Property Mississippi

Overnight Explosion Rocks BP Plant In Mississippi

An explosion at a natural gas production plant sent flames high into the sky late Monday night. According to Jackson County Emergency Services Director Earl Etheridge, the explosion happened around 11:30 p.m. at the Enterprise plant in Pascagoula.
June 28, 2016 Excess & Surplus Lines Mississippi

Millions In Fire Damage At Tupelo, Mississippi Wheel Factory

A fire at a Tupelo factory that makes lawn tractor wheels may have caused millions in damage. Local media report no one was injured by the fire at Custom Engineered Wheels, which broke out late Thursday.
June 27, 2016 Property Mississippi

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

Two Mississippi Miners Buried By Landslide

A spokeswoman for the Mining Safety and Health Administration says workers are searching for the bodies of two men who were buried in mud and slush at a gravel pit in southern Mississippi.
June 6, 2016 Workers' Compensation Mississippi

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

Amtrak Train, Truck Collision Kills 3 Family Members

A father and his two children were killed Wednesday when their pickup collided with an Amtrak passenger train in Flora.
Madison County Coroner Alex Breeland said the 35-year-old man and his two children, ages 7 and 1, died instantly of blunt force trauma.
May 19, 2016 Auto Liability Mississippi

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

Family Charged With Arson Had History of Insurance Fraud

A fully engulfed house fire back in January has now been determined an arson and fraud case. The residence belonging to Samuel Taylor and Justin Taylor was heavily damaged in the blaze. Jones County Sheriff’s Fire Investigator Scott Gable investigated the scene where he determined the residence was barely furnished before the fire.
May 11, 2016 Fraud Property Mississippi

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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