Massive Frozen Veggie Recall Involves Nations 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 nations largest retailers.
June 21, 2016
Subrogation
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
10 Vehicles Involved In Fatal Staten Island Crash
One person was killed and 13 people injured in a 10-vehicle crash in the Bloomfield section of Staten Island. The deadly crash occurred around 1:43 p.m. on Sunday at Victory Boulevard and Travis Avenue.
June 20, 2016
Auto
Liability
New York
Driver Severly Burned When Gas Can In Trunk Exploded
Authorities say a Greece man suffered third-degree burns over 30 percent of his body after a gas can in the trunk of his car ignited at a gas station early Wednesday morning. It happened near the intersection of Portland and Clifford Avenues shortly after midnight.
June 17, 2016
Auto
Life & Health
New York
Fatal Multi-Car Crash On Wantagh State Parkway, Long Island
Two people are dead and two others are injured after a multi-vehicle crash in Nassau County. It happened just before midnight on the southbound side of the Wantagh State Parkway between Hempstead Turnpike and where it meets the Southern State Parkway in Wantagh.
June 15, 2016
Auto
Liability
New York
Thieves Dressed As Apple Employees Steal 19 iPhones
It took a "genius" to pull off this heist: two thieves put on Apple store employee t-shirts and headed past the Genius Bar to the repair room, grabbed what they could and walked out with more than $16,000 worth of iPhones, police said.
June 14, 2016
Property
New York
Hot Air Balloon Worker Falls To His Death
A worker for a hot air balloon company was carried aloft holding onto the aircrafts basket and fell to his death in New York state, police said on Saturday.
June 13, 2016
Workers' Compensation
New York
Large Albany Home Destroyed By Stubborn Fire
Investigators are trying to determine what caused a fire that gutted a home on Woodplot Road Thursday night, fire officials at the scene said Friday morning. The fire at 6 Woodplot Road destroyed the large home in Loudonville.
June 3, 2016
Property
New York
Uber, Lyft Legislation In New York Focuses On Insurance
As the state Legislature session winds down, the fight to allow ride-hailing companies to operate in New York is focused on setting insurance terms for drivers. Assemblyman John McDonald, D-Cohoes, said Wednesday he thinks the Legislature is close to agreement on the insurance issue but not broader regulation of services like Uber and Lyft.
June 3, 2016
Legislation & Regulation
Liability
New York
Landlord Risked Tenants Life To Gain Insurance Payout
A city restaurant owner was sentenced to 25 years to life in state prison Friday in an arson and insurance fraud case, Schenectady County prosecutors said. Zabeeda Permaul, 55, was convicted by a jury March 11 after a two-week trial of first-degree arson and two insurance fraud charges.
May 31, 2016
Fraud
Property
New York
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 itll 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
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Arkansas
California
Insurers Claim NFL Is Liable For Concussion Settlement
A legal battle over insurance claims may be the last thing to attract the attention of football fans still chewing over draft picks and just what Tom Brady did or didnt do.
May 17, 2016
Liability
Litigation
New York
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
Dash Cam Captures Truck Overturning On Tappan Zee Bridge
A truck flipped over and its spilled its cargo of scrap metal along the Tappan Zee Bridge Friday morning, grinding the commute to a halt and causing a traffic nightmare.
May 17, 2016
Excess & Surplus Lines
New York
U.S. Traffic Deaths Climb, While New York Streets Are Safer
The "Boulevard of Death" is getting a makeover, part of a New York City initiative that made 2015 the safest year on record for traffic accidents even as the number of roadway deaths nationwide shows a steep increase.
May 13, 2016
Auto
Liability
New York
SUV Crashes Through CVS Storefront, Injuring Five
A Honda SUV hurtled into a CVS store this evening, toppling a brick wall and sending five people to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, authorities said.
May 5, 2016
Auto
Liability
New York



