Recall Alert: Bagged Salad Recall Expanded To Include Walmart Products Amid Cyclospora Outbreak
A recall of bagged salads believed to be linked to an intestinal parasite outbreak across multiple states has been expanded to include products sold at some Walmart locations.
June 30, 2020
Life & Health
Subrogation
Iowa
Michigan
Minnesota
Nebraska
North Dakota
Jeep Recalls 95K To Fix Transmission Issue
Fiat Chrysler is recalling almost 95,000 Jeep Cherokees worldwide because a transmission problem can cause the small SUVs to lose power unexpectedly. Also, when drivers shift into park, the transmissions may not go there, increasing the risk of a rollaway crash.
June 19, 2020
Auto
Subrogation
Intense Blaze Consumes Apartment Construction Site In Downtown Phoenix
Smoke continued to hang in the air Monday morning as firefighters mopped up hot spots after a huge fire destroyed a four-story apartment complex under construction in downtown Phoenix.
June 9, 2020
Excess & Surplus Lines
Property
Subrogation
Arizona
Transport Trailer Crash On New Jersey Turnpike Was Deadly For Ten Racehorses
Ten racehorses were killed in a fiery tractor trailer crash early Sunday morning on the New Jersey Turnpike. Two of the horses identified in the crash were sired by champion horses.
June 8, 2020
Excess & Surplus Lines
Subrogation
New Jersey
Honda, Acura Recalling Nearly 140K 2018—2019 Vehicles For Fuel Pump Problem
Honda has issued a recall and stop-sale order on 136,057 Honda and Acura models, mostly from the 2018 and 2019 model years, to fix a fuel pump that could fail, causing the vehicle to stall.
June 4, 2020
Auto
Subrogation
Historic Changes To Michigan No-Fault Law Effective July 1, 2020
The Michigan Legislature passed no-fault auto insurance laws in 1973, and like a T-Rex guarding its bone, has been holding on to this dysfunctional approach to auto insurance ever since. Instead of running away completely from the problem and joining states which have enjoyed lower auto insurance premiums after abandoning the failed no-fault experiment, Michigan has historically doubled down on their system and made it even more difficult for seriously injured accident victims to receive necessary catastrophic injury coverage.
June 2, 2020
Legislation & Regulation
Liability
Subrogation
Michigan
Beware Of The COVID-19 Statute Of Limitations Trap
Viruses and the diseases they cause often have different names. The current global pandemic which has stricken much of the planet is no exception.
June 1, 2020
Education & Training
Litigation
Subrogation
Multiple Firefighters Injured As Los Angles Building Explodes Into Flames
A criminal investigation was underway after a fiery explosion left 12 firefighters injured as they fought flames engulfing a single-story commercial building in the Toy District of downtown Los Angeles over the weekend, officials said.
May 18, 2020
Property
Subrogation
Workers' Compensation
California
COVID-19’s Effect On Property Losses And Subrogation Claims
Since March, the coronavirus pandemic has impacted virtually every aspect of life across the globe, and its effects have been unprecedented, in both their scope and speed of impact. Even after the U.S. and other countries attempt to ease lockdowns and restore some level of normalcy, the ripple effects will continue.
May 13, 2020
Property
Subrogation
Wildfire Destroys 18 Homes In Northwest Florida, Forces Evacuations
Florida is now dealing with a second disaster unfolding amidst the pandemic: A wildfire raged out of control in Santa Rosa County late Wednesday in the Panhandle, destroying homes, forcing emergency evacuations and shutting down nine miles of Interstate 10.
May 7, 2020
Property
Subrogation
Florida
Insurers Face Delicate COVID-19 Coverage Decisions
Insurance companies are no dummies. The world’s largest insurance companies learned important lessons following previous worldwide health crises. Since the 2003 SARS pandemic, they have tightened up their policies and carefully crafted policy language excluding communicable diseases.
April 29, 2020
Litigation
Subrogation
General Contractor Overhead And Profit And AOB Insurance Scams
A storm is rising, and it isn’t the type which causes damage to homes and vehicles. It causes damage of a much more insidious nature. Following a storm or other natural disaster, canvassers hired by the “hail cartel”—lawyers or opportunistic general contractors—can be found blanketing a neighborhood and knocking on doors.
April 27, 2020
Auto
Education & Training
Litigation
Property
Subrogation
Arizona
Connecticut
Florida
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Boston’s South End Recovering After Water Main Break Floods Streets, Buildings
Boston’s South End neighborhood was recovering Wednesday after a water main break flooded streets and buildings and forced residents to evacuate despite social distancing measures in place. The leak, caused by an overpressurized water line, submerged vehicles and caused the road to buckle near 500 Harrison Ave.
April 17, 2020
Auto
Property
Subrogation
Massachusetts
54 Vehicles Pile Up On Icy Kennedy Expressway In Chicago
More than 50 cars were involved in a massive pileup crash on the inbound Kennedy Expressway at North Avenue in just one of more than a dozen crashes reported Wednesday morning.
April 15, 2020
Auto
Liability
Subrogation
Illinois
Nissan Recalls Over 250K Vehicles To Replace Takata Air Bags
Nissan is recalling more than a quarter-million SUVs, trucks and vans worldwide to replace potentially dangerous Takata air bag inflators.<br /><br />The vehicles have air bags with volatile ammonium nitrate that can explode with too much force and hurl shrapnel. But they have a moisture-absorbing chemical that was supposed to make them safe. U.S. safety regulators are to determine whether all inflators with the drying agent have to be recalled.
April 3, 2020
Auto
Subrogation
