Tennessee Wildfire Damage Estimated At $500M
Local officials estimate that deadly wildfires in East Tennessee have caused more than $500 million in damage. Sevier County Mayor Larry Waters released the estimate Monday for the wildfires in the Gatlinburg area that killed 14 people.
December 13, 2016
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Property
Tennessee
Death Toll Rises From Great Smoky Mountains Wildfires
The death toll from wildfires blazing in and around the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee rose to seven on Wednesday even as drenching rains helped firefighters suppress flames that have left whole neighborhoods in ruins.
December 2, 2016
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Tennessee
Deadly Storms Add To Drought, Flood And Fires Plaguing South
The National Weather Service confirms that at least 13 twisters damaged homes, splintered barns and toppled trees in parts of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee, killing five people in two states.
December 1, 2016
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Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tennessee
Severe Weather, Possible Tornadoes Kill 5 In The Southeast
A suspected tornado that tore through Alabama early Wednesday killed three people and injured at least two others, officials said. Two people also were killed in Tennessee in the band of severe weather that barreled through the Southeast.
November 30, 2016
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Property
Alabama
Tennessee
Tennessee Wildfires Devastate Popular Tourist Destinations
Flames tore through the Great Smoky Mountains, killing at least three people, scorching hundreds of homes and businesses and sending more than 14,000 fleeing from the resort towns of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge.
November 30, 2016
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Tennessee
People Flee Gatlinburg Area As Wildfires Torch Buildings
Fanned by strong winds and the Southeast’s worst drought in nearly a decade, at least 14 wildfires burned in and around Gatlinburg, Tennessee, forcing evacuations from the popular tourist destination and nearby communities.
November 29, 2016
Property
Tennessee
Chattanooga School Bus Crash Kills 6 Children, Injures 23
Woodmore Elementary School bus driver Johnthony Walker has been arrested and charged with multiple counts of vehicular homicide, reckless endangerment and reckless driving, according to Chattanooga Police Chief Fred Fletcher.
November 22, 2016
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Tennessee
Insurers At The Ready As Wildfires Continue To Blaze
“While many have been lucky so far, it’s important that residents in the impacted areas know insurers are standing by ready to help,” Oyango Snell, Property Casualty Insurers Association of America’s regional manager, said in a statement.
November 18, 2016
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Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
North Carolina
South Carolina
Drought Conditions Contributing To Wildfires In The Southeast
Unseasonably warm dry weather has deepened a drought that’s igniting forest fires across the southeastern U.S., forcing people to flee homes in the Appalachian Mountains and blanketing Atlanta in a smoky haze.
November 11, 2016
Property
Georgia
Kentucky
North Carolina
Tennessee
Tennessee Product Liability Law Holds Amazon Responsible For Hoverboard Fire
A Nashville family whose $1 million home was destroyed earlier this year in a fire caused by a hoverboard toy is now suing Amazon saying the retail giant knowingly sold a dangerous product.
November 3, 2016
Liability
Litigation
Tennessee
Insurer Sues Memphis Recording Studio, Tenants For Insurance Fraud
An insurance company that paid more than $2.8 million in claims after an arson fire damaged a historic music recording studio in Midtown now wants its money back.
October 31, 2016
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Litigation
Property
Tennessee
Blue Bell Issues Another Ice Cream Recall
The Brenham, Texas-based company is once again worried about potential listeria contamination. Blue Bell said Wednesday that it is recalling packages of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream.
September 22, 2016
Subrogation
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Found On Road Dead? Ford Recalls 88K Cars For Stalling Issue
There are few things worse than having your relatively new car stall on you without warning. That’s why Ford is recalling nearly 90,000 vehicles with a defect that could leave your car dead — and unable to restart — in the middle of the road.
August 24, 2016
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Alabama
Alaska
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California
Credit Card Payment Systems Hacked At HEI Hotels In 10 States
HEI Hotels & Resorts provided a list of hotels—20 hotels in 10 states and the District of Columbia—that suffered a “security incident,” in which payment card data of customers may have been affected. “HEI was recently alerted to a potential security incident by its card processor,” HEI said in a statement released Friday.
August 16, 2016
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California
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Illinois
Three Girls Fall From Fair Ride In Tennessee
Three girls were injured after they fell from a Ferris wheel at a county fair in eastern Tennessee, police said Monday evening. Greeneville police Capt. Tim Davis said a basket reportedly overturned on a Greene County Fair ride and dumped the occupants out.
August 9, 2016
Liability
Tennessee
