U.S. Roads Keep Getting More Dangerous
New government estimates project that for the second straight year, the United States will see the largest leap in motor vehicle fatalities in 50 years. In the first nine months of 2016, the Department of Transportation estimates that 27,875 people died in motor vehicle crashes.
January 18, 2017
Auto
Liability
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Tractor-Trailer Clips Snowplow, Sending It Into Utah Canyon
Dashcam video released by the Utah Department of Transportation shows a tractor-trailer clipping a state snowplow on a highway, sending the plow careening over the edge of the road and into the Spanish Fork Canyon.
January 16, 2017
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Utah
GPS Devices In Leased Vehicles Aid In Loss Prevention, Fraud Investigation
A South Ogden woman has been charged with felony insurance fraud after she reported her Jeep Cherokee stolen and it was found at the bottom of a national forest ravine in Box Elder County.
December 5, 2016
Auto
Excess & Surplus Lines
Fraud
Utah
Wells Fargo Seeks Arbitration In Class-Action Suit Over Improper Sales Practices
Wells Fargo & Co. wants a federal court judge in Utah to order that customers suing the banking giant over improper sales practices submit their claims to binding arbitration.
November 28, 2016
Litigation
Risk Management
California
Utah
Apartment Carport Fire Destroys 17 Vehicles, Displaces 40 Residents
A large apartment fire sent three people to the hospital and evacuated nearly 20 units. Fire crews were called to the fire near 825 E. 600 S. at about 4:30 a.m. Officials said the fire started in a car port storage room.
November 8, 2016
Auto
Excess & Surplus Lines
Subrogation
Utah
Construction Workers Start Apartment Building Fire
Orem firefighters responded to a two-alarm residential fire Monday afternoon. According to Ryan Peterson with the Orem Fire Department, the fire started at 730 E. 950 South at about 11:35 a.m. The fire was at building B of the Aston Apartments, part of the University Place complex near Costco.
September 14, 2016
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Utah
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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Subrogation
Alabama
Alaska
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California
The Southwest Is Under Flood Watch As Tropical Storm Javier Dissipates
The Southwest will see another round of storms on Wednesday as rains associated with former Tropical Storm Javier in Mexico head north. Heavy rain is expected for a second day in Tucson.
August 10, 2016
Auto
Arizona
Colorado
New Mexico
Utah
Dozens Of Wildfires Are Burning In The Western U.S.
Federal officials say 27 large wildfires are burning in the West. Hot, dry temperatures often combined with winds have made firefighting conditions difficult, destroying homes and forcing evacuations.
August 4, 2016
Auto
Property
California
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
Oregon
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
Utah Brush Fire May Have Been Arson
Utah authorities are investigating whether a brush fire that destroyed at least 10 mobile homes was intentionally set. The 30-acre fire in the northern Utah city of Tooele ripped through a trailer park overnight after high winds pushed it out of a field and into a neighborhood.
July 21, 2016
Property
Utah
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
Salt Lake County Pelted With Golf Ball-Sized Hail
People in the western part of Salt Lake County saw hail as large as golf balls in an unusual June storm that also caused flooding. National Weather Service meteorologist Monica Traphagan said Monday the largest hail fell in Kearns, though parts of West Valley City experienced quarter-sized hail.
June 14, 2016
Auto
Property
Utah
