Top 10 for the Past Week | 1. | Insurance Lawsuits to Follow Irene
Sep 1, 2011 -- As the water recedes from Hurricane Irene, lawyers are expecting disputes over insurance coverage to pour in. The biggest fights will stem from arguments over property damage and whether it resulted from wind or water, legal experts said. Similar ... | | 2. | Workers' Compensation History: The Great Tradeoff!
Sep 1, 2011 -- Pirates of the 18th century and a 19th century German "Iron" Chancellor preceded the United States in the creation of a social system for the protection of injured workers. The modern U.S. workers' compensation system owes parts of its ... | | 3. | Blast at Wyoming Oil Production Site Kills 3 Workers
Sep 1, 2011 -- Authorities won't be able positively to identify the three workers killed in an oilfield explosion in eastern Wyoming until autopsies are performed on them, a company spokeswoman said Tuesday. The blast occurred Monday at an oil production site on a ... | | 4. | Fighting Insurance Fraud: The “Fraud Dog” Talks Tactics
Aug 31, 2011 -- Linda Webb has a background in fighting crime and fraud. A stint early in her career as a white collar crime detective led in 1994 to a fraud investigator position with American International Group. Webb stayed with AIG, moving up the ranks, ... | | 5. | Tropical Storm Katia Strengthens in the Atlantic
Aug 31, 2011 -- Tropical Storm Katia has formed and is slowly strengthening as it moves across the Atlantic. Katia has maximum sustained winds late Tuesday morning near 45 mph (72 kph). The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says gradual strengthening is ... | | 6. | Measuring Counsel Performance Key to Carrier Cost Control Efforts
Aug 30, 2011 -- Insurance companies striving to control litigation costs should always review how well their outside attorneys perform and not just how much they charge, according to experts. Though billing is easy to measure, it may not accurately reflect the true ... | | 7. | Texas Juror Tried to ‘Friend’ Defendant
Aug 30, 2011 -- A North Texas juror who was booted from a trial has been cited for contempt after trying to "friend'' the defendant on Facebook. Court records show 22-year-old Jonathan Hudson on July 19 was removed from the jury in a Tarrant County civil case. The ... | | 8. | Suit Claims Missouri Students Cut from Program Over Empathy
Aug 30, 2011 -- A former student at Webster University is suing the suburban St. Louis university, claiming he was dismissed from a master's degree program because he supposedly lacked empathy. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch says the suit claims up to $1 million in ... | | 9. | Ohio Cycle Bar Puts Party on the Road
Aug 30, 2011 -- As the peculiar yellow vehicle moved into the Short North neighborhood north of downtown, bewildered pedestrians stopped in their tracks, fumbling for their cellphone cameras. Drivers honked car horns and gave thumbs-up signs out the windows. A dog ... | | 10. | Home Explodes in Flood Zone in North New Jersey
Aug 30, 2011 -- A house exploded in an evacuated neighborhood along a Hurricane Irene flooded river in northern New Jersey early Monday, sending a cloud of smoke over the area as firefighters sought to contain the flames from a boat. Bill Hartman, who lives nearby, ... | | |
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