Friday 7 October 2011

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October 7, 2011
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National

Auto Insurers’ Loss Ratios Rise in Q2: SNL Insurance

Tornadoes and thunderstorms in the South and Midwest made the 2011 second quarter tumultuous for U.S. property writers. The industry loss ...

VW Recalls 168,000 Cars for Fuel Leaks

Volkswagen is recalling more than 168,000 cars with diesel engines in the U.S. because a defect in the fuel injectors that could cause ...
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East

Fire Causes $200,000 Damage to Old Pennsylvania Eatery

A restaurant housed in a historic western Pennsylvania building suffered $200,000 damage in a kitchen fire, but no workers or customers ...

Atlantic City, New Jersey To Bill For Fire Calls

Atlantic City has decided to bill insurance companies for fire department services. The City Council approved the ordinance Wednesday ...

Pennsylvania Junior Firefighter Gets Prison in 2 Arsons

A junior firefighter from southwestern Pennsylvania has been ordered to prison for setting fire to two houses, including one that burned ...

3 New York Shopping Malls Sued for Discrimination

A man who uses a wheelchair has sued three suburban New York City shopping malls, claiming they violate the federal disabilities act. ...
Midwest

Board Approves 2 University of Iowa Hospital Malpractice Settlements

State officials have agreed to pay nearly $400,000 to settle two medical malpractice lawsuits stemming from treatments at University of ...

Ohio High Court Considers Case of Magnetic Homes

The Ohio Supreme Court has been drawn into the case of two central Ohio couples who say their homes became giant magnets that hampered ...

Illinois Man Admits Clean Air Act Violation with Asbestos

Sentencing will be in January for a southwestern Illinois man who admits violating the federal Clean Air Act by having asbestos illegally ...

Nebraska Fire Chief Predicts Millions in Crop Losses

Weary Nebraska firefighters battled wind-swept grass fires Wednesday that devoured more than 20,000 acres of farmland and caused millions ...
Southeast

DUI Death Lawsuit Leads to $15M Judgment

A woman who was killed with three others in a head-on collision four years ago this week had just left a Gulfport bar where, by most ...

North Carolina Official Will Address Irene Insurance Gripes

North Carolina's insurance commissioner is touring areas of the state badly damaged by Hurricane Irene because of concerns that some ...

Georgia Tot Dead After Getting Caught in Blinds

Officials say a 3-year-old boy died after getting caught up in venetian blinds at his home in Bonaire. The Telegraph reports Bibb County ...
South Central

Insurance Agent Involved in NY Boat Accident Pleads Guilty to Fraud

A Houston man has pleaded guilty to a charge related to selling fraudulent insurance policies, including one to a company that owned a tour ...

Woman Wants Lawsuit Against Oklahoma State Coach Moved

A woman suing former Oklahoma State basketball coach Eddie Sutton for a February 2006 auto crash wants the case moved out of Payne County. ...
West

Ariz.’s Running of Bulls Revival Credited to Lower Insurance Cost

Phil Immordino was literally looking for a bull market to bring back a controversial event that will likely to draw hundreds of weekend ...

Calif. Detectives Get $2.5M in Gender, Retaliation Suit

Three Los Angeles police detectives have won $2.5 million in a gender discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against LAPD supervisors. A ...

Suspected California ‘Office Creeper’ Burglar Arrested

Los Angeles police have arrested a suspect believed to have entered downtown office buildings posing as a security guard to steal laptop ...
International

Magnitude-6.2 Earthquake Hits Argentina

A magnitude-6.2 earthquake hit at a relatively shallow depth in northwestern Argentina Thursday, emptying schools and houses as people ...

Toyota’s Car Production Back at Pre-Tsunami Levels

Toyota's global vehicle production has recovered to pre-tsunami levels as of last month, Japan's top automaker said Thursday. The March 11 ...

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