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March 12, 2012

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Today's Headlines National Incomplete Claim Investigations May Create Coverage Where No Coverage Exists As a general proposition, the doctrine of estoppel cannot be used to expand or create insurance coverage where no coverage exists. See ... More National News East House Fire in New Hampshire Causes $1M Damage New Hampshire officials are investigating an early morning fire that destroyed a large home and caused more than $1 million in damages. ... 16 Hurt in New York City Funeral Procession Accident Sixteen people were hurt when a limousine in a funeral procession hit the wall of a Queens, N.Y., bodega after the driver swerved to avoid ... Report: Massachusetts State Worker Crashes Cause $2M in Damages Massachusetts state workers have caused more than $2 million in damages to state-owned vehicles involved in accidents over the past three ... More East News Midwest Illinois May Restrict Drivers’ Phone Use Near Accidents Illinois drivers could be barred from using their cellphones while passing a traffic accident or other emergency situations under ... FireThat Killed Wisconsin Firefighter Ruled Accidental Investigators say the fire that destroyed a historic Wisconsin theater and killed a firefighter was an accident. The U.S. Bureau of ... Corps Taking Bids for South Dakota Causeway Repairs The Army Corps of Engineers is accepting bids for a project to rebuild a flood-damaged causeway that connects the city of Pierre, S.D., to ... More Midwest News Southeast South Carolina Woman Charged With DUI After Car Pool Line Wreck Authorities say a woman has been charged with driving under the influence after she rear-ended another SUV in the car pool line of an ... PIP Reform Passes in Florida Gov. Rick Scott got the legislation he wanted to reform Florida's mandatory motor vehicle no-fault law and crack down on the abuses in ... Kentucky Plant Workers Hurt When Plastic Pipe Shatters State occupational safety inspectors are investigating at a Jefferson County, Ky., plant where a pipe shattered and injured workers. ... Vehicles Failing Inspection in North Carolina Triples in 2011 A report from the Division of Motor Vehicles has found that the number of vehicles filing safety inspections in North Carolina tripled last ... More Southeast News South Central Oil Spill Aftermath: A Tale of Three Louisiana Plaintiffs The phone at Joan Strohmeyer's fishing lodge has been ringing steadily since 2010, but not many of the calls are from customers who want to ... Emotional Pain of Pedestrian Vehicle Accidents Lingers The Rev. James Cowell of Walker ran over and killed a man with his truck three weeks ago. While police said the man dove in front of ... Louisiana Men Wrongfully Convicted, Entitled to Compensation A Jefferson Parish, La., judge on Friday authorized compensation payments for four men who were wrongfully convicted of crimes and spent ... More South Central News West Northwest Tsunami Preparedness Still Shaky Scientists and emergency managers say they fear the public is still woefully unprepared for disaster that is certain to happen in the ... Lawsuit Filed in Cantaloupe Death of Wyoming Man A federal lawsuit has been filed in Wyoming's only documented death during last year's listeria outbreak from contaminated cantaloupe from ... Family Sues Utah DOT Over Teen’s Death at Sinkhole The family of a 15-year-old Tabiona girl who died when their Ford Excursion crashed into a 20-foot-deep sinkhole is suing the Utah ... California Ski Resort Faces 2nd Lawsuit Over Ski Accidents Lawyers for two skiers injured in separate collisions with snowboarders at a Lake Tahoe resort say in a lawsuit that both accidents were ... More West News International Canada’s Nik Zoricic Dies After Skicross Cash A Canadian racer died in a World Cup skicross event Saturday, tumbling through safety nets in what ski authorities called a "freak ... Fire at Bangkok High-Rise Hotel Kills 1 Foreigner A fire at a high-rise hotel in Bangkok's main tourist district sent smoke billowing through the upper floors, killing at least one ... Peru Fire Destroys $100M in School Materials A fire at Peru's main state educational materials warehouse destroyed a half million textbooks, 61,000 laptop computers and 6,000 solar ... More International News Connect with Claims Journal Claims Journal TV Investigating and Evaluating Hail Damage Claims In this month’s Forensic Guide podcast, Jerry Mercer, vice president of the property... Watch Now Growing an Independent Adjusting Firm Gregory M. Church, chief executive officer and owner of Church & Co., LLC, talks with... Watch Now Watch more videos at InsuranceJournal.tv

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