Top 10 for the Past Week | 1. | Inflatable Pool Slides Recalled After Death
May 11, 2012 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission says the Banzai water slides can deflate during use and the rider can hit the ground underneath the slide. The vinyl slide can also topple in both still and windy conditions, the CPSC said Thursday. The ... | | 2. | Fire in Philippine Clothing Store Kills 17 Workers
May 11, 2012 -- An inferno at a three-story clothing store in the southern Philippines early Wednesday killed 17 employees, all women who were sleeping on the top floor, police said. Three women managed to dash out of a burning room and groped their way down three ... | | 3. | Report: Workers' Comp Claim Age Biggest Driver of Pharmacy Trends
May 10, 2012 -- "As a claim ages the cost of pharmacy to claim will increase over time," said Jim Andrews, senior vice president of Healthcare Solutions' Pharmacy Services Unit, citing results from the 2012 Workers' Compensation Drug Trends Report. The ... | | 4. | La Nina Gone For Good, But El Nino May Strike
May 9, 2012 -- The U.S. Climate Prediction Center (CPC) said the La Nina pattern blamed for a crippling drought in Texas and severe dry spells in South America has vanished as expected and is unlikely to reappear later this year. U.S. government forecasters are ... | | 5. | New Jersey Worker Injured Falling Into Tank of Acid
May 9, 2012 -- Fire officials say a roofing employee fell 40 feet through a roof and into a tank of nitric acid in northern New Jersey and a co-worker jumped in to save him. Clifton Fire Chief Vince Colavitti tells The Record of Woodland Park the men were working ... | | 6. | Navigating the Property Appraisal Process
May 9, 2012 -- Determining if an appraisal is the right route for a claim is important because once an appraisal is set, it carries a lot of weight. "One of most difficult things to do is to vacate an appraisal award," said Michelle Burton, managing partner of ... | | 7. | Questionable Slip and Fall Claims Increase 12 Percent
May 8, 2012 -- NICB reviewed slip and fall claims referred between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2011 and found an increase of of 12 percent in questionable claims referrals. In 2010, there were 1,944 referrals; in 2011, there were 2,168. The five states ... | | 8. | Salmonella in Dog Food Sickens 14 People in U.S.
May 8, 2012 -- Fourteen people in at least nine states have been sickened by salmonella after handling tainted dog food from a South Carolina plant that a few years ago produced food contaminated by toxic mold that killed dozens of dogs, federal officials said ... | | 9. | Evaluating Medical Payment Coverage Questions
May 7, 2012 -- Most automobile and premises liability policies provide medical payments coverage. The amount of available coverage is typically small and therefore questions that arise regarding the application and function of medical payments coverage are scarce. ... | | 10. | New Jersey Judge to Decide if Text Sender Liable for Crash
May 7, 2012 -- A New Jersey judge will likely soon decide whether a woman who sent a text message to a male friend can be held liable for a car crash he caused while reading the message. The Daily Record reports the legal question stems from a lawsuit filed by two ... | Popular Videos | |
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