Top 10 for the Past Week | 1. | Sears Recalls 795,000 Dehumidifiers Due to Fire Risk
Aug 3, 2012 -- Sears announced the voluntary recall of 795,000 Kenmore dehumidifiers. The dehumidifiers can overheat, smoke, melt and catch on fire, posing fire and burn hazards to consumers, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The ... | | 2. | Toyota Announces Voluntary Recall of 778,000 Cars
Aug 2, 2012 -- Approximately 760,000 Toyota RAV4 and 18,000 Lexus HS 250h vehicles are being recalled, according to Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc. The company announced the voluntary safety recall involving 2006 to early 2011 model year RAV4 and 2010 model year ... | | 3. | Wisconsin Court Rejects Paintball Injury Claims
Aug 2, 2012 -- A boy who shot his best friend in the eye during a paintball game isn't liable for the injury, a Wisconsin state appeals court ruled Tuesday. Alex Freese, 13, Jett Houston, 14, and other members of their baseball team spent a day in July 2008 ... | | 4. | Causes of Campus and Off-Campus Housing Fires
Aug 1, 2012 -- Each year college and university students, on- and off-campus, experience hundreds of fire-related emergencies nationwide. There are several specific causes for fires on college campuses, including cooking, intentionally set fires and open flame. ... | | 5. | Police Arrest Florida Man Who Got $1.25M From State
Aug 1, 2012 -- A Florida man who successfully won $1.25 million for being wrongfully jailed is now being accused of attempted murder. Tallahassee police late Monday arrested 51-year-old Alan Jerome Crotzer. Crotzer spent more than 24 years in prison on charges of ... | | 6. | Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Expands Insurer's Duty to Settle Under California Law
Jul 31, 2012 -- California courts recognize that every insurance policy issued in the state of California contains an implied in law covenant of good faith and fair dealing. See, e.g., PPG Industries, Inc. v. Transamerica Ins. Co., 20 Cal.4th 310, 84 Cal.Rptr.2d ... | | 7. | Why Some Types of Multitasking Are More Dangerous Than Others
Jul 31, 2012 -- People are better at juggling some types of multitasking than they are at others, according to a new study that has implications for distracted drivers. Trying to do two visual tasks at once hurt performance in both tasks significantly more than ... | | 8. | Distracted Pedestrians Stumble Into Danger
Jul 31, 2012 -- A young man talking on a cellphone meanders along the edge of a lonely train platform at night. Suddenly he stumbles, loses his balance and pitches over the side, landing head first on the tracks. Fortunately there were no trains approaching the ... | | 9. | New Anti-Fraud Partnership Created to Fight Medical Fraud Rings
Jul 30, 2012 -- A new anti-fraud partnership uniting the public and private insurers creates a strong force multiplier and national strategy to increase upward pressure on fraud rings and downward pressure on medical premiums, the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud ... | | 10. | Pennsylvania Workers' Comp Case Update
Jul 30, 2012 -- Several recent court case decisions in Pennsylvania could impact the way workers' compensation adjusters handle claims. According to Tony Salvino, chair of the Workers' Compensation Group at White and Williams' Philadelphia law office, in an ... | | |
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