September 26, 2012
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Today's HeadlinesNational Growth in Homeowners' Claim Costs Fueled by Increased Severity and FrequencyThe cost of homeowners insurance claims has been rising rapidly because of the combined effects of rising claim severity and increases in ... High Court to Consider Drunken Driving CaseThe Supreme Court will decide when law enforcement officers must get a warrant before ordering a blood test on an unwilling drunken-driving ... Peanut Butter Recall Expands Beyond Trader Joe'sA New Mexico-based company is recalling 76 types of peanut butter and almond butter after one of its products was linked to a salmonella ... American Family Insurance to Acquire Permanent GeneralAmerican Family Insurance has reached an agreement to acquire PGC Holdings Corp. (Permanent General Companies) and its subsidiaries, ... Rising Medical Solutions New Analytics Targets Opioid AbuseNew technology has just been released that provides early detection of questionable drug usage behavior to reduce payer costs and improve ...  East More Than 3,000 Cited in Virginia Traffic CrackdownA safety crackdown on five Virginia interstates yielded more than 3,000 citations for speeding, reckless driving and other traffic ... New Hampshire Woman Reading With Match Causes Fire DamageFirefighters say a woman trying to read with a match has caused about $50,000 in damage to her New Hampshire home after dropping the match ... New York City Sued for Lost Dirt DiggerA contractor is suing New York City for allegedly moving - and later losing - his $130,000 dirt digger. Jeff Clemente says in his lawsuit ... Embers Blamed for Fire That Destroys Vermont HomeVermont officials are blaming embers from an outdoor fire pit for a fire that destroyed a home in Cambridge. Officials say firefighters ... New York Inmates Sue for Dental Floss and $500MSome jail inmates are trying to put a $500 million bite on a suburban New York county in a lawsuit demanding access to dental floss. Eleven ... Midwest Illinois Man Gets 7 Years for Deadly Fish ToxinA suburban Chicago man was sentenced Monday to more than 71/2 years in prison for obtaining a deadly puffer-fish toxin to deploy as a ... Indiana Workplace Deaths Up 3 Percent Last YearA new report says the number of people dying on the job in Indiana rose to 122 last year from 118 the year before. The Times of Munster and ... Minnesota Officials Launch Pedestrian Safety CampaignState transportation officials have launched a campaign to make Minnesota's streets and roads safer for pedestrians. They say October is a ... Wisconsin Governor Changes Plan to Modify Electrical CodeGov. Scott Walker has dropped plans to remove mandatory fire safety requirements from the state electrical code. The Wisconsin Builders ... Southeast Regulators Approve Additional Policy Removal for CitizensFlorida insurance regulators have announced the approval of another 60,000 policies for removal from the state-backed Citizens Property ... Mom Sues West Virginia Day Care Over Girl's DeathA woman is suing a day care in Wood County, W.Va., over the death of her 4-year-old daughter. Shawna Wise's lawsuit claims her daughter ... Tennessee Airport Gets $31M for Runway SafetyMemphis International Airport is receiving a $31.8 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration for runway safety and other ... Kentucky Tells Feds of Steps Taken on Collapsed BridgeKentucky's top transportation official has told the National Transportation Safety Board that navigation lights on bridges are working ... South Central NTSB: Managing Vessel Separation in Houston Ship Channel CriticalThe collision of a chemical tanker with a containership in the Houston Ship Channel in October 2011 was likely caused by the inappropriate ... FEMA Individual Aid After Isaac Hits $88MNearly 26,000 people have received individual assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency after Hurricane Isaac, aid totaling ... Appeals Court Tosses Out Landmark Katrina RulingA federal appeals court reversed itself Monday and threw out a judge's landmark ruling that the Army Corps of Engineers was liable for ... West California Governor Gives Green Light to Driverless CarsCalifornia took the fast lane to the future on Tuesday when Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law that lets self-driving cars onto public roads. ... Honolulu Gets Tsunami Radiation Detection DeviceHonolulu officials have acquired a device that will allow for detecting radiation on any debris from the Japan tsunami. City officials say ... California Pipeline Safety Rules StrengthenedA state assemblyman says California now leads the way in pipeline safety thanks to a suite of bills that have just been signed into law. ... Los Angeles Fields Motorcycle Emergency Response TeamFirefighters on motorcycles outfitted with defibrillators and medical supplies have been scooting around congested Los Angeles roadways and ... International DUI Tragedy Forces Russian Road Safety RethinkIt took a weekend road tragedy to jolt Russia into action over one of its most deadly threats: a chronic culture of drunken driving. Five ... Avalanche Deaths Might Be Victims of Tibet CrisisThe climbers killed in a weekend avalanche in the Himalayas were part of a crush of mountaineers who came to the slope because of ... Connect with Claims Journal
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