Friday 26 April 2013

Daily Headlines: Friday, April 26, 2013

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April 26, 2013
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National

Should Insurers Consider Apologies in Claims Handling?

Despite the prevalence of apologies in our society -think Lance Armstrong, Tiger Woods, Mel Gibson and Bill Clinton - the idea of offering ...

P/C Insurer Profits Rose in 2012, Despite Sandy Losses and Investment Gains Drop

Despite the impact of Superstorm Sandy and smaller investment gains, private U.S. property/casualty insurers' net income after taxes grew ...

Artist Richard Prince Didn't Infringe Photo Copyrights

In a closely watched case in the art world, American artist Richard Prince won a federal appeals court order Thursday holding that he did ...

Regulators Report 11 Mining Deaths in '13

Federal regulators say mining deaths during the first quarter of this year totaled 11, with West Virginia claiming nearly half of those ...
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East

Pilot and Homeowners Sue Over 2001 Maine Crash

The family of a North Yarmouth, Maine, man who died when his plane crashed into a Biddeford home, as well as the owners of the house that ...

New York Victim Attacked by Dog Can Sue Owner

A woman who was attacked by a dog she was trying to help in Central Park can sue the animal's owner. A Manhattan judge on Wednesday ruled ...

Baltimore Fire Department Gets $1.5M Grant for Heart Monitors

U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded a nearly$1.5 million grant to the Baltimore Fire Department to buy 75 ...

New Jersey Shore Community May Take Land for Beach Replenishment

Having gotten only so far with "friendly persuasion," the Jersey shore community that was hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy is ready to take ...
Midwest

North Dakota Workers' Comp Handling More Out-of-State Claims

The boom in the western North Dakota oil patch has led to a workload increase for the state's workers' compensation agency. The number of ...

Flood Damage to Michigan County Homes is Roughly $6M

Officials say flooding from the Muskegon River in West Michigan caused more than $6 million in damage to about 150 Newaygo County homes. ...

Mayor: Up to 200 Homes Damaged by Indiana Flood

As many as 200 homes have been damaged by recent floods in Kokomo, Ind.,and the city's major says he's confident help will roll in once all ...

Missouri Homicide Victim Won $4.9M in 2005 Fire

A Columbia, Mo., art dealer who was found shot to death at his home earlier this month had won a nearly $5 million settlement stemming from ...

Iowa Court Upholds $32.8M Cooper Tire Case Verdict

The Iowa Court of Appeals has upheld a $32.8 million jury award against Cooper Tire and Rubber Co., affirming it is in line with the ...
Southeast

It's Business, Just Not as Usual, After Hattiesburg Tornado

In keeping with the traditional Mississippi never-say-die attitude, many Hattiesburg-area business owners affected by the Feb. 10 tornado ...

Daytona, Talladega Reenforcing Crossover Gates

NASCAR's two fastest tracks are reenforcing crossover gates in the wake of the Feb. 23 accident at Daytona International Speedway that ...

Senate Votes to Roll Back Motor Vehicle Fees by Eliminating Insurer Tax Break

The Florida Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill that rolls back automobile fees, saving an individual driver $12 a year on annual ...
South Central

Former Louisiana State Fire Marshal Investigator Arrested

A retired state Fire Marshal's Office investigator surrendered to authorities on accusations he falsified paperwork of an attempted ...

Storms Flood Streets, Damage Houses Across Southeast Louisiana

A fast-moving line of intense thunderstorms flooded streets, knocked out power to more than 30,000 people in southeast Louisiana and ...

Oil Spill Judge: What is Gross Negligence?

The judge who will allocate responsibility for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill has told lawyers to give him their views about whether a ...

Inquiry Into Texas Blast Plagued by Regulatory Gap

Federal and state officials investigating last week's deadly blast at a Central Texas fertilizer company are trying to determine whether a ...
West

$3.45M Award in Death of Seattle Ship Worker

Federal jurors in Seattle, Wash., have awarded $3.45 million to the estate and survivors of a woman who drowned in 2010 while working on a ...

California Moving to Regulate Trampoline Centers

California lawmakers have jumped in to regulate trampoline centers in the wake of at least one death. U-T San Diego says a state Senate ...

Bolts on California's Bay Bridge That Haven't Failed May Go

Long seismic safety bolts on the new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge that haven't failed may have to be replaced ...
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International

China: New Buildings Withstood Latest Earthquake

No buildings constructed after a powerful earthquake struck southwest China in 2008 collapsed fully during last week's quake in the same ...

87 Dead in Bangladesh Garment Factory Collapse

Rescuers using floodlights worked into the night Wednesday to attempt to free dozens of people believed trapped under an eight-story ...

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