Monday 15 July 2013

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July 15, 2013
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National

Fast-Growing Craft Brewers Struggle With Worker Safety

Welder Mark Moynihan crawled down a narrow tube into a space the size of a car interior to seal the crack in the fermentation tank at ...

Regulators Open Probe of Mercedes Cars Over Rear Lights

U.S. safety regulators have opened a probe of an estimated 218,000 Mercedes C-Class sedans after receiving consumer complaints claiming a ...

Type of Helmet May Not Lower Concussion Risk

40,000 high school football kids get a concussion every year, but contrary to equipment manufacturers' claims, the specific brand of helmet ...

Chip Bifano Named President of Paul Davis National

Chip Bifano was named president of Paul Davis National, a company specializing in commercial large losses that is part of the Paul Davis ...
East

Damage From Flash Flooding Estimated at $6.5M

Officials in the New Hampshire city of Lebanon estimate that last week's flash flooding caused $6.5 million in infrastructure damage. The ...

New Jersey Man Admits to Running Vehicle Theft Ring

A New Jersey man has admitted to supervising an auto theft ring that authorities say stole over 100 vehicles worth a total of more than ...

Construction Accident Occurs at Temple University in Philadelphia

Authorities say there has been a partial collapse of a building under construction at Temple University in Philadelphia. A spokesman for ...

AIG Disaster Relief Fund Donates Over $1M to Sandy-Affected Organizations

American International Group, Inc. announced that the AIG Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) has donated more than $1 million to local ...
Midwest

Insurance Company Suing Former South Dakota Legislator

An insurance company is suing a former South Dakota legislator to recover nearly $10,000 in medical expenses over a mishap during a parade. ...

Insurer Denies Coverage in Kansas City Diocese Settlement

A former insurance company for the Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph is seeking to avoid paying for priest sexual abuse ...

Many New Firehouses Eliminating Fire Poles

When University City's new fire house No. 1 opens later this summer, it'll be missing an icon of firefighter tradition. "`We won't have a ...

Michigan: Bulk of Insurance Complaints in 2012 Concerned Claims Handling

The Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) says consumers in 2012 filed more than 3,000 complaints against insurance ...

Ohio Agencies Seeking $900K Over Train Derailment

Agencies in Columbus, Ohio, are trying to recoup nearly $900,000 spent or lost in the train derailment and explosion that lit up the early ...

New Mobile Website Available in Illinois Emergencies

Illinoisans can now use their smartphones or tablets to get information on emergency preparedness or where to get help in a disaster. The ...

Man Who Beat DWI Charges on Segway Files Lawsuit

A Minnesota man who has successfully challenged charges of riding his Segway while intoxicated is suing Medina police. Mark Greenman says ...
Southeast

Hurricane Evacuation Survey of Outer Banks Begins

State and federal emergency officials will survey hundreds of Outer Banks, N.C., residents to find out if they would ever evacuate for a ...

Bad Bridges List Draws Strong Reaction From Mississippi Residents

Few people know Jones County better than Mitch Stennett, a long-time resident and head of the Economic Development Authority of Jones ...

Alabama Court Bars Lawsuit in Oklahoma Airplane Crash

Alabama's highest court ruled Friday that a lawsuit involving a deadly 2005 Oklahoma airplane crash is time-barred and must be dismissed. ...

Physician-Dispensed Drugs Continue in Georgia, But at Reduced Costs

New regulations in Georgia reduced prices paid for physician-dispensed drugs by 22-36 percent and many physicians continued to dispense ...
South Central

No Bad Faith in the Workers' Compensation Context

Texas Supreme Court Puts an Exclamation Point on its Prior Case Two recent decisions from the Texas Supreme Court establish that there is ...

Oklahoma Wildfire Risk Growing Due to Dry Heat

The searing, dry and windy weather that has gripped Oklahoma in recent weeks, shriveling pastures and forests in some areas, has greatly ...
West

Asiana Says TV Station Damaged its Reputation

Asiana Airlines said Sunday its reputation was damaged by a report on a San Francisco TV station that used bogus and racially offensive ...

Judge Orders University of Washington to Pay $15M in Medical Lawsuit

A judge has awarded $15 million to the family of an 8-year-old girl who was left with permanent brain damage after taking a nasal ...

Study: Distant Quakes can Affect Oil, Gas Fields

The powerful earthquake that rocked Japan in 2011 set off tremors around a West Texas oil field, according to new research that suggests ...

Colorado Paying out Money to Claimants From Wildfire

Some victims of the deadly Lower North Fork Fire in Jefferson County last year will soon receive checks from the state. KUSA-TV in Denver ...

Defense Claims Dead Nevada Insurance Examiner had 'Darker Side'

Defense attorneys plan to present evidence questioning the character of Nevada's chief insurance examiner, who was killed April 2 at his ...
International

Boeing 787 Fire Cause Sought as U.K. Agency Sees No Battery Link

U.K. regulators are still seeking the cause of last week's fire on a Boeing Co. 787 parked at London's Heathrow airport after saying they ...

Mechanical Error May Have Caused French Crash

An official says a faulty rail joint may have caused a train derailment outside Paris that left six people dead. Pierre Izard, an official ...

Canada-Based Horizon Adjusters Agrees to Join Crawford & Company

Atlanta-based Crawford & Company, a global independent claims management provider, announced that the management and adjusting team of ...

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