Wednesday 10 July 2013

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July 10, 2013
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National

Asiana Could Save Millions By Blocking U.S. Lawsuits Over Crash

Asiana Airlines Inc. could avoid hundreds of millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements by employing a tactic under international law ...

Judge Orders NFL, Former Players to Mediation in Concussion Cases

The judge overseeing litigation brought by thousands of former National Football League players over head injuries ordered the parties into ...

Safety Advances Boost Plane Crash Survival Odds

Passengers in plane crashes today, such as the one in San Francisco involving Asiana Airlines Flight 214, are more likely to survive than ...

NBIS Names Arthur Kirkner Vice President of Claims

NationsBuilders Insurance Services, Inc., a specialty construction insurance and a portfolio company of SunTx Capital Partners, named ...
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East

Connecticut State Police Charge 63 With DUI Over Weekend

Connecticut state police say they charged 63 people with driving under the influence and issued nearly 2,500 speeding tickets over the July ...

Long Island Needs Sandy Repairs for Boater Safety

A New York official says quick repair work on Superstorm Sandy damage is needed to ensure boater safety around Long Island's popular Jones ...

Woman Convicted of Shipping Stolen Luxury Vehicles to Africa

A Brooklyn, N.Y., woman was convicted Friday for her role as the leader of a ring responsible for shipping dozens of stolen and carjacked ...

Pennsylvania Insurance Department Secures Dedicated Funding

Under Governor Tom Corbett's recently signed 2013-14 budget and newly enacted legislation, Act 46, the Pennsylvania Insurance Department ...
Midwest

New Nebraska Research Center to Study Concussions

If all goes according to Dennis Molfese's plan, the day is coming when a football player who takes a hit to the head will come to the ...

Iowa Officials Review Scheduling After Speeding Incident

Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds says the Iowa Department of Public Safety is reviewing the governor's scheduling in the wake of a speeding incident. ...

Kansas University Researchers Study Use of Blue Light

Researchers at the University of Kansas are experimenting with using a blue light to help law enforcement officers nab red light runners. ...

Indiana City Awaits FEMA Ruling on Floodplain Maps

A southern Indiana city is awaiting a federal agency's decision on revised floodplain maps that could save more than 400 homeowners ...
Southeast

Chipped Tile Claims Meet the "Marring" Exclusion in Ergas

In Ergas v. Universal Prop. & Cas. Co., 2013 WL 1748574 (Fla. 4th DCA April 24, 2013), the Fourth District Court of Appeal issued an ...

4 Killed in Alabama Fourth of July Weekend Crashes

Four people were killed in crashes during the Fourth of July travel period in accidents that were investigated by Alabama State Troopers, ...

North Carolina Judge Says Town Can Sue for Dam Failure

A North Carolina judge says the town of Hope Mills can sue companies that built a dam that failed. The Fayetteville Observer reported that ...
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South Central

Texas AG: State Not on the Hook for TWIA Unfunded Losses

Texas' attorney general says the state is under no obligation to pay outstanding claims for the insurer of last resort for coastal ...

Part of Mississippi River Closed to Salvage Sunken Tug

The Coast Guard says it has closed a section of the Mississippi River southeast of New Orleans, La., so a tugboat that sank over the ...

Louisiana Man Accused of Stealing Bulldozer

Lafourche Parish sheriff's deputies say a 20-year-old Houma, La., man was caught over the weekend driving a stolen bulldozer down a Bourg ...
West

Authorities Catch Insurance Fraud Fugitive After Taunting Tweet

"Catch me if you can." San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis said Wanda Podgurski sent that taunting tweet after skipping trial ...

Ocean Satellite Dies After 111/2-Year Mission

Jason-1, a satellite that for more than a decade precisely tracked rising sea levels across a vast sweep of ocean and helped forecasters ...

Experts: Expect Bigger, Fiercer Wildfires in West

Scientists say the deadly Arizona wildfire and other blazes raging across the West are becoming more common as the planet warms. While no ...

GEICO Plans to Hire 200 New Employees in Tucson

GEICO (Government Employees Insurance Company), a member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies, announced plans to expand its ...
International

Toronto Storm Causes Chaos Throughout City

A severe thunderstorm caused flash flooding in Toronto, cutting power to at least 300,000 in Canada's largest city, shutting down subways, ...

Flawed Tankers Led to Fatal Train Derailment in Quebec

The lead Transportation Safety Board investigator says the rail tankers involved in a derailment and explosions that wiped out the heart of ...

Europe Floods Seen Costing Insurers up to $4.5B

A leading insurance company says last month's floods across central Europe will likely cost insurers up to $4.5 billion. The Elbe, the ...
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