Top 10 for the Past Week | 1. | Sex Injury on Work Trip Not Covered, Australia Court Says
Oct 30, 2013 -- An Australian government employee who was injured while having sex on a work-related trip doesn't qualify for workers' compensation, the nation's highest court said in a ruling praised by the employment minister. The High Court of Australia ... | | 2. | Hoarders Challenge Adjusters, First Responders
Nov 7, 2013 -- According to a fact sheet produced by the International OCD Foundation, 42 percent of hoarder homes had blocked access to a sink, 45 percent had blocked access to a refrigerator and 10 percent blocked access to a toilet. In Massachusetts alone, 38 ... | | 3. | State by State Look at Driving Rules for Older Drivers
Sep 19, 2012 -- A 50-state look at the varying rules across the nation governing drivers' licenses for older adults. ALABAMA: Licenses are renewed every four years for all drivers, with no additional requirements for older drivers. A legislative committee ... | | 4. | The Difference Between a Hurricane, Cyclone and Typhoon
Nov 11, 2013 -- A powerful typhoon hit the Philippines on Friday and moved out to the South China Sea: HURRICANE? CYCLONE? TYPHOON? They're all the same, officially tropical cyclones. But they just use distinctive terms for a storm in different parts of the world. ... | | 5. | Is a Coinsurance Penalty Based Upon ACV or RCV?
Nov 4, 2013 -- The question of whether a coinsurance penalty in a commercial property policy was based upon ACV or RCV was recently addressed by the United States Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in Buddy Bean Lumber Co. v. Axis Surplus Ins. Co., 715 F.3d 695 (8th ... | | 6. | Seventh Circuit Says Replacement Cost Claim Survives Sale of Property
Nov 6, 2013 -- The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that a claim for replacement costs under a property insurance policy survives the insured's sale of the damaged property. In Edgewood Manor Apartment Homes, LLC v. RSUI Indem. Co., 2013 U.S. App. ... | | 7. | Part Two: The Value of Accurate Roof Age in Underwriting
Oct 31, 2013 -- Accurate Roof Age Is Hard, But So What? This paper sets out to quantify how much inaccurate roof age costs carriers—after all, if the cost of inaccurate roof age is low, then the value of accurate roof age is also low. But as we will show here, ... | | 8. | Nebraska Roofing Company Cited in Worker's Fatal Fall
Nov 6, 2013 -- Federal safety authorities cited a roofing company and proposed $70,000 in penalties for a worker's fatal fall from one Omaha roof to another, the agency said Monday. The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration said ... | | 9. | Wisconsin Police See Rash of Catalytic Converter Thefts
Nov 4, 2013 -- Smaller communities in Wisconsin's Fox Valley have seen an unusual rash of catalytic converter thefts because thieves can scrape out and sell precious metals contained in the parts, police said. Jason Weber, community liaison officer for the Town of ... | | 10. | Florida Supreme Court Limits Economic Loss Doctrine to Product Liability Cases
Nov 7, 2013 -- In what will go down in legal history as one of the clearest and most forthright decisions in recent memory, the Florida Supreme Court has issued an opinion which limits the application of the Economic Loss Doctrine (ELD) to cases involving product ... | Popular Videos | |
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