August 20, 2012
A Santa Fe couple is suing an area resort for injuries they say they received were hurt in a fall down a steep hill after employees abandoned them. Erlinda and Freddie Herrera say in their suit against the Bishop’s Lodge …
August 20, 2012
New Jersey regulators recently reminded personal auto insurers and producers that they must offer a $250,000 coverage limit as the default option for personal injury protection (“PIP”) benefits — unless the applicant or the policyholder affirmatively selects lower limits in …
August 20, 2012
Newport Beach, Calif.-based specialty insurance brokerage firm, Alliant Insurance Services, announced that Jerry D. Jones has joined the company’s Energy and Marine Group in Houston as senior vice president. With 16 years of brokerage and risk management experience, Jones comes …
August 20, 2012
Pershing County officials are taking exception to claims by Burning Man organizers that a new ordinance that would raise fees is intended to pad the county’s coffers and otherwise infringe on the rights of participants at the annual counterculture event. …
August 20, 2012
Many homeowners in Missouri are seeing the impact of the drought with cracked walls in the basement, forcing thousands of dollars in repair bills that insurance generally doesn’t cover. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that basement repair companies are overwhelmed …
August 20, 2012
The founder of an Iowa-based brokerage pleaded not guilty on Aug. 17 to fraud charges in a suspected $200 million embezzlement scheme that drove his firm to bankruptcy and left thousands of customers without their money. Peregrine Financial Group Inc. …
August 20, 2012
A lawsuit filed on Aug. 17 alleges that St. Louis, Mo., jailers forced inmates to fight each other for the amusement of guards and bet on the outcomes. At least one attack was captured on camera, according to the suit …
August 20, 2012
The search for arsonists suspected of starting wildfires in central Oklahoma is ongoing, state and local authorities say, but with little success. The state fire marshal is investigating several fires in Cleveland County earlier this month that are believed to …
August 20, 2012
Strong thunderstorms dumping as much as 4 inches of rain flooded streets, trapped drivers and collapsed buildings in Dallas on Aug. 18. Authorities have not confirmed any deaths related to the storms, but people told WFAA-TV they saw a man …
August 20, 2012
A Texas jury has awarded nearly $1 million to a Union Pacific worker who sued the railroad after claiming he was infected with West Nile virus while on the job. A DeWitt County jury on Aug. 16 found Union Pacific …