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Midwest Regulation Report Card: States’ Grades Range from A to D
Dec 22 2016 // Grades assigned to the insurance regulatory systems in the Midwest states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin range from A to D in a...
Fiery South Dakota Train Derailment Blamed on Broken Rail
Dec 13 2016 // Investigators say a broken rail was probably the cause of a fiery South Dakota train derailment in September 2015 that resulted in more than $1 million in damage. Seven cars of a BNSF Railway train derailed near the town...
South Dakota AG: Crime Information May Be Released Under New Law
Dec 8 2016 // Government entities aren’t automatically blocked from releasing information such as the exact location of a crime to the public under a new victims’ rights constitutional amendment, Attorney General Marty...
South Dakota Limiting Release of Vehicle Crash Reports
Nov 28 2016 // South Dakota law enforcement authorities are no longer releasing vehicle crash information because doing so could violate a constitutional amendment approved by voters this month. The state’s Department of Public...
Man Gets 34-Year Sentence for Arson Fires in South Dakota
Nov 7 2016 // A man accused of starting two fires in Madison, S.D., has been ordered to serve 34 years in prison. Authorities say 25-year-old Travis Smith Jr. started fires in the apartment building where he lived and in a convenience...
Missouri Jury Hands Down Another Big Baby Powder Award – $70M
Oct 31 2016 // A St. Louis jury has awarded a California woman more than $70 million in her lawsuit alleging that years of using Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder caused her cancer, the latest case raising concerns about the...
South Dakota Court : Hospitals Don’t Have to Turn Over Doctor Performance Documents
Oct 28 2016 // South Dakota’s Supreme Court says hospitals don’t have to turn over documents related to doctor performance even when there’s evidence they committed fraud against patients. The high court in a Wednesday...
South Dakota Senator Requests Federal Aid for Ranchers Impacted by Fire
Oct 19 2016 // U.S. Sen. John Thune is requesting federal disaster aid for ranchers affected by a large prairie fire in western South Dakota that has destroyed buildings and killed livestock. Thune wrote to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom...
Record Construction Pace in South Dakota’s Sioux Falls Not Easing
Oct 11 2016 // The record pace of construction in Sioux Falls isn’t letting up. The Argus Leader reported that the city has permitted $573.4 million in construction through September, up from $546 million over the same period last...
Former South Dakota Police Chief Found Guilty in Murder-for-Insurance Case
Sep 28 2016 // A Gregory County jury on Sept. 26 found a former South Dakota police chief guilty of first degree murder in the death of his pregnant fiancee in 2009. Prosecutors accused Russell Bertram, 64, of killing 26-year-old Leonila...
Flood Estimates Rise in Minnesota; South Dakota Storms Damage 18 Homes
Sep 28 2016 // Estimates of flood damage from last week’s flood are rising in Waseca, Minnesota, officials say, and in neighboring South Dakota weekend storms damaged homes in the Oglala area. In Minnesota, Waseca County’s...
South Dakota Storm-Related Cattle Death Ruling Prompts Insurance Policy Reviews
Sep 13 2016 // Some ranchers are revisiting their insurance policies following a South Dakota Supreme Court ruling that allows a family in Quinn to collect insurance for cattle that drowned during a blizzard in 2013. The unanimous ruling...
Sued Over Injuries from Infected Corneas, South Dakota Eye Bank Denies Fault
Jul 29 2016 // A South Dakota-based eye and tissue bank says it isn’t responsible for injuries caused by infected corneas that were shipped to the Palestinian territories. Two Palestinians are suing the South Dakota Lions Eye and...
South Dakota High Court: Insurer Must Pay for Storm-Drowned Cattle
Jul 22 2016 // The South Dakota Supreme Court says a Quinn family should collect insurance for cattle that drowned during the autumn 2013 blizzard that devastated western South Dakota ranchers. The high court in an opinion released July...
South Dakota Tornado Had Estimated Wind Speeds Up to 125 MPH
Jun 16 2016 // A tornado that damaged homes and other buildings near the southwestern South Dakota community of Hermosa had estimated wind speeds of up to 125 mph, according to the National Weather Service. The agency has rated the...
South Dakota Reminds Surplus Lines Insurance Brokers of Policy Filing Changes
May 26 2016 // The South Dakota Division of Insurance has issued a bulletin to surplus lines insurance brokers of changes in store for the filing of surplus lines policies. The changes are due to the wind down of the Nonadmitted...
3 Tornadoes Reported in South Dakota
May 24 2016 // Severe storms that crossed South Dakota led to reports of at least three tornadoes, including one that caused damage. The National Weather Service says a tornado in Tripp County on Sunday evening prompted reports of downed...
South Dakota Lawyer Says Auto Insurer Misled Him about Policy
May 23 2016 // The former lawyer for a car crash victim accused an auto insurance company of hiding a $1 million policy that could have paid for his client’s medical bills during testimony in court. Attorney Jeff Cole testified in...
South Dakota City Set to Observe Tornado Anniversary
May 9 2016 // A full day of activities is planned in Delmont, S.D. on Tuesday to observe the one-year anniversary of the tornado that damaged the city. On the morning of May 10, 2015, an EF-2 tornado struck the city and damaged or...
J&J Faces 1K More Talc-Cancer Suits After Verdict for South Dakota Woman
May 4 2016 // Johnson & Johnson must pay $55 million to a 62-year-old South Dakota woman who blamed her ovarian cancer on the company’s talcum powder in the second such trial loss this year. J&J is accused in more than...
