Dog bite claims cost the insurance industry $412 million in 2009, an increase of 6.4 percent from 2008. Dog bites account for more than one-third of all homeowners insurance liability claims paid out in 2009, says the Insurance Information Institute …
Mazda Motor Corp will recall 215,000 Mazda 3 and Mazda 5 vehicles sold in the United States because of the risk that they could lose power steering without warning. The Mazda recall of vehicles from the 2007 through 2009 model …
A Boston judge delayed ruling Monday on Lorillard Tobacco Co.’s request to reject a lawsuit that accuses the nation’s third-largest tobacco company of targeting black youth in its cigarette marketing. Judge Linda Giles of Suffolk Superior Court told lawyers for …
The estate of a man who died from a combination of drugs and alcohol in the back of a Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania police cruiser sued and alleged that a police officer, dispatcher and even the mayor knew the man was in …
A record number of Kansans are using their seat belts this year. A new study found that seat-belt use in Kansas was 81.8 percent this year, an increase of almost 5 percentage points over last year. That’s the biggest increase …
New Jersey officials are trying to determine what’s causing manhole covers to explode in Atlantic City. No one was injured when two covers exploded on Monday night. One of them was still smoking when firefighters arrived at Atlantic Avenue and …
Officials are concerned about a recent rise in all-terrain vehicle deaths in Minnesota. Sixteen people have died in ATV accidents across Minnesota this year. That compares with 14 for all of 2009. A record 24 occurred in 2004. The last …
A spokesman for Georgia’s Insurance and Fire Safety Commissioner’s Office says a reward of up to $10,000 is being offered for information about a fire that destroyed Central Baptist Church in Dublin. Spokesman Glenn Allen said that the fire at …
Los Angeles County is expected to approve a $5.5 million medical malpractice settlement to help care for a Redondo Beach teenager who fell during a cheerleading stunt. The county Board of Supervisors will vote this week on the settlement involving …
Authorities say a Northern California driver who was talking on her cell phone to get directions went off a boat ramp to her death. The California Highway Patrol is awaiting video footage they hope will shed light on how 47-year-old …