Monthly Archives: <span>September 2011</span>

Insurance Industry’s East Coast Volunteer Week Set for Oct. 15-22

Volunteer Week, an Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation’s (IICF) event, will be held October 15-22, 2011 in the New York tri-state area and New England. During the eight-day industrywide event, teams of insurance volunteers will fan out into local communities to …

Study: Crash Trends in Gulf Oil and Gas Ops Flights

A new study by the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy finds that helicopters servicing drilling platforms and vessels in the Gulf of Mexico crash on average more than six times per year,resulting in an average of 5 …

Georgia Court: US Killer’s Family Can Sue Psychiatrist

The top court in the U.S. state of Georgia on Monday allowed the family of a man who stabbed his mother to death in a psychotic rage to file a medical malpractice lawsuit against his psychiatrist, settling a long-running debate …

U.S. Safety Board Pushes for Trucker Cellphone Ban

The U.S. government should ban truckers from using cellphones while driving except in emergencies, transportation safety investigators said on Tuesday. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommendation came after it mostly blamed a fiery Kentucky crash last year that killed …

Bus-Train Crash Kills 7, Injures 162 in Argentina

Argentine authorities say seven people are dead in a rush-hour crash in Buenos Aires involving two passenger trains and a bus whose driver drove around barriers in an attempt to beat them across the tracks. Police say 162 people are …

Calif. Federal Judge Tentatively Rules Against Toyota

A federal judge in California has tentatively decided not to dismiss the first of hundreds of lawsuits over acceleration problems against Toyota Motor Corp. U.S. District Judge James Selna said Monday he may reject a motion by Toyota seeking to …

Tropical Storm Lee Exposes Old Oil from BP Spill in Louisiana

BP PLC is sending cleanup crews back to Fourchon Beach because erosion from Tropical Storm Lee unearthed miles of tar balls, tar mats and abandoned cleanup equipment left from last year’s oil spill. Six task forces – 90 workers and …

Family of Former Rebels’ Player Sues Mississippi

A Hinds County judge says he will rule soon on a motion by the University of Mississippi to move a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a former Ole Miss football player to Lafayette County. The Clarion-Ledger reports …

$450,000 Settlement in Wisconsin Traffic Death Lawsuit

A civil lawsuit filed in Pepin County by three children who lost their mother in a traffic crash has been settled out of court. Records show Michelle Nelson’s children will receive a total of $450,000 from Countryside Cooperative Transport of …

Texas Wildfires: Up to $250M in Insured Losses

An industry group says insured losses from a week of Texas wildfires could reach $250 million. The Insurance Council of Texas on Monday offered the estimate for more than 180 wildfires reported statewide since Labor Day weekend. The nonprofit organization …