Monthly Archives: <span>October 2012</span>

Wisconsin Woman Cited for Three OWI Crashes in Three Hours

A Verona, Wis., woman has been cited for drunken driving after the 21-year-old allegedly caused three crashes in less than three hours. Authorities say the woman acknowledged being responsible for all three collisions in Dane and Green Counties. She was …

3 Convicted in California for Phony Car Insurance Claims

Three people have been convicted of filing more than $60,000 in false insurance claims related to an auto accident they staged in a Garden Grove, Calif., intersection. Orange County prosecutors say Phuong Nhu Nguyen of Westminster was sentenced Thursday to …

Florida Senator’s Daughter Has Head Injury After Accident

The 12-year-old daughter of Florida Sen. Marco Rubio remains hospitalized in fair condition with a head injury following a golf cart accident. Rubio spokesman Alex Conant said Sunday that Amanda Rubio is undergoing neurological testing. Conant says the long-term prognosis …

Hurricane Sandy Grounds Thousands of Flights

Airlines hurried to fly passengers and planes out of the Northeast Sunday as Hurricane Sandy moved up the coast. The massive storm threatens to bring a near halt to air travel for two days in a key region for both …

Hurricane Sandy Expected Ashore Monday Night

Hurricane Sandy, one of the biggest storms ever to hit the United States, battered the densely populated East Coast on Monday, shutting down transportation, forcing evacuations in flood-prone areas and interrupting the presidential election campaign. Fierce winds and flooding were …

Fair Settlements Drive Increase in Overall Satisfaction with Auto Claims: Study

Claimant satisfaction with their auto claims experience has increased from last year, driven primarily by an improvement in their perceptions of the fairness of settlement terms, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2012 U.S. Auto Claims Satisfaction StudySM released …

Louisiana Sheriff: Efforts Made to Settle Ex-Inmate’s Claims

Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards says he has made changes at the parish jail and fired a nurse in connection with allegations that medication was withheld from a former inmate. Edwards also acknowledged that there is some validity to complaints …

Oklahoma DHS Settles Suit Of Mistaken Pickup of Girl

The Oklahoma Department of Human Services has agreed to pay $9,500 to settle a lawsuit filed after a temporary worker picked up the wrong girl from a central Oklahoma elementary school more than six years ago. The Oklahoman reported Saturday …

Crash Avoidance Technology: Embrace With Caution

As car makers introduce new vehicle crash avoidance technologies, questions are beginning to surface about whether the latest options can and should be embraced by drivers. A study conducted earlier this year confirmed that some of the newest crash avoidance …

Hurricane Sandy’s Death Toll Rises to 65 in Caribbean

As Americans braced Sunday for Hurricane Sandy, Haiti was still suffering. Officials raised the storm-related death toll across the Caribbean to 65, with 51 of those coming in Haiti, which was pelted by three days of constant rains that ended …