A three-month investigation into the June deaths of 19 firefighters killed while battling an Arizona blaze cites poor communication between the men and support staff, and reveals that an airtanker carrying flame retardant was hovering overhead as the firefighters died. …
A National Transportation Safety Board report blames shoddy workmanship for an in-flight tear in the roof of a Southwest Airlines plane in 2011. The Boeing 737-300 was en route from Phoenix to Sacramento, Calif., on April 1, 2011, when a …
The farmer-owned cooperative CHS Inc. has pledged $3 million toward a national agricultural safety initiative. Carl Casale, president and CEO of Arden Hills-based CHS, made the announcement Wednesday at the North American Agricultural Safety Summit in Minneapolis. He says it’s …
New York will use part of its share of billions of dollars in federal Superstorm Sandy aid to “fully compensate” storm victims who had flood insurance claims denied because of a hard-to-understand rule barring payments for damage caused by earth …
Frantic relatives kept up a vigil Saturday at the site of a collapsed apartment building that killed at least 42 people in India’s financial capital of Mumbai, as the search for around a dozen people missing in the rubble grew …
Coverage for defective construction claims under commercial general liability (CGL) policies remains an important and frequently contested issue, and the last year has seen significant developments on the issue. Courts have taken varying approaches to the question and applied different …
The year is 2020 and you have just had an accident. While proceeding through an intersection, another vehicle turned in front of you. Prior to the impact even occurring, advanced airbag deployment technology had enveloped you and your occupants in …
This kitchen was seemingly destroyed when a stovetop fire destroyed the cabinets directly around the stove. The customer contacted Furniture Medic and it was able to bring the cabinets back to pre-loss condition, without displacing the customer or tearing out …
It takes thick skin to be in the public eye. As Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia once observed, “harsh criticism, short of unlawful action, is a price our people have traditionally been willing to pay for self-governance. Requiring people to …
Most jurisdictions recognize a cause of action for negligent infliction of emotional distress (NIED). Under this type of cause of action there can be a monetary award of emotional distress damages without a direct physical injury to the victim. Is …