Officials are conducting daily inspections on water reservoir dams in North Texas for fear that a string of earthquakes may have caused cracks or loosened foundations. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported Saturday that at least 19 tremors have struck the …
Officials with the Utah Department of Public Safety say more people are wearing seatbelts this year than they were a year ago. The state’s annual seatbelt observational study found 82.4 percent of people riding in vehicles were buckled up, up …
A settlement has been reached between the city of Albuquerque and a drunken driving suspect who claimed his jaw was broken by police while being taken into custody. The case stems from a May 2011 traffic stop in downtown Albuquerque. …
Most jurisdictions have held that an insurance company with the primary policy owes a duty of good faith and fair dealing to the insurance company with the excess policy requiring a settlement of claims within the primary carrier’s policy limits …
The Washington Department of Labor and Industries says it has collected nearly $89,000 from a Vancouver chiropractor after accusing his clinic of fraudulent billing. Dr. Lucas Homer owns Cascade Park Sports Medicine and Rehab. The clinic contracted with Labor and …
A fire early Sunday swept through an illegal, makeshift dormitory in a Chinese-run garment factory in Tuscany, killing seven, firefighters said. The blaze, which partially collapsed the factory’s roof, broke out in a loft where 11 people were sleeping, said …
A former BP Plc engineer accused of destroying evidence sought by the U.S. for a probe of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill went on trial in the first criminal case arising from the disaster to go before a …
Affordability of automobile insurance improved during the previous decade for both middle- and low-income consumers in the United States, according to a new study from the Insurance Research Council (IRC), a division of the American Institute For Chartered Property Casualty …
Texting while driving is responsible for nearly 1,100 traffic related injuries a day, according to the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration. It’s reaching epidemic proportions, which is one reason LA Kings’ Captain Dustin Brown is partnering with Mercury Insurance …
Appriss Inc., the provider of www.BuyCrash.com, has acquired Docview LLC and Deep River LLC, two leading providers of crash reports via convenient e-commerce options. Docview (www.Docview.us) and Deep River (www.GetCrashReports.com) have established partnerships with nearly 1,000 law enforcement agencies by …