August 31, 2015
In an exhaustive and scholarly opinion filed August 20, 2015, authored by Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, the California Supreme Court reversed itself and overruled its own 12-year-old decision because it did not consider the effect of a state statute dating …
August 31, 2015
Liberty Mutual Insurance’s Risk Control Services is offering its commercial lines customers a service that helps them identify targeted areas for improving safety. The Liberty Mutual Safety Climate Survey helps companies differentiate between the perception of a company’s overall safety …
August 31, 2015
Trinity Industries Inc.’s guardrail system will undergo additional crash testing by Virginia, raising new questions about a device on roadways across the country. Some of Virginia’s six proposed tests on the ET-Plus, scheduled to begin in mid-September, will be different …
August 31, 2015
Uber Technologies Inc has hired two top vehicle security researchers, the company said on Friday, high-profile additions that come as the ride-hailing service ramps up its work on technology for self-driving cars. Charlie Miller, who had been working at Twitter …
August 31, 2015
American Trucking Associations executive Howard Abramson recently made a case in the New York Times for higher safety standards for trucks. It’s not hard to understand why: Large trucks were involved in at least 327,000 traffic accidents in 2013, killing …
August 31, 2015
Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller advised consumers that the Pennsylvania Insurance Department is available to help homeowners adhere to reasonable requests by insurers to make their properties safer and avoid possible cancellation or non-renewal of their homeowners’ coverage. “A review of …
August 31, 2015
The subcontractor involved in a fatal accident at the Minnesota Vikings stadium construction site has received nine citations for worksite safety violations in the past five years, according to public records. A Berwald Roofing Co. employee was killed Wednesday when …
August 31, 2015
A King County Superior Court judge is considering which claims can be brought in a civil trial that will explore whether anyone should be held responsible for the deadly Oso, Washington mudslide. The Daily Herald reports that Judge Roger Rogoff …
August 31, 2015
Honda Accord and Ford’s full size pickup top lists of most stolen vehicles in 2014, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau’s latest Hot Wheels report which identifies the 10 most stolen vehicles in the United States. The report examines …
August 28, 2015
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission won’t pursue an enforcement action against Target Corp. after hackers stole data on 40 million credit and debit cards during the 2013 holiday shopping season, according to a regulatory filing. The agency finished its …