Monthly Archives: <span>August 2016</span>

Kentucky Court Finds Tort Accrual Trigger for UM Claims Reasonable

The Kentucky Supreme Court has reviewed numerous attempts by insurance companies to limit the time in which insureds have to bring UM and UIM claims. As a result of these prior considerations, the Kentucky Supreme Court has emphasized that insurance …

Self-Checkouts at Grocery Stores Promote Theft

Allowing customers to scan products and pay for them using their own mobile phones or iPads is becoming an increasingly common sight in retail outlets. However, using Mobile Scan and Pay Technology (MSP) to pay for supermarket products could make …

New Software Rating System Created by Famed Hacker

A famed hacker who nearly 20 years ago told Congress he could take down the internet in 30 minutes is now going after the computer software industry, whose standard practices all but guarantee that most products will be vulnerable to …

Appeal Sought by Some Colorado Theater Victims in Dismissal of Cinemark Suit

Some victims of a 2012 shooting at a Colorado movie theater are appealing a judge’s decision to scrap their lawsuits against the theater chain. Judge R. Brooke Jackson dismissed the suits in June. He said they should not go to …

Governmental Immunity And The Code Of Pirates

In the 2003 Walt Disney blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Hector Barbossa and the crew of the Black Pearl are in a cavern trying to reverse their curse when Elizabeth invokes the right of …

Not Much Scrutiny Given to Commercial Hot Air Balloon Operators

Commercial hot air balloons like the one destroyed in a fireball in Texas this weekend often carry more passengers than airplane and helicopter tours, but have long received less government scrutiny, according to aviation experts. The Federal Aviation Administration’s oversight …

Colorado Homeowners Recognize Value of Wildfire Mitigation

The cacophony of chainsaws became the soundtrack of the summer when Jean and Michael Blaisdell returned to their home after being evacuated during the Hayman fire in 2002. That’s when the Blaisdells and other residents in Ridgewood, a subdivision in …

People News: Cunningham Lindsey, Cincinnati Insurance, MEMIC

Cunningham Lindsey Group Announces Executive Appointments Cunningham Lindsey, a global loss adjusting and risk management services company, appointed Harry Patel to global chief operating officer (COO), and David Repinski to chief executive officer (CEO) of the Americas. These appointments are …

Uninvited Pokémon Go Players Prompt Lawsuit, Demand for Removal

A New Jersey man is going to federal court to keep “Pokémon Go” players off his lawn. Jeffrey Marder, of West Orange, says strangers began lingering outside of his home after the popular game was released last month. At least …

Aging Infrastructure, Lack of Resources Often Contribute to Pipeline Failure

Thirty years of watching metal fail, often spectacularly, and Mehrooz Zamanzadeh has developed some go-to mantras. “Mother Nature doesn’t like what she didn’t make,” he likes to say. That means when a man-made object is exposed to the environment – …