A lawsuit against the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol over a fatal wreck caused by a man fleeing a trooper in 2007 has been settled for $375,000. The Mississippi Tort Claims Board recently approved the settlement for the family of 22-year-old …
The owner of a German shorthaired pointer, originally purchased for $200, has filed a claim with the city of Seattle for $60,000 after the dog was electrocuted on Thanksgiving when it stepped on a Queen Anne streetlight metal ground-cover plate. …
San Diego, CA, 3/14/11 – American Claims Management, Inc. (ACM) announced a new business relationship with SPARTA Insurance. Effective March 1, 2011, ACM began handling workers’ compensation claims for policies written through Arrowhead General Insurance Agency, Inc. ACM will be …
A jury says a north Minneapolis, Minn., blogger must pay $60,000 in damages to a community leader who was fired from the University of Minnesota after a blog post. The Hennepin County civil jury found that an “Adventures of Johnny …
A decline in shares of Japanese non-life insurers including MS&AD Insurance Group [Mitsui Sumitomo] is expected to be temporary as the impact on their earnings of the earthquake and tsunami in northeast Japan should be limited, analysts said. The record …
Rafael Fernandez has been named director of loss control and claims for Cavignac & Associates, a San Diego-based risk management and insurance brokerage firm. In his new post, Fernandez is responsible for evaluating clients’ existing risk management, safety and claims …
A New Jersey body shop owner has been pleaded guilty to defrauding more than a dozen insurers of nearly $52,000 by submitting fake invoices for repair parts. Prosecutors say Divyakant Patel, owner of J&R Body Masters in Perth Amboy, admitted …
An Ohio man has been sentenced after an investigation by the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Special Investigations Department (SID) determined he owned and operated a business, Classic Home Restoration, in Sierra Vista, Ariz., while receiving temporary total disability …
The man in charge of paying BP claims for the Gulf oil spill will soon face a Florida legislative committee to answer questions about how the compensation scheme is going. Kenneth Feinberg, the lawyer who is overseeing the Gulf Coast …
A federal jury has awarded $700,000 to a police lieutenant over claims that the metro Atlanta transit agency retaliated against him after he filed a discrimination complaint. Lt. George Hernandez will receive $100,000 in lost wages and benefits, $450,000 for …