‘Extra’ Apartment Doesn’t Allow Insurer to Rescind Policy After Fire Damage Claim Filed January 12, 2024 By Jim Sams New York City housing is often jammed into tight spaces. Old houses are carved into several apartments. Not all of...
Fire that Closed Vital Los Angeles Freeway Called Arson November 15, 2023 By John Antczak, Julie Watson and Jeff Mcmurray LOS ANGELES (AP) — A stretch of Interstate 10 in Los Angeles that was seriously damaged in an act of...
Filing a Day Late Leaves Insurer Short Under Mississippi’s Statute of Limitations October 17, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson The Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled that an insurer misunderstood when a three-year statute of limitations begins in dismissing the...
Notre Dame’s Fire-Ravaged Roof Rebuilt Using Medieval Techniques May 31, 2023 By Jeffrey Schaeffer SAINT-LAURENT-DE-LA-PLAINE, France (AP) — If time travel was possible, medieval carpenters would surely be amazed to see how woodworking techniques...
2nd Circuit: Evidence Insufficient to Support Insurer’s Subrogation Suit April 10, 2023 By Jim Sams Circumstantial evidence suggesting a fire that damaged four buildings in the Queens neighborhood of New York City was caused by...
Freeport LNG Extends Outage After Fire, Targets Year End for Full Operations June 14, 2022 By Liz Hampton and Marwa Rashad Freeport LNG, operator of one of the largest U.S. export plants producing liquefied natural gas (LNG), said on Tuesday that...
Confederate General’s Portrait in South Carolina Will Remain ‘Scorched’ January 11, 2021 By Shiann Sivell AIKEN, S.C. (AP) — A fire more than a century ago nearly destroyed the well-known portrait of Civil War Lt....
Lawsuit Alleging Faulty Work by Restoration Contractor May Proceed December 1, 2020 An Indiana automotive parts manufacturer may proceed with a lawsuit that alleges its factory suffered additional damages after a fire...
Venezuela Crude Output Keeps Sliding, Fields Shut Due to Fire Damage May 5, 2020 Venezuela’s oilfields produced 687,000 barrels of crude last Saturday, up from 653,000 barrels on Friday but below the 718,000 barrels...
Judge Refuses to Dismiss Lawsuit Against Firm Fingered in 3 Boat Fires January 13, 2020 By Jim Sams Three times in the past four years, a small boat accessory company has had to defend itself against claims that...