West News for March 2013
- ProAssurance, CAP Partner to Offer California Hospitals Liability Protection
 - Proceedings Sought For New Mexico Gas Explosion
 - Hawaii Naturopathic Doctor Sued in Home Birth
 - UC Irvine to Settle Federal Fraud Claims For $1.2M
 - PG&E: Progress On Safety Recommendations at California Plant
 - OSHA Fines Nevada Energy $43K After Worker’s Death
 - Bond Set At $1M Following Idaho Man’s 7th DUI Charge
 - Black LAPD Officer Wins $1.2M Discrimination Suit
 - Heffernan Benefits Names Alarcon in Northern California
 - Idaho Hospital Faces Monopoly Lawsuit
 - Report: Montana Disaster &Emergency Services Dysfunctional, Divisive
 - Tsunami Preparedness Week in Alaska
 - Yellowstone Oil Spill-Violations $1.7M Penalty Proposed In Exxon Spill
 - Keyser Named Senior VP of HR at Fireman’s Fund in California
 - Ex-Montana Workers Claim Hostility, Sex For Favors
 - Acura Recalling TSX Sedans for Corrosion
 - Jury Awards $3.5M To Alaska Man Wrongfully Fired
 - New Mexico Jury Awards $58.5 Million In Tanker Accident
 - New Mexico Reaches Settlement Over Massive Tire Dump
 - Washington Weighs First Abortion Insurance Mandate In US
 - 1980s Computer Monitor Blamed For Utah Church Fire
 - Montana Panel Considers Ending Unisex Insurance Rates
 - PCI Slams Oregon Bad Faith Proposals
 - Marijuana Training Program Approved In Colorado
 - Alcohol Discrimination Ruling Upheld In Montana Inmate’s Death
 - Alaska Insurance Division Offers Car Accident App
 - Northern California Transit Approves Settlement Over Journalist Death
 - Fewer DUI’s In Arizona Over St. Paddy’s Weekend
 - Alaska Bill On Proof Of Insurance Via Cell Phone Advances
 - Oregon City Fears Isolation After Major Earthquake
 - University Of Arizona Develops App For Dust Storm Warnings
 - Suit Filed By Parents of California University Student In Hazing Death
 - Oregon Governor Signs Medical-Error Mediation Bill
 - Colorado Could be Next to Allow Phones To Prove Car Insurance
 - Montana Asbestos Victims Object To Attorneys’ Fees
 - Oregon Trooper uses Facebook to ID driver
 - Proposed Settlement In New Mexico Smaller Than Jury Award
 - SIAA Grows 3 Agencies in West in February
 - Wells Fargo Names Haskell Managing Director for Pacific Northwest
 - Trittipo Joins Bliss & Glennon in Southern California
 - Leavitt Group Names Evans, Kelly, Peckinpauch in California
 - Ex-Charter School Principal Claims Wrongful Firing in Idaho
 - Suit Alleges Oregon Teen Burned During MRI
 - Report Makes Chilling Forecast On Northwest Quake
 - Lockton Expands Colorado Office with Schaible
 - New Mexico Drunken Driver Explains Suit Against Friend, Restaurants
 - California Judge Overturns Verdict to ‘Price Is Right’ Model
 - California Senator Proposes 4 a.m Last Call for Alcohol
 - Fireman’s Fund Names VPs of Programs and Professional Liability
 - GJ Sullivan Co. Acquires Network E&S Insurance Brokers’ California  Book
 - 3 Former Execs Plead Guilty In California Asbestos Case
 - Arizona Law On Medical Malpractice Suits Upheld
 - Southern California School District Settles Lewd ‘Tasting Games’ Claims
 - Insurance Weighs in on Working from Home
 - Health Insurance Exchange Bill Clears New Mexico Senate
 - Health Care Law to Create Gap For 21K In Hawaii
 - Montana Panel Hears Wrongful Birth, Life Bill
 - New Mexico Space Industry Liability Bill Clears Legislature
 - Markel Names Falvey Director of Public Entity Product Line For West
 - WBN Owners Conference comes to Northern California
 - Utah Prepares For Another Busy Wildfire Season
 - Southern California Jury Awards $8.3M In Hip Implant Case
 - Keshishian Named Regional Sales Director for GUARD in West
 - Insurance Veteran Looks to Capitalize on Need for Experience
 - Colorado Democrat Defeats Own Assault Weapon Liability Bill
 - Xcel Settlement Offers $447,000 in Colorado
 - Wrongful Death Lawsuit in Idaho Filed On Behalf Of Marine
 - New Mexico Drunken Driver Sues Buddy, Restaurants
 - Jury Nails Firm with $23M in California Nursing Home Death
 - Washington Nuke Plant Contractor To Pay More Than $18.5 Million
 - Bill Changes Arizona Pro Athletes Workers Comp
 - Ex-Southern California Firefighter Sentenced For Fake Workers’ Comp
 - Nevada Measure Would Create Liability For Addictive Drugs
 - Jones on License Fee Hike, Affordable Care Act
 - Washington Governor, Senators Differ On Climate Proposal
 - Nursing Home Giant Guilty in California Wrongful Death Suit
 - Oregon Senate Approves Medical Mistakes Mediation
 - USG adds Angi and Van Zanten to California Operations
 - New Mexico Says New Signups For High-Risk Program Halted
 - Colorado Assault Weapon Liability Bill Gets First Approval
 - Colorado Theater Victims Say Lawsuit Should Be Heard
 - Arizona House Approves Tax Credits For Three Insurers
 - California Insurance Commissioner, Mercury Tangle Over Rate Reduction
 - Beazley Adds Kim to Medical Liability Team in California
 - California Woman Dies After Nurse Refuses To Do CPR
 - Idaho Woman Sues Costco Over Life Insurance Money
 - Lockton Adds Two Executives To Arizona Employee Benefits
 - Aon Names Five in Northern California Office
 - Passing of Torch at California Workers’ Compensation Institute
 - PPIB Names Schoenthal Underwriting and Production Manager in California
 - EPIC Names Thomas Chief Strategy Officer in California
 - Burnham Names Asensio VP of Compliance in California
 - Man Seeks $3 Million From Washington City After K9 Attack
 - Ex-Officer Wins $750,000 in Suit Against Oregon City
 - Hawaii Landfill Operator Fined $1.1M Under EPA Settlement
 - Simpson Named VP of Underwriting, Marketing for CompWest in California
 - Krishnan 1st Chief Information Office at Woodruff-Sawyer in California
 - California Bill Battles Workers’ Comp Claims from Athletes
 - California County Sued Over Prison Suicide Attempt
 - Transgender Woman Sues California Baptist University For Expulsion
 - Colorado Wildfire Safeguards, Concerns with Alert System
 
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