Latest Nevada Headlines
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Independent Nevada Doctors to Merge with ProAssurance
Jun 27 2012 // ProAssurance Corp. (NYSE: PRA) announced that Independent Nevada Doctors Insurance Exchange, a Nevada reciprocal exchange, will become part of ProAssurance through a conversion from a reciprocal to a stock insurance...
NV Couple Sues Boy Scouts Over Son’s UT Drowning
Jun 18 2012 // A Las Vegas couple has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America over the July 2011 drowning of their 12-year-old son during a camp program in northern Utah. Christopher and Sherry Tuvell, in their...
More Than 2,000 Residents Ticketed For Cellphone Violations In Nevada
Jun 18 2012 // More than 2,000 northern Nevadans have been ticketed for cellphone-related traffic violations in the five months since the use of handheld phones has been banned in motor vehicles. The Nevada Highway Patrol, Reno police...
Investigators Probe Death In Nevada Tunnel Accident
Jun 14 2012 // State safety regulators in southern Nevada on Tuesday began investigating a fatal construction accident in a water supply tunnel being built at Lake Mead, the latest in a series of mishaps and setbacks at the multi-million...
New Earthquake Faults Uncovered West Of Lake Tahoe
May 31 2012 // Scientists studying earthquake faults in the mountains west of Lake Tahoe say new, high-resolution imaging technology has helped uncover more substantial seismic hazards than previously thought to exist there. The steep,...
Nevada Lawyer Files Another Suit Over Motorcycle Helmets
May 30 2012 // An attorney has filed another lawsuit challenging southern Nevada’s authorities’ enforcement of a state law requiring motorcyclists to wear helmets. The Las Vegas Sun reported Travis Barrick is taking a...
Brown & Brown Acquires Insurcorp Assets
May 17 2012 // Brown & Brown Insurance of Nevada Inc., a subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., has acquired certain assets of Insurcorp and Maalouf Benefit Resources, which recently combined under the name Insurcorp. Following the...
Nevada Issues First Autonomous Vehicle Test License to Google
May 8 2012 // The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles has approved an application for a license by Google Inc. to test autonomous vehicles on Nevada public roads, DMV announced this week. It is the first license issued in the United...
Nevada Traffic Deaths Mysteriously Jump in 1st Quarter of 2012
Apr 16 2012 // The number of Nevada traffic deaths jumped by nearly 25 percent in the first quarter of 2012 when compared with the same period last year, according to figures from state public safety officials. From January through...
$13.6M Settlement OK’d With Nevada Freeway Contractor
Apr 5 2012 // The Nevada Board of Examiners approved a $13.6 million settlement with the contractor of the first phase of the Carson City bypass, ending a legal dispute that officials said could have cost more than three times the...
$581K Study to Look At Safety On Las Vegas Strip
Apr 5 2012 // Elected officials concerned about safety and the image of the Las Vegas Strip are funneling $581,000 in hotel room tax money into a three-month study of pedestrian areas on the tourist corridor. The Clark County Commission...
Nevada Traffic Deaths Jump in 1st Quarter Of 2012
Apr 4 2012 // The number of Nevada traffic deaths jumped by nearly 25 percent in the first quarter of 2012 when compared with the same period last year, according to figures from state public safety officials. From January through...
Nevada Approves Regulations for Self-Driving Cars
Mar 5 2012 // Nevada is becoming the first of the U.S. states to regulate self-driving vehicles on its roadways. The state’s legislative commission has approved regulations that were vetted by car manufacturers, insurance...
Nevada Workers’ Comp Loss Costs to See 1% Increase
Mar 1 2012 // Many Nevada employers will see a small increase in the premiums they pay for workers’ compensation insurance in 2012. Nevada Insurance Commissioner Scott J. Kipper has approved a filing from the National Council on...
Vegas Hepatitis C Outbreak Cases Get Settlements
Feb 23 2012 // Court-ordered talks have yielded settlements in 41 lawsuits involving drug companies blamed for supplying an anesthetic to Las Vegas medical clinics where health officials say patients contracted incurable hepatitis C...
Nevada Approves Regulations For Self-Driving Cars
Feb 17 2012 // Nevada is becoming the first of the U.S. states to regulate self-driving vehicles on its roadways. The state’s legislative commission on Wednesday approved regulations that were vetted by car manufacturers, insurance...
Whittemore Accused of Embezzling From Ex-Partners
Jan 31 2012 // Former business partners of Nevada developer and lobbyist Harvey Whittemore have sued him, claiming he embezzled and misappropriated more than $40 million. In its lawsuit filed Friday in Clark County District Court, the...
Arcing Power Lines Caused Big Nov. 18 Fire In Nevada
Jan 31 2012 // Fire investigators have confirmed arcing power lines caused the wind-blown blaze that destroyed dozens of homes in Reno in November. The brush fire caused about $7.6 million in property damage and more than $1.5 million in...
Consumer Group Charges Auto Insurers with ‘Disparate Treatment’ of Low Income Families
Jan 30 2012 // A consumer group on Monday issued a study that alleges “disparate treatment” of low-to moderate-income families by auto insurers nationwide. The group is asking state insurance commissioners to consider...
Ex-Partners Cite Nevada Developer in Funds Lawsuit
Jan 30 2012 // Former business partners of Nevada developer and lobbyist Harvey Whittemore have sued him, claiming he misappropriated millions of dollars. In its lawsuit filed last week in Clark County District Court, the Wingfield...
