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Three Highway Workers Injured in I-80 Crash in Pennsylvania
Apr 12 2018 // Authorities say three highway workers were struck and injured on an eastern Pennsylvania interstate. Officials said the accident happened Tuesday afternoon in a construction zone where they were patching potholes in the...
Two Plead Guilty to Insurance Fraud by Arson in West Virginia
Mar 16 2018 // Two men pled guilty in federal court for their respective roles in a scheme to commit insurance fraud by arson. Dudley Bledsoe, age 63, of Hanover in Wyoming County, West Virginia, and Ricky Dwayne Gleason, age 54, of...
Two More South Carolina Counties Sue Drug Companies Over Opioid Abuse
Mar 9 2018 // Two more South Carolina counties have sued major drug companies because of opioid abuse cases. Media outlets reported that Greenville and Spartanburg counties have sued drugmakers, pharmacies, distributors and doctors. The...
One Issue with Self-Driving Cars Turns out to be People
Mar 7 2018 // One problem with self-driving cars is people. The Los Angeles Times reported that of six crash reports filed in California so far this year, two involved a person attacking a robot car. Both incidents happened in San...
Two-Thirds of Commuter Trains May Miss Braking Technology Deadline
Mar 1 2018 // As many as two-thirds of the 29 U.S. commuter railroads may not meet a deadline to install an anti-crash technology by the end of the year, according to a report by a government watchdog seen by Reuters. The report by the...
3M Settles Minnesota Scotchgard Lawsuit for $850M
Feb 21 2018 // 3M Co. has settled a lawsuit with Minnesota’s Attorney General Lori Swanson for $850 million, putting an end to eight years of litigation over a former Scotchgard ingredient that got into the state’s drinking...
Two Killed, One Critical Injury After Accident at Pennsylvania Crane Manufacturer
Feb 19 2018 // Two men have been killed and a third was critically injured in an accident at a Pennsylvania crane manufacturer. State police say the accident happened at Manitowoc Cranes in Shady Grove, about 65 miles southwest of...
Two Killed, One Critical Injury After Accident at Pennsylvania Crane Manufacturer
Feb 6 2018 // Two men have been killed and a third was critically injured in an accident at a Pennsylvania crane manufacturer. State police say the accident happened Friday morning at Manitowoc Cranes in Shady Grove, about 65 miles...
Five Bodies Recovered After Oklahoma Oil Well Explodes
Jan 24 2018 // The bodies of five people killed in an Oklahoma oil well explosion were recovered on Tuesday afternoon in a building adjacent to the drilling site outside of Quinton, Oklahoma, Pittsburg County Sheriff Chris Morris said at...
Two More Counties Added to New York’s Lake Flooding Disaster Declaration
Jan 23 2018 // New York officials say two more counties that sustained extensive shoreline damage from Lake Ontario flooding last year are now eligible for federal recovery aid. Gov. Andrew Cuomo and U.S. Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten...
Four Rhode Island Homes Damaged in Fire
Jan 8 2018 // Four multi-family homes have been damaged and six residents and two firefighters injured following in an early morning fire in Providence, R.I. Fire officials say the blaze was reported at around 3 a.m. Saturday in the...
Three Dozen Vehicles Involved in New York Chain-Reaction Pile-Up
Jan 4 2018 // A major New York highway has been reopened east of Buffalo after a deadly chain-reaction pile-up in heavy snow. WHEC says one driver was killed and another severely injured Tuesday afternoon when about three dozen...
Two Subcontractors Sue for Unpaid Bills on Pease Hangars in New Hampshire
Jan 2 2018 // Two subcontractors are suing the company fired by the New Hampshire National Guard for what it called substandard work on hangars at Pease Air National Guard Base. New Hampshire Public Radio reports that B.L. Mechanical of...
Ten Appointed to Newly Formed New York State Insurance Advisory Board
Dec 13 2017 // Financial Services Superintendent Maria T. Vullo has announced the 10 appointees who will serve on the newly formed Department of Financial Services (DFS) State Insurance Advisory Board. Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed...
Two 23-Year-Old Students Win Blockchain Insurance Contest in Switzerland
Dec 4 2017 // A pair of 23-year old students, Hugo Moreau and Paul Nicolet, came out on top in the final round of an inaugural blockchain competition held in Switzerland. The two Swiss masters students at École Polytechnique Fédérale...
3M Says it Underreported Chemical Discharge in Tennessee River
Dec 4 2017 // For more than three years, 3M Co. underreported its discharge of a class of potentially toxic chemicals into the Tennessee River by a factor of 1,000, according to a letter sent by a 3M official to regulators at the...
Four Reasons to Explore Underwriting Automation
Nov 28 2017 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. If you’re reading this blog, then you are likely interested in learning more about how you can make your company’s property underwriting process more...
Four Missing in Pennsylvania Senior Home Inferno
Nov 22 2017 // Four people are missing and presumed dead following last week’s fire at a Pennsylvania senior living community. The massive blaze tore through Barclay Friends Senior Living Community in West Chester late Thursday,...
Two Injured, Buildings Damaged by Tornadoes in Kentucky
Nov 22 2017 // The National Weather Service says two people were hurt in two moderate tornados in Kentucky. The weather service says both tornados touched down Saturday and were rated EF-1. The first happened shortly before 3:30 p.m. CST...
3M Faces New Cancer Claims in Minnesota’s $5B Lawsuit
Nov 21 2017 // Chemicals once used by 3M Co. for Scotchgard, fire retardants and other products have shown links to cancers and premature births, Minnesota’s State Attorney General said in a request to update a $5 billion lawsuit...
