Monthly Archives: <span>August 2011</span>

Lexington Insurance Company Expands Spoliation Insurance Product

Lexington Insurance Company, a Chartis company, announced its spoliation insurance endorsement will be offered to a broad array of insureds, including lawyers, accountants, testing facilities, and document and property storage facilities. Lexington first provided coverage for spoliation claims as an …

Fighting Insurance Fraud: The “Fraud Dog” Talks Tactics

Linda Webb has a background in fighting crime and fraud. A stint early in her career as a white collar crime detective led in 1994 to a fraud investigator position with American International Group. Webb stayed with AIG, moving up …

Collapsed Wastewater Basin in Tennessee to be Replaced

The operators of Gatlinburg’s wastewater treatment plant say a concrete basin that collapsed, killing two workers and allowing millions of gallons of sewage to spill into the Little Pigeon River, will be demolished and replaced. The collapse during a period …

Hurricane Knocks Out Power to New York Jets Homes, Facility

Bart Scott’s home in New Jersey has no power because of Hurricane Irene, and he’s unsure when the lights will go back on. Still, the New York Jets linebacker considers himself one of the lucky ones. Several neighborhoods near the …

Massachusetts City Settles Suit Alleging Police Brutality

The city of Worcester has settled a federal lawsuit brought by a woman who alleged that two city police officers beat and falsely arrested her. A city lawyer says the suit, which also alleged that police Chief Gary Gemme and …

Louisiana’s Justice Department Obtains $70K Settlement in Housing Lawsuit

The Justice Department says a group of New Orleans landlords has agreed to pay $70,000 in damages and penalties to settle a lawsuit alleging they denied housing to African-American prospective renters at an apartment building in violation of the federal …

Kentucky Man, 78, Charged After Road Rage Crash Injures Two

Police have charged a 78-year-old Corbin man who they say forced his older brother and sister’s van off a road and into a parked service van. The incident occurred Monday in Rockcastle County on Ky. 461 near Mount Vernon. Police …

Holes Remain in Flight School Scrutiny After 9/11

Ten years after the 9/11 attacks, government screening has made it harder for foreign students to enroll in civilian flight schools like a handful of the hijackers had done, banking on America being inviting and a place to learn quickly. …

Tropical Storm Katia Strengthens in the Atlantic

Tropical Storm Katia has formed and is slowly strengthening as it moves across the Atlantic. Katia has maximum sustained winds late Tuesday morning near 45 mph (72 kph). The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says gradual strengthening is forecast …

Arizona Man Survives Pruning Shears Impalement

Hospital officials say an 86-year-old Arizona man is lucky to be alive after he accidentally impaled himself with pruning shears. University Medical Center said Monday that Leroy Luetscher of Green Valley was working in his yard on July 30 when …