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10, 2015
CoreLogic Report: ‘Windy City’ Not the Windiest City
Jackson, Miss., is the windiest city in America, according to catastrophe modeling firm CoreLogic’s just released rankings of the windiest cities in the country. The CoreLogic Windy City Ranking report, which provides a national ranking of the nation’s windiest cities, …
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10, 2015
N.J. Lawmakers: FEMA Maps May Have Exaggerated Flood Risk Across State
New Jersey’s Congressional delegation members sent a letter to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Oct. 23, expressing “significant concerns with the methodology” of the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) for New Jersey. In a letter to FEMA Administrator …
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10, 2015
Strong Quake Hits Afghanistan, Pakistan, India; Ongoing Search for Survivors
Afghanistan’s strongest earthquake in more than six decades shook buildings across South Asia, prompting officials from Kabul to Islamabad to New Delhi to send out rescue teams to search for survivors. More than 130 people have died. A 7.5 magnitude …
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10, 2015
R. E. Chaix & Associates Taps Crombie in California
Irvine, Calif.-based R. E. Chaix & Associates has named Kevin Crombie to its property/casualty team. Crombie will be an independent advisor to Chaix’s P/C teams, and he will assist in securing new business opportunities. He began his career in the …
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10, 2015
Injury Claims Become Commodities with Litigation Funding, Claim Aggregation
For all the black robes and ceremony, the American legal system often operates more like a factory assembly line than a citadel of individualized justice. Ninety- five percent of criminal prosecutions end in plea deals. Many defective-product claims settle in …
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10, 2015
Estate of Oregon Man Files Suit Against Home Care Agency in Death
The estate of a La Pine man who was paralyzed from the chest down has filed a lawsuit seeking $7.5 million in damages from a Bend home health care agency over his death. The estate of Mitchell Cox filed the …
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10, 2015
Owners of Home Destroyed by Wyoming Landslide File Suit Against Contractor
The owners of a home destroyed in a landslide in Jackson have filed a lawsuit saying construction work made the hillside below their house unstable. Jeremy and Sara Budge are seeking compensation from construction and engineering companies and previous owners …
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10, 2015
Study: Larger Oklahoma Quakes Caused by Industrial Activity
A sharp rise in earthquakes in Oklahoma in the past 100 years is likely the result of industrial activities in the energy-rich state, such as oil and natural gas production, a new study suggests. The paper by the U.S. Geological …
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10, 2015
Louisiana Supreme Court: Grocer not 100% Liable for Slip, Fall
In a decision handed down in mid-October, the Louisiana Supreme Court reversed an appeals court decision assigning 100 percent liability to a grocery store in a customer slip and fall case. Louisiana’s Third Circuit Appeals Court in Thompson v. Winn-Dixie …
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10, 2015
Arkansas Appeals Court Upholds Bulk of $2.75M Award for Family Dollar Ex-Workers
The Arkansas Court of Appeals has upheld $2.75 million in damages awarded to two former employees of Family Dollar whom the business falsely accused of theft. The court upheld the damages a Crittenden County jury awarded last year to Jimmy …