Homeowners and business owners alike have a responsibility to maintain the state of their property. As such, many purchase an insurance policy to protect their property against losses. When a natural disaster strikes, people depend on their insurance company to value a claim appropriately in order to pay for the damages that have resulted. Unfortunately, […]
Next week is Child Passenger Safety Week. It runs Sept. 15-21 and is the perfect opportunity to make sure your child is not only riding in the right car seat but one that is properly installed. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reminds us that, “Children are much more fragile – thus much more vulnerable […]
A viral video of a sinkhole in Assumption Parish, Louisiana is showing the world how sinkholes can swallow up large amounts of land in an instant. On Wednesday a video shot by a parish official shows trees being swallowed up into a sinkhole that has been growing since August of last year. Currently the sinkhole […]
Recently, a disastrous hail storm hit the midsection of Minnesota. Reports have estimated that 44,000 residents in the Twin Cities Metro Area were without power due to falling trees, hail and flooding. Highways in St. Paul, Minneapolis, Bloomington, and surrounding cities were closed due to standing water. Many automobiles and homes were damaged by the […]
Over 60 were injured and at least one individual was killed in an explosion and resulting fire at a petrochemical plant in Geismar, LA this morning. The blast occurred at about 8:35 a.m. The plant, owned by The Williams Companies Inc., is located about 20 miles south of Baton Rouge and produces ethylene and propylene, […]
On Thursday the Justice Department announced that oil service company, Halliburton, admitted to destroying evidence from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster. The company has chosen to plead guilty to a criminal charge and will face three years’ probation and a maximum fine of $200,000. In May and June of 2010 Halliburton performed 3-D computer […]
Although there is no official ban of texting and driving throughout Texas, Houston Mayor Annise Parker is asking a specific group of people to put their phones away while behind the wheel, truck drivers. “Texting while driving is a growing, critical problem across the United States,” Mayor Parker told MyFox Houston. Coca-Cola has banned drivers […]
Employers Mutual Casualty Company Unlawfully Delays Property Insurance Claim in DisputeOn May 16, 2010, a hailstorm struck the Oklahoma City area and damaged several commercial properties that were all owned by the same policyholder. His insurance company, Employers Mutual Casualty Company, or EMCC, inspected all the damage to the properties and estimated that it would […]
In March 2013, a California jury ordered Johnson and Johnson to pay over $8.3 million in damages to a Montana man who sued the company over their now recalled ASR XL Acetabular metal-on-metal hip replacement. The jury ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay the plaintiff, a retired Montana prison guard named Loren Kransky, $338,000 to […]
With any form of medication that is either prescribed or over the counter, it is quite common for the medicine to possess a wide multitude of side effects. Unfortunately, some are more severe than others. Nevertheless, every person’s body works differently. For example, many children who take Ritalin develop a lack of hunger and loss […]