25 life insurance companies reached a settlement with 41 states, including California, to properly pay the money it owes to life insurance beneficiaries. Dozens of lawsuits and audits concluded that the insurance companies were not notifying, nor making an attempt to notify, surviving recipients of life insurance policies.
25 life insurance companies reached a settlement with 41 states, including California, to properly pay the money it owes to life insurance beneficiaries. Dozens of lawsuits and audits concluded that the insurance companies were not notifying, nor making an attempt to...
A Snapchat filter that displays the speed at which one is traveling is being partly blamed for a high speed crash that occurred in Georgia last September. 18-year-old Christal McGee was attempting to take a Snapchat while driving 100 mph when she slammed into a car...
On Tuesday, February 23rd, a jury awarded $32.4 million to the surviving family members of a woman who was killed after an SUV crashed into a Cumberland Farms convenience store in Massachusetts. In November of 2010, Kimmy Dubuque, 43, was entering a store in Chicopee,...
General Motors has agreed to pay $900 million to settle two criminal investigations into the company’s handling of faulty ignition switches blamed for at least 124 auto accident deaths. In the settlement, announced Thursday, September 17th, GM agreed to two...
In 2014, hit-and-run crashes claimed 27 lives and seriously injured 144 people in the Los Angeles area. Of the about 20,000 hit-and-run crashes last year, only 20% of the drivers were found. To combat this societal problem, California lawmakers have passed bill AB 8,...
Two managers working at Bumble Bee Foods face up to three years in prison and a $250,000 fine stemming from a 2012 industrial accident at the Santa Fe Springs plant. On October 11, 2012, a maintenance worker was working in a 35-foot-long oven when it was turned on,...
