- David Tompkins | December 23, 2007 11:11 PM | Washington, DC
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Automobile Accidents
While not a typical automobile post, I'd like to draw your attention to this weeks story about a health insurer who denied a liver transpant to a young insured girl. It seems that liver transplants, to the health insurer, is still considered an "experimental" procedure, so they denied coverage for the procedure.The young girls family hired a well known TV lawyer to get some media coverage. ...
- Shannon Weidemann | October 31, 2007 11:21 PM | Washington, DC
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Automobile Accidents
A New Jersey Appellate Court ruled that a woman who was injured in a drive by shooting can receive compensation from the Uninsured Motorist portion of her car insurance even though she was just entering her car at the time of the shooting. The insurance company denied her claim originally. But the appellate judges, citing two New Jersey Supreme Court rulings, concluded there is no...
- Shannon Weidemann | October 31, 2007 10:58 PM | Metro D.C., DC
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Automobile Accidents
Driving while uninsured in California may become a thing of the past if the Insurance Commissioner has his way. He is trying to place an intiative on the November 2008 ballot to get uninsured motorists off the road. It may work by revoking license plates on cars or allowing police officers greater power in dealing with the uninsured. Advocates of the low-cost program and the possible...
- Shannon Weidemann | October 31, 2007 10:23 PM | Metro D.C., DC
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Motorcycle Accidents
A motorcycle driver was killed in a Sherburne County accident on Saturday. The motorcycle accident did not involve any other vehicles. The 54-year-old man was from East Bethel. The victim was driving southbound on Hwy. 169 near milepost 173 when he lost control and left the road and rolled, the patrol said.Speed might have been a factor in the crash, which happened just after midnight, the...
- Courtney Mills | 2007-10-24T12:59:33 |
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Motorcycle Accidents
The Arizona Cardinals were on their way to the stadium on Sunday when two police motorcycles accompanying their buses crashed into one another. A police escort of two motorcycles was riding with the team to the field when the officers' cycles unexpectedly collided.According to Washington D.C. police, both officers sustained minor injuries in the accident. The officers were treated in a nearby...