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• Victim Critical After Truck-Van Crash

  Christina Cole | March 23, 2007 1:30 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents

  In a truck accident on Wednesday, a man was cut from his totaled pickup truck after crashing with a church bus. Police say he is still in critical condition. In the meantime 12 passengers of the bus and the bus driver were all taken to Mobile Infirmary for minor injuries in the crash.The man was transported by LifeFlight-Mobile helicopter to the University of South Alabama Medical Center for...

• Jury Awards Man $10M in Insurance Bad Faith Suit

  Christina Cole | March 18, 2007 1:06 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A Federal Jury awarded a man $10 million in a ruling that decided his employer's insurance carrier acted in bad faith when they denied his claim for benefits from a 1999 back injury.The jury is still deciding whether to also award the man with additional compensation for punitive damages.Court records show the worker was a computer technician at Norwest Financial when he injured his back while...

• Lawsuit Accuses Pastor of Insurance Fraud

  Christina Cole | March 14, 2007 8:11 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  An insurance company has filed a lawsuit against a prominent Denver minister and four affiliate church groups, for fraud alleging they filed fraudulent life insurance claims on the behalf of parishioners.AIG Life Insurance Co. claims a Reverend and other co-defendants acquired a group life insurance policy on behalf of 315 people and falsified paperwork to safeguard that any claim payments would...

• Yankee's Andy Phillips Mother in Car Crash

  Christina Cole | March 03, 2007 1:27 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Yankee's first baseman, Andy Phillips, left camp Wednesday after being notified that his mother was involved in a serious car crash in Alabama.While the team didn't release many details, they did report the accident involved a truck and she is in intensive care in serious condition. These past couple of years has been tough for Phillips, whose wife underwent treatment for cancer last year after...