Posts Tagged ‘California’

Toyota settles with family in wrongful death suit for $10M

Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor San Diego, CA, United States (AHN) – Automaker Toyota has agreed to settle a wrongful death lawsuit of the family of four people killed in a runaway Lexus for $10 million. The 2009 car crash that killed an off-duty California Highway Patrol officer, his wife their daughter and [...]

Former women prisoners face longer odds staying out after aid programs slashed

By the time Sunshine Schmidt was 19, her rebellious streak led her to prison in Wisconsin for violating probation on a forgery charge. But it was just the beginning of her troubled young adulthood. As she tells it, the uncaring reaction from a criminal justice system on autopilot put her back in prison for minor [...]

“River Rattlers” End a Year of Adversary Missions

Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 204 wrapped up a mission with the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group during the group’s composite training unit exercise off the coast of California Dec. 20. The “River Rattlers” of VFA 204 have had many deployments in 2010 lending their assistance to the fleet. VFA 204 is an adversary squadron that [...]

Farmers Insurance Claims Teams Helping Storm Victims Throughout California

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 21, 2010 /PRNewswire/ –Farmers Insurance claims personnel, agents and employees throughout California are continuing to help victims of the heavy rain and wind storms that have continued steady for the past several days. (Logo:  http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080605/LATH View full post on All Stories

Mental Impairment an Issue in Reverse Lawsuit

The family of a deceased California borrower is taking Financial Freedom Senior Funding Corp. to court. One of the borrower’s children believes the mortgage lender ignored signs that her father was mentally impaired and on heavy medication when he signed the reverse loan application in 2005. He died one month after signing the loan contract. [...]

Calif. Workers’ Comp Indemnity Claim Costs Significantly Higher

California’s workers’ comp insurers wrote approximately 10 percent more premium the first nine months of 2010 compared to 2009, according to the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of … View full post on All Stories

Calif. economic study: Gains after near-term pain

New state government reforms and a revived housing market along the coast could put California’s economy on a strong footing when it finishes its long, slow slog through a sluggish recovery, according to an economic forecast released Tuesday. Read comments View full post on All Stories

Jan. 1 License Deadline for CA LOs

Loan originators in California will have to be licensed and listed in the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry as of Jan. 1, 2011. The law exempts those who work for banks that take customer deposits. “It really should help keep the bad actors out of the business,” a spokesman for the California Department of [...]

Professional Contractors Support ‘Cracking Down’ on Misconduct Within the Industry

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dec. 1, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — California Attorney General and Governor-Elect Jerry Brown, the Employment Development Department and the Department of Insurance received sincere appreciation from the California Professional Association of Specialty Contractors (CALPASC) for the enf View full post on All Stories

Calif borrows $40M a day to pay unemployment

With one in every eight workers unemployed and empty state coffers, California is borrowing billions of dollars from the federal government to pay unemployment insurance. Read comments View full post on All Stories

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