New York State police report a double-deck bus was blown over early this morning on interstate 90, near Buffalo, New York causing 9 of 13 occupants to be transported to hospital. The conditions included snow and winds from a storm system affecting a large part of the country along with lake effect snow bands from Lake Erie.

Court of Appeals Rules on SUM Claims
In a decision dated June 4, 2009, In the Matter of Allstate Insurance Company v. Rivera, the Court of Appeals handed down a ruling regarding SUM claims. Essentially the Court ruled that insurers under a SUM policy are “able to reduce the coverage limits of the tortfeasor’s policy