Latest South Dakota Headlines

All the headlines from our South Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.

South Dakota: Drunken Driving Convictions Costly

Aug 26 2008 // The South Dakota Highway Patrol is placing special emphasis on catching intoxicated drivers through the coming Labor Day weekend.About 11,700 people were ticketed for drunken or drugged driving last year in the state....

Lawsuit Challenges South Dakota’s Malpractice Cap

Aug 25 2008 // A medical malpractice complaint filed this month in Sioux Falls seeks to challenge the constitutionality of South Dakota’s cap on non-economic damages.South Dakota limits the amount of such damages to $500,000. That...

South Dakota Neurosurgeon Loses 2 Malpractice Appeals

Aug 25 2008 // A Rapid City neurosurgeon who said he had been sued more than 30 times for malpractice lost two appeals on August 21 in the South Dakota Supreme Court.The court upheld a jury verdict awarding a woman nearly $552,000 in...

Federal Grants Go to South Dakota Insurance Risk Pool

Aug 22 2008 // Federal grants totaling nearly $725,000 will be used to help defray costs of South Dakota’s insurance risk pool and establish a vaccination program for those covered by the risk pool.South Dakota is one of 30 states...

South Dakota High Court Says Auto Insurance Covers Gun Accident

May 19 2008 // The South Dakota Supreme Court says an auto insurance policy covers injuries caused when a rifle accidentally fired in a pickup being used to drive deer hunters to the field. A 14-year-old boy was shot in the ankle...

South Dakota Governor Seeks Winter Snowstorm Aid

May 16 2008 // The South Dakota governor has asked for a presidential disaster declaration to help cover the costs from an early May snowstorm in western South Dakota. His office says there was more than $7.5 million in damage to public...

South Dakota High Court Says Auto Insurance Covers Gun Accident

May 9 2008 // The South Dakota Supreme Court says an auto insurance policy covers injuries caused when a rifle accidentally fired in a pickup being used to drive deer hunters to the field. A 14-year-old boy was shot in the ankle...

Flood Warnings Issued in South Dakota after Record-setting Blizzard

May 8 2008 // Warm weather on the heels of a record-setting blizzard late last week (week of April 28 – May 2, 2008) in western South Dakota has led to threats of flooding as the snow melts.A flood warning was in effect for the...

South Dakota Dismisses 16,000 No Insurance Charges

Apr 30 2008 // More than 16,000 Class-2 misdemeanor charges in South Dakota were dismissed last year. Virtually all of the dismissals were for tickets issued to motorists who could not immediately prove that they had liability insurance...

New Markets

Apr 21 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com.Liquor Liability Coverage Nuts & Bolts:...

New Markets

Apr 7 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com.Liquor Liability with Assault and...

New Markets

Mar 24 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com.Contractors Nuts & Bolts: Lemac &...

It Figures

Mar 10 2008 // 100,000,000A $100 million lawsuit claiming that NBC Universal Inc. prompted the suicide of a former Texas prosecutor who was a pedophile suspect is moving ahead after ruling by a U.S. federal judge. U.S. District Judge...

S.D. Schools Have 26,000 Pounds of Beef Recalled by Government

Feb 22 2008 // Officials say South Dakota schools may have up to 26,000 pounds of ground beef that has been recalled by the government.The U.S. Department of Agriculture ordered the recall of 143 million pounds of beef from a California...

S. D. Attorney General Urges 24/7 DUI Monitoring Program

Jan 22 2008 // South Dakota Attorney General Larry Long says the 24/7 program he started in 2004 has resulted in more than 800,000 Breathalyzer tests.The program, which monitors people convicted of drunk driving by checking their breath...

Fraud Roundup

Nov 4 2007 // Neb. man sentenced for charging insurers for bogus auto glass repairsThe Nebraska Department of Insurance announced in October that James Almond III, dba Viking Glass, was sentenced by District Court Judge Thomas Otepka on...

S.D. Court Says Insurance Does Not Cover Lawsuit on Wife Stealing

Oct 30 2007 // South Dakota’s public policy prevents insurance from covering damages in lawsuits against those accused of stealing another’s spouse, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.The high court’s unanimous...

Federal Disaster Dollars Available for Parts of S.D. Damaged by Flooding

May 24 2007 // Federal disaster dollars will be available for parts of South Dakota damaged by flooding earlier this month, the White House said earlier this week.The declaration will make federal funds available to supplement state and...

S. D. State Disaster Funds Replenished with $1.5 Million

Mar 13 2007 // A state account that is used to pay for the cost of responding to natural disasters in South Dakota has been replenished by the Legislature to the tune of $1.5 million dollars. The money will be spent to handle remaining...

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