Limousine Finder: 2016 at 03:22AM

Deem To Shed Product Lines Lay Off Employees

<p>Outgoing Deem CEO Patrick Grady (LCT file photo)</p> SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — The new COO of e-commerce provider Deem plans to slim down the company’s product efforts from about 10 to three, keeping travel, expense, and car service (in both flavors, corporate and operator), according to a report in Tnooz.com.

“We got into a little trouble in execution, with so many irons in the fire that the company was spread too thin, frankly,” COO John Rizzo said.

The streamlining means that the 250-employee company will have to undergo some layoffs, he said.

The developments follow recent announcements of $34 million in new stopgap funding and the departure of its CEO and founder, Patrick Grady.

Background article: NLA Terminates Its Agreement With Deem

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Operator Involved In Party Bus Death Had Past Exit Door Violations

VANCOUVER, B.C. — New information in the investigation of a woman who died after falling out of a party bus earlier this year reveals the limousine company has been cited for safety violations in the past.

CKNW AM 980 News article here

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Which Insurance Policy Covers Injuries Aboard A Party Bus?

A Nova Scotia judge has settled the age-old question: is a “party bus” more about the party or the bus?

Answer: it’s about the bus.

“Vehicles may be put to all kinds of novel uses, some of which may be creative and some just stupid,” wrote Justice Jamie Campbell in a 16-page court decision released this week.

The issue before Campbell was about insurance policies. Specifically, which policy covers injuries on board a party bus — the automotive policy or the general liability policy?

CBC News article here