Alice Martin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama and Carmen Adams, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Ron Jones, State of Alabama Examiners of Public Accounts announced that a jury returned a guilty verdict …
Residents and business owners in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties are encouraged to apply for disaster assistance if they suffered damages or losses as a result of the severe storms which occurred from Dec. 27, 2004 through Jan. 11, 2005. …
Courtney Love pleaded no contest Thursday to one count of misdemeanor assault with a deadly weapon likely to cause great bodily injury, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office said. Love was in court prior to the plea and entered her …
A Fort Worth-based framing contractor’s alleged failure to protect employees from falls and other hazards at a Dallas construction site has resulted in proposed penalties of $50,000 from the U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Nussbaum Builders …
The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. applauded Thursday’s 72-26 vote in the United States Senate for passage of the Class Action Fairness Act, a bill debated by federal lawmakers for more than six years. Connecticut’s two Senators, Christopher Dodd and …
Increasing Idaho’s speed limit from 65 mph to 75 mph is dangerous public policy, according to the American Insurance Association (AIA). A bill (SB 1082) introduced by the Senate earlier this month will reportedly exact a terrible toll on Idaho’s …
State, county and local governments and certain non-profit organizations in Pennsylvania who suffered losses and damages as a result of flooding from Tropical Storm Ivan in September to date have received $29 million in public assistance funds, according to figures …
Nevada Attorney General Brian Sandoval announced that following a plea of guilty, District Judge Steven Kosach sentenced Dennis Dean Hogue, 51, to 12 to 34 months in the Nevada State Prison for one count of Worker’s Compensation Claimant Fraud. Hogue …
Just one week after President Bush declared six West Virginia Counties eligible for assistance to repair infrastructure and public facilities, FEMA has approved funding for the first repair project. The FEMA program, called Public Assistance, helps reimburse state and local …
Acting to put an end to a massive “living trust mill” targeting vulnerable senior citizens, California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi and Attorney General Bill Lockyer filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking more than $110 million in penalties, restitution and damages from …