San Diego Superior Court Judge Timothy Walsh has ordered the owner of a San Diego construction company to pay $456,061 in restitution to California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund in a workers’ compensation insurance fraud case. David Haskit, 44, a licensed …
A witness who spotted a group of suspicious people near Louisiana State University’s Tiger Stadium provided police with key information that led to the arrests of four juveniles following a fire at the stadium’s concession office, authorities said. LSU police …
Major repairs are done and production is back to pre-storm levels at Southwest Louisiana’s 23 biggest chemical plants and oil refineries – but Hurricane Rita did about $150 million in damage to the plants alone, an industry group said. “This …
Philadelphia, Pa.-based Intracorp announced that the Texas Department of Insurance has certified it as a workers’ compensation health care network (WCHCN). So far, the department has approved nine networks, including Intracorp’s, under Texas House Bill 7, which enacted workers’ compensation …
Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson announced that his office has completed its investigation into political telephone calls that targeted a Republican congressional race on the eve of July’s primary election. The focus of the probe, Americans for Job Security, Inc. …
Indianapolis-based Ball State University has announced plans to transform a downtown office space into a high-tech, interactive education, research, information and outreach center that will offer educational opportunities for working professionals. “The Ball State University Indianapolis Center’s main focus will …
A doctor who oversees a northern Indiana emergency room told a panel of Republican congressmen that he did not believe tightening border security to slow illegal immigration would do much to stem the troubles faced by hospitals. The forum on …
Traffic deaths in the United States reached their highest levels since 1990, the government reported this week. The spike in fatalities was attributed to an increase in motorcycle and pedestrian fatalities. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said 43,443 people …
Rhode Island’s Ethics Commission has declined to investigate Attorney General Patrick Lynch’s decision to accept campaign money from a DuPont Co. lawyer as he was negotiating to drop DuPont from a lead paint lawsuit potentially worth billions of dollars. Commissioners …
Emergency officials in Salem, New Hampshire are considering billing a driver’s insurance company for a car crash that caused a propane leak last week and shut down part of Route 28 for over a day. Officials estimated that the town …