Consolidated Edison in New York has agreed to let two insurance companies anticipating millions of dollars in claims monitor the cleanup of last week’s steam pipe explosion in midtown Manhattan, the utility’s spokesman said. The agreement between Con Ed, Travelers …
With parts of Texas continuing to experience record-breaking rainfall and intense flooding, the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) says it has approved a total of $10,088,447 in disaster housing assistance in the state and an additional …
New Orleans’ population, which fell more than half after Hurricane Katrina, may be back to two-thirds of its pre-storm level, with about 300,000 residents, a group tracking recovery trends says. The U.S. Postal Service says it is now delivering mail …
A jury this week ordered car seat maker Evenflo Co. to pay nearly $6.7 million to the parents of a 4-month-old Montana boy who died of head injuries in a July 2000 crash. The 12-member district court jury decided Evenflo …
Following a jury trial, a Los Angeles judge signed a $163,387 award to Farmers Insurance Exchange in a body shop fraud lawsuit with future hearings expected to double the monetary award. The Court also issued an injunction prohibiting the body …
Fire crews in northwest Montana worked to keep a fast-moving wildfire from destroying homes Wednesday, as officials near here asked residents near the Meriwether fire to leave their seasonal homes. The 3,000-acre Garceau fire, likely sparked by lightning Tuesday morning, …
Massive fires raged out of control across Greece on Thursday, after killing three people overnight in the south, burning through villages and forests and stretching firefighting services to the limit. Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis appealed to Russian President Vladimir …
An Ohio woman’s personal information was stolen from the Franklin County Municipal Court Web site and used to open fraudulent credit cards, prompting the court clerk to limit public access to the site, authorities said earlier this week. By plugging …
The New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union says requiring $1 million in insurance to hold events on public property in Jaffrey violates constitutional free speech rights. The civil liberties union has taken issue with the town’s new insurance requirement. The group …
The Ford Motor Co. should pay $6 million to a Florida man who was paralyzed when the Ford Aerostar van he was in rolled over, a jury ruled Wednesday. Julian Felipe, of Hialeah, was 17-years-old when he was a passenger …