A former business owner whose truck was involved in a fatal chain-reaction crash at the base of Avon Mountain in Connecticut in 2005 went on trial yesterday. David Wilcox, 72, owned a dump truck that lost control and descended Route …
The state Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of a functionally illiterate high-school graduate who says the Kanawha County school system failed him. Thomas P. Sturm, 21, graduated from Sissonville High School in 2004, but can read only …
Cricket Lighters will pay $200,000 to a settle a lawsuit regarding the death of three people in a 1993 fire. The Stockholm-based company agreed to pay the settlement to end litigation that began in 1995. Gwendolyn Phillips sued Cricket after …
The Delta Queen could be making its final voyages along the Mississippi and Ohio rivers if the old steamboat doesn’t get a federal fire exemption later this year. The 82-year-old ship is the last steam-powered paddle-wheeler in the country that …
Child passengers, ages 12 to 16, are more likely to die in a car crash than younger children, according to a study released today in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. This risk increases with each teenage year. The …
A couple that has won multiple lawsuits over a smear campaign by a former television station news director has sued the former owner of the station looking to collect a judgment won against the company’s former employee. Christopher and Elizabeth …
Bermuda-based Hiscox Ltd. posted a strong profit gain in 2007. Results, released yesterday, March 3, showed a record setting £237.2 million ($471 million) pretax profit, compared to £201.1 million ($399.5 million) in 2006. Other financial highlights included the following: — …
Boston-based AIR Worldwide is assessing the damages caused by windstorm Emma, which swept across Western and Southern Germany, as well as Austria and the Czech Republic on Saturday, March 1. No damage estimates have yet been made. The storm’s hurricane …
Three paintings stolen more than 30 years ago are now the subject of a court fight after turning up in the home of a prominent Rhode Islander. The paintings, valued at about $1 million, were taken during a violent home …
Fire officials are warning New Hampshire residents to clear the snow and ice off their roofs. With rain forecast for Tuesday, the extra weight may be too much for some roofs. Snow is being blamed for two roof cave-ins over …