Reports of skyrocketing medical malpractice premiums in Massachusetts are flawed, according to a Suffolk University Law School study that found Bay State physicians actually saw their inflation-adjusted malpractice premiums drop between 1990 and 2005. The study, reported in the May/June …
City officials say keeping the Mississippi River from causing extensive damage and cleaning up flooded areas has cost the city $735,000 so far. The figure includes overtime for city workers who scrambled to build an earthen dike, fill sandbags and …
Many residents are still trying to get their lives back in order three months after winter floodwaters inundated homes across a large swath of northern Indiana. The flooding that began Jan. 7 damaged more than 800 homes and caused more …
Firefighters are battling a 30-acre-plus wildfire on Mt. Baldy in Angeles National Forest. The blaze was burning at about 7,000 feet Tuesday as stiff winds began blowing in Southern California. U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Kathy Peterson says the fire is …
Rescue workers sifted through tangled debris of toppled schools and homes for thousands of victims buried or missing after China’s worst earthquake in three decades, where the death toll soared to more than 12,000 people in the hardest-hit province alone. …
Governor Beebe declared Arkansas and Phillips counties as state disasters areas, after a tornado and severe storms swept through. It’s the latest of disaster declarations for Beebe. The governor declared disasters in 11 counties after tornadoes on May 2, in …
Parents claiming childhood vaccines cause autism should not be rewarded by the courts when the scientific community already rejected any link, government lawyers argued on the first day of a hearing in federal court. Overall, nearly 4,900 families have filed …
New York’s highest court refused to dismiss fraud claims against officers of an equipment-leasing company accused of hiding overcharges in its contracts with small businesses nationwide. The case is headed back to trial court in Manhattan, which will first decide …
A federal appeals court in New Orleans agreed to consider whether an antitrust lawsuit that former Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti filed against some of the nation’s largest insurance companies belongs in state or federal court. Foti teamed up with …
Three previously indicted or arrested Berkeley County, W. Va. men who presented fraudulent certificates of insurance as true documents in February pleaded guilty on May 7 and May 8, according to Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline. Richard E. Thompson Jr., …