Category K-4 tornadoes that cut across three states on Saturday (May 10) night killed 15 people in southwestern Missouri. The hardest areas hit were in rural southwestern Missouri about eight miles north of Senaca and 10 miles south of Joplin, …
Workers’ compensation costs per claim in Louisiana were 28 percent higher than the median of 14 study states for a similar set of 2003/2006 claims, according to a new study by the Cambridge, Mass.-based Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). All …
Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that a Travis County jury found Sue Tennison of Lewisville and her business, All Metroplex Landscape Services Inc., guilty on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. Tennison misrepresented the size of her payroll to lower her workers’ …
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 …
A Waterloo man was found guilty Wednesday, May 7th of first-degree arson in a fire that destroyed an apartment building and left two people with crippling burns. Marcus Cosby, 36, will remain in custody until sentencing. He faces up to …
Tornadoes killed at least 21 people and injured hundreds as they ripped through the central and southeastern United States over the weekend, destroying homes, overturning cars and downing trees and power lines. Authorities said 14 people died in Missouri, six …
A Vermont judge said a jury in Burlington can consider awarding punitive and compensatory damages to a former altar boy suing the state’s Roman Catholic diocese over sexual abuse he says he suffered at the hands of a priest. Although …
Virginians looking to prepare for hurricane season can thank the state for an upcoming tax holiday on items to keep their families ready in case of a storm. Virginia is holding its first hurricane preparedness tax holiday May 25-31, ahead …
President Bush declared a northern Maine county a federal disaster on Friday after historic flooding that destroyed or damaged hundreds of homes this month. The declaration makes federal assistance available in Aroostook County for temporary housing, repairs and disaster-related expenses …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has assigned it’s ‘A-‘ rating to Travelers Cos.Inc.’s $500 million senior notes maturing in 2018. The company intends to use the proceeds for general corporate purposes. “The counterparty credit rating on Travelers is based on …