Leading lawmakers this week accused the Bush administration of acting in secret to make it harder to limit worker exposure to carcinogens and other dangerous chemicals in the workplace. The Labor Department is trying “to slip through a rule that …
An air cylinder for air pistols manufactured in Tennessee that can burst when in use or while being filled has been recalled. The recall involves about 70 Walther Air Cylinders for Air Pistols, distributed by Champion’s Choice of La Vergne, …
Famed Mississippi anti-tobacco lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs is ordered to report to a federal prison in Ashland, Ky., in August to start serving his five-year sentence for attempting to bribe a Mississippi judge. Documents filed July 23 in federal court …
Tennessee officials razed fairgrounds bleachers damaged by a tornado in Clarksville, Tennessee. Parks and Recreation Director Kevin Cowling said the tornado on May 3 moved parts of the concrete bleachers 2 inches. A structural engineer determined they were unsafe. City …
York Insurance Services Group, Inc. invests in Gregory B. Bragg & Associates, Inc. creating leading public entity insurance services provider in U.S. PARSIPPANY, N.J., (July 25, 2008) – York Insurance Services Group, Inc., a premier national provider of insurance services, …
The family of a girl who once asked Santa Claus for a wig to hide her baldness is suing FirstEnergy Generation Corp., saying its coal-fired power plant in Beaver County, Pennsylvania spewed pollution that caused the hair loss and other …
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that physicians can be held liable in a wrongful death action when their negligence lessens a patient’s chance of survival. The ruling, which for the first time upholds the “loss of chance” doctrine, …
The state of Vermont’s Click It or Ticket seat belt campaign is paying dividends for transportation and public safety programs. The state is receiving $3.7 million from the federal government as a seat belt bonus. During the latest seat belt …
The mother of a 14-year-old girl who died in a swimming accident in Warwick has notified the city that she plans to file either a lawsuit or an insurance claim. Tiffany Martinez of East Providence was swept off a sandbar …
The wife of a man who faked his own drowning death in a 250,000-pound (US $500,000) insurance scam was convicted of fraud in Britain this week. A jury found Anne Darwin guilty of six counts of fraud and nine counts …