The Tennessee Occupational Health and Safety Administration fined a Florida-based company in an accident that killed a bridge worker. Antonios Diassakos, an employee of Tarpon Springs, Fla.-based Seminole Equipment, was killed May 16 when he was hit in the head …
Alabama state employees suffering from obesity and three other health problems will eventually have to pay extra for their health insurance if they don’t try to control their problems. The State Employees’ Insurance Board has approved a plan that will …
A group of New York City bus workers claim in a lawsuit that diesel exhaust from idling buses exposed them to severe illnesses, including lung and throat cancer. The lawsuit, filed in state court on Monday, names 13 diesel engine …
The federal government has declared a disaster area in the suburban Philadelphia county where an apartment fire displaced hundreds of people. Gov. Ed Rendell says Wednesday’s decision to call Montgomery County a disaster area means victims of the Aug. 13 …
The Town of Teaneck, New Jersey has settled a lawsuit filed by the parents of four children who died in a house fire hours after firefighters checked on a report of smoke. Howard and Philyss Seidenfeld will receive more than …
Another lawsuit alleging sexual abuse by a late priest has been filed against the Archdiocese of Denver. The lawsuit was filed in Denver the week of Aug. 18, 2008. A man identified only as John Doe 2D alleges he was …
A Bozema, Mont., man has pleaded guilty to six counts of felony insurance fraud. Mark Boone entered the pleas in Gallatin County District Court in Bozeman. The state Auditor’s Office alleged that Boone pawned his cement tools, reported them to …
After months of separate discussion and negotiations, State Farm and Allstate insurance companies reached an agreement with Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney on details of homeowners insurance rate filings. Allstate Property and Casualty Co. will see a statewide average increase …
Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty issued an advisory to remind Florida consumers and authorized insurers that the hurricane deductible of their homeowner’s policy does not apply at this time — because the National Hurricane Center has not upgraded Tropical Storm …
Mississippi’s rank as the leader in fire deaths in the nation could take a major blow soon and state fire officials couldn’t be happier. Their latest tool in the fight for fire death prevention is a nearly half-million dollar federal …