State and federal officials say it could cost more than $200 million to clean up hazardous waste from an abandoned asbestos mine in northern Vermont. The state is hoping to recover the costs of the clean up from two owners …
Emergency crews responded this week to a major fire at a scrap yard in Arkoma, Okla., near the Oklahoma-Arkansas state line. The scrap yard is the same facility where a worker was critically injured in early November while attempting to …
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited International Diving Services of Arlington, Texas, for safety violations following its investigation of an accident in Paris, Texas, in which a diver was killed. OSHA’s Dallas Area …
Texas Gov. Rick Perry has established the Governor’s Commission for Disaster Recovery and Renewal, an advisory panel of public and private sector experts who will create a plan to assist Texas communities with recovery efforts after a natural disaster, according …
A Wayne County, Mich. judge has thrown out medical evidence and expert testimony in asbestos litigation from a doctor who diagnosed thousands of patients with asbestos-related ailments. Circuit Judge Robert Colombo Jr.’s ruling Wednesday involves Dr. R. Michael Kelly, a …
An insurance broker from Rockland County, New York has been arrested on charges he stole $6,500 that two businesses gave him to pay for workers’ compensation and business liability insurance premiums, according to the New York State Insurance Department reported. …
A retired Pennsylvania appellate judge was convicted of mail fraud and money laundering after prosecutors said he lied about neck and back injuries in a fender bender to collect $440,000 from two insurance companies. Former Superior Court Judge Michael Joyce …
Fire officials are investigating a blaze that caused $800,000 in damage to a house in Greenville Manor, Delaware that was undergoing renovations. The fire broke out about 8 p.m. Tuesday in the 38000 block of Ardleigh Drive. About 70 firefighters …
A volunteer firefighter in Plymouth, Connecticut who is already charged with setting fire to a truck, faces 10 additional charges of arson. Twenty-two-year-old Brett Fennessy was arraigned in Bristol Superior Court earlier this week. Officials say the fires were set …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has revised to negative from stable its outlook on Atradius Credit Insurance N.V., Atradius Reinsurance Ltd., Atradius Trade Credit Insurance Inc., and Compañía Española de Seguros y Reaseguros de Crédito y Caución S.A.–the core operating …