The New Mexico Senate passed a bill that would increase insurance fraud penalties by empowering courts to combine the insurance money stolen by multiple schemes into one larger dollar amount that triggers longer sentences and larger fines. State Sen. Carroll …
A federal judge is considering whether to sanction the city of St. Louis for violating clean air laws when it demolished subdivision homes to make way for a new airport runway. U.S. District Judge Carol Jackson heard arguments Feb. 17 …
A Florida jury awarded $8 million Wednesday to the widow of a smoker whose death was caused by his addiction to cigarettes, in a major potential legal setback for tobacco company Philip Morris. The jury in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, decided …
Texas Gov. Rick Perry wants the federal government to waive or extend for 180 days the deadline for filing proof of loss requirements for flood insurance policyholders whose homes were damaged by Hurricane Ike. The Federal Emergency Management granted an …
L. Martin Fagan has joined Crawford & Co. to serve in the newly created role of chief marketing and business development officer for the organization’s U.S. Property & Casualty segment. Fagan will lead all sales and marketing efforts for the …
A man who operated a sophisticated identity theft and counterfeit check ring out of homes in Boston and Georgia has been sentenced to more than five years in prison. Jabril Shaheed was sentenced in federal court in Massachusetts on Tuesday …
Authorities in Stratford, Connecticut say a fatal boat fire has been traced to a propane heater that ignited the blaze in the vessel’s small sleeping quarters. Officials have identified the victim as 52-year-old Don Czaplinski, who lived on the boat …
Police say the driver of a car that crashed in Cranston earlier this month, killing three occupants, was drunk and going more than double the speed limit. Police say a preliminary investigation has found that the Pontiac driven by Conor …
Fire officials say a small explosion in a building at Mercer University’s DeKalb County campus led to the evacuation of the building. DeKalb County fire Capt. Eric Jackson says one person underwent chemical decontamination and was taken to a hospital …
The Barrow County, Georgia Sheriff’s department has arrested a third man in the 2005 fire that nearly destroyed New Life Deliverance Ministries Church in Winder. The department said on Tuesday it had arrested 47-year-old Bruce Edward Smith of Monroe on …