A coroner says a Pennsylvania trucker loading lumber onto his tractor trailer was killed when he fell, setting a forklift in motion that crushed the man between the lift’s boom and its roof. Forty-year-old Shannon McGarvey, of Coalport, was killed …
A woman whose pelvis was crushed when more than 350 pounds of countertops suddenly fell on her at Ikea has been awarded $3.2 million by a Virginia jury. Xiaolei Zeng, of Arlington, says a stack of four countertops and a …
A doctor who treated a Westminster, Massachusetts police officer who died more than three years after being shot in the line of duty has been cleared of negligence. Dr. John Turchetta and Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital in Westborough were named as …
The owner of a Spokane, Wash., painting company will pay $212,000 in back premiums and penalties for false reporting and cash payment of wages to avoid workers’ compensation premiums. Dale G. Koohns of Koohns Painting pleaded guilty in Spokane County …
The Combined Group now offers a fully automated service for CNA Connect™’s Policy. Combined’s Agent Direct Express™ and Quantum’s Real Time Express™ service offerings now enable agents to quote rates, place binding coverage in force and receive direct commissions, all …
A Louisiana-based company has put on hold a $1.4 million lawsuit against four Oklahoma cities. Integrated Pro Services says in the lawsuit filed in March that the Lincoln County cities of Stroud, Chandler, Wellston and Davenport still owe for the …
A beef slaughtering plant in Buffalo Lake, Minn., has been forced to close because its water contained high levels of arsenic, and the plant owner couldn’t afford to fix the problem. More than 200 workers at North Star Beef Inc. …
A state appeals court in Madison, Wisc., has upheld a $1.6 million judgment for an injured railroad worker. The ruling says a train cab door came off its hinges and fell on Wisconsin Central Ltd. conductor James Kroon in the …
Responding to as situation in Atalissa, Iowa, where 21 mentally disabled Texas men lived in a dilapidated house while they worked at a nearby turkey processing plant operated by Texas-based Henry’s Turkey Service, an Iowa House committee has approved a …
More than 50 rooms at a Longview, Texas, hotel were destroyed April 13 in a fire that officials said was made more difficult by low water pressure. Fire officials believe the blaze that heavily damaged the Ramada Inn off Spur …