Private forecaster AccuWeather.com has cut its forecast for this year’s Atlantic Hurricane season, which begins June 1, to 10 named storms from the 12 it predicted in March. AccuWeather forecast six of the storms will be hurricanes, down from eight …
Another 13 convictions for insurance fraud in Colleton County last week brought the total to more than 30 in South Carolina since last September, according to officials. The unrelated 13 cases involved auto accident claims by individuals aged 19 to …
American Apparel Inc. settled film director Woody Allen’s lawsuit over the company’s use of his image in advertising for $5 million, Allen said as the case was about to come to trial. “I am told the settlement of five million …
A North Carolina chicken farmer has been arrested for allegedly lying to his insurance company about how some of his chickens died and the theft of a “pooper scooper” and a fan. Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin recently reported the arrest …
The Catholic Diocese of Wilmington, Delaware, may have to sell assets to pay for settlements in child sexual abuse cases. Bishop Francis Malooly says settlements will probably exceed $9 million next month. But Diocesan spokesman Robert Krebs says officials won’t …
A federal judge has upheld a South Carolina shopper’s $3.1 million jury award from Target Corp., but the retailer says it will continue to appeal. Rita Cantrell sued Target after she was wrongly accused of using a counterfeit $100 bill …
A dispute over termites now before the Michigan Supreme Court could affect the liability of sellers of real estate. When Richard and Stacey Roberts bought an old house for $475,000 on Michigan’s scenic Leelanau Peninsula, they thought the home’s other …
A University of Colorado student claims she’s suffered memory loss and permanent brain damage because a sheriff’s deputy rear-ended her car and she wants Boulder County to pay her $150,000 in damages. The Boulder County Sheriff’s deputy was ticketed for …
Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. said it plans to keep its U.S. property/casualty and life businesses, after winning approval last week to tap $3.4 billion of federal bailout funds. Chief Executive Ramani Ayer announced the decision in a memo to …
The families of two South Texas middle school teachers who were among 11 people killed in Mexico when their bus was hit by a drunken driver’s tractor-trailer have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the tour and bus companies. The …