Legislation easing the burden on the Missouri fire marshal to conduct fire safety inspections at long-term care facilities won final approval. The measure partially revises a law enacted after a November 2006 fire killed 11 people at the Anderson Guest …
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ordered an insurance company to pay a hospital $131,000 for treating a woman who died in 2001. But the court says National States Insurance Co. does not have to pay an additional $63,000 in interest …
A civil judge in New Orleans has barred Six Flags Inc. from removing any equipment, rides or other assets from its New Orleans theme park that’s still shuttered following Hurricane Katrina. The company must also sufficiently secure the property to …
An empty gasoline tank undergoing repairs exploded May 13 at a fuel storage facility in rural north Arkansas, killing three workers, authorities said. The explosion occurred just before 2:30 p.m. at a storage facility owned by TEPPCO Partners LP, a …
The Texas Supreme Court has been more active in addressing insurance coverage issues than at any other time in the last 20 years. With increasing concern, coverage lawyers are watching closely the areas it chooses to focus on as well …
Two men sexually abused by a Catholic priest in the 1970s sat in court — one weeping silently, one stone-faced — as their lawyer asked a jury to hold the Seattle Catholic Archdiocese accountable for some of the darkest moments …
The U.S. Department of Labor says it has paid more than $408 million to compensate Coloradans sickened by working in the atomic weapons industry, including some who worked at the former Rocky Flats weapons plant near Denver. The money went …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has lowered its long-term counterparty credit and senior unsecured debt ratings on Toronto-based specialty insurance provider Kingsway Financial Services Inc. to ‘B-‘ from ‘B’. S&P also removed the ratings from CreditWatch with negative implications, where …
A Pittsburgh-area hospital has agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a federal disability discrimination suit brought by a woman who was fired after suffering from colon cancer treatments. LifeCare Hospitals of Pittsburgh Inc. was sued by the federal Equal Employment …
Dredging for PCBs in the Hudson River is set to begin Friday after decades of arguments and negotiations. The federal Environmental Protection Agency says dredging on a stretch of river 45 miles north of Albany in Fort Edward will begin …