More than 50 businesses and organizations have joined together to oppose Gov. Jim Doyle’s bid to change Wisconsin’s liability laws. The Democratic governor’s proposal known as “joint and several liability” would increase the number of victims who could receive full …
The Supreme Court has rejected a request from Chrysler to overturn a $13 million punitive damages award to the parents of an 8-month-old boy who died in the crash of a Dodge Caravan. The justices without comment Tuesday left in …
Two Texas men defrauded investors of some $19.5 million by faking bank records to show that their business, PrivateFX Global One, achieved annual returns of more than 23 percent in foreign exchange trading, U.S. regulators said Tuesday. The SEC said …
Sonia Sotomayor, nominated by President Barack Obama for the U.S. Supreme Court, has a lengthy record of rulings in business cases as a federal judge in New York. But legal experts said Sotomayor does not appear to be either particularly …
Traffic and business are back to normal on Manhattan’s Upper East Side following a small bomb blast. No one was injured in the explosion early Monday. It destroyed a sidewalk bench and shattered windows at a Starbucks. The coffee shop, …
Maryland Natural Resources police say a teen was seriously injured when he steered a boat into a dock and was knocked into the water along Herring Creek in West Ocean City. The 13-year-old boy was flown to Shock Trauma in …
Fire officials say a 35-ton silo collapsed and crashed through the roof of a suburban Philadelphia concrete business. No injuries have been reported. The solo was used to collect dust on top of CGM Concrete in Bensalem. It collapsed through …
A weekend blase led to the discharge of two to three million gallons of untreated wastewater into the Connecticut River after a fire knocked out power at an Enfield sewage plant. The state Department of Environmental Protection said no solid …
Authorities haven’t ruled out arson in a fire that damaged or destroyed nine Gainesville city school buses in a parking lot. Investigators say they have not been determined if the fire early last Friday was a result of arson or …
West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin is asking that three more counties be declared a federal disaster due to recent storms, flooding and landslides. On Monday Manchin asked that McDowell, Mercer and Raleigh counties get the declaration, which allows them to …