The former owner of a St. Joseph, Mo., tannery being sued over health concerns acknowledged that the plant used a cancer-causing chemical, but he said the tanning process posed no danger to the public. The former Prime Tanning plant in …
A retired Wisconsin Supreme Court justice is suing an insurance company for refusing to cover damage to his vacation home in Hawaii. Former Justice William Bablitch and his wife sued Allstate Insurance Co. after it refused to pay a $65,000 …
Attorneys for Morgan Freeman have until July 6 to respond to a lawsuit filed by the woman who was with the actor the night of a car crash last August. Demaris Meyer has sued Freeman for negligence. The lawsuit against …
Fast-food chain Jack in the Box has settled a lawsuit filed by federal officials on behalf of a worker at a Nashville restaurant for $20,000. The Tennessean reported Frances Griffith, a white hostess, said she was subjected to repeated “obscene …
Eleven men have been charged with racketeering conspiracy for their roles in an alleged Florida crew of New York’s Bonanno Mafia family. A grand jury indictment unsealed Thursday charges them with numerous crimes, including extortion, insurance fraud, Medicare fraud, arson, …
Dozens of private school students were gathered for a class photo atop a grate when it gave way Friday, sending them plummeting 12 feet to the concrete below and injuring 34, fire officials said. All but five of the students …
Authorities say a child trying to keep some robin’s eggs warm sparked a house fire in Conway, New Hampshire No one was hurt in the fire Saturday night. Officials told WMUR-TV that it was sparked by a homemade incubator that …
Connecticut waters should be carrying a bunch more boaters this summer. The state Department of Environmental Protection says boat registrations have jumped from about 100,000 last year to over 112,000 so far this year. Officials say lower gas prices are …
A California insurance broker is suing American International Group, accusing the nation’s largest insurance and financial corporation of engaging in unfair business practices. Insurance broker Linda Harris, president of the Independent Financial Planning Group, filed the lawsuit in Los Angeles …
The California Department of Insurance announced that Edilberto Gonzalez Riveral Jr. of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., was arrested at his home and charged with multiple felony counts, including grand theft and theft from an elder. Riveral was booked into Orange County …