The Wisconsin Supreme Court says a father who accidentally severed the feet of his two-year-old son with a riding lawnmower cannot hold the manufacturer liable for the injury. In a 4-2 decision, the court ruled that bystanders, such as the …
Richard J. McKenna, president of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. subsidiary Gallagher Bassett Services, has retired from the company. The company has already begun a search for his replacement. “After 33 years of service at Gallagher, Rich has decided to …
The National Arbitration Forum, which provides arbitration services for consumer credit disputes, has hidden ties to the credit card industry, the Minnesota Attorney General claimed in a lawsuit on Tuesday. The lawsuit alleges that the Forum, despite claims of being …
A jury in Iowa has awarded $11.4 million to the widow of a cameraman and to an injured film producer after determining that pilot error caused a helicopter crash during a movie shoot. Six of the seven jurors determined that …
Storms that swept across Missouri in May caused millions of dollars of damage to timber. The Missouri Department of Conservation says the storms damaged 204 million board feet of timber on 113,000 acres. More than half of that was on …
BestMex, which specializes in cross border auto insurance between the United States and Mexico, has introduced a new claims service through which customers can track the status of their claims online. This service, formally called Best Claims Service, enables clients …
The state has helped Floridians recover more than $11.5 million in the first six months of this year in claim payments and premium refunds, including one case that resulted in a $1.2 million payment on a consumer’s unpaid hospital claims. …
Pennsylvania is urging wheat farmers with poor crops to test for a fungus-related toxin as a first step toward filing a crop insurance claim. Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff says producers with low-yield or low-quality crops should contact their crop insurance …
The Associated Press will collect undisclosed damages as part of a settlement of its lawsuit against All Headline News, a site that copied AP stories online without permission. The AP considered the lawsuit an important test of the “hot news” …
Smithfield Foods Inc. said Tuesday that fire damage at its Patrick Cudahy meat plant in Cudahy, Wisconsin, should not have a measurable affect on its earnings or liquidity. Partial production has resumed in areas of the plant not damaged by …