A New Mexico boy who got sick after eating sirloin from JBS Swift Beef Co. has filed a lawsuit seeking unspecified damages against the Greeley, Colo.-based company. JBS Swift has recalled 380,000 pounds of beef due to connections with outbreaks …
A Senate committee has backed limits to a North Carolina law that allows scorned spouses to sue and collect damages for stolen affection and adultery. A Senate judiciary committee this week recommended a bill barring lawsuits for amorous acts after …
Maine’s highest court has ruled against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland in a sex-abuse case, concluding that a charitable immunity defense cannot be raised if church officials acted intentionally. In a 5-2 decision, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court set …
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Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland has fined National Home Protection Inc., which the state insurance department said has failed to respond to a previously issued emergency cease and desist order directing the company to stop selling insurance products in the …
A Texas company that hired out dozens of mentally disabled workers to work in a turkey processing plant in eastern Iowa says it’s not subject to Iowa’s labors laws. Iowa Workforce Development has imposed $900,000 in fines against Henry’s Turkey …
A St. Louis-area construction company has been sued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for firing a worker with a history of health problems. The agency alleges that A&A Contracting fired Rickie Wells because he had a history of liver …
El Nino weather anomaly has developed and it may not be as strong as the killer which struck more than a decade ago, the U.S. Climate Prediction Center said Thursday. The CPC, an office under the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, …
New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo announced the indictment of 12 people and 9 corporations across New York City for their roles in an alleged criminal enterprise that paid hospital employees for confidential patient information, lured patients into receiving …
Police say a stolen painting a New Hampshire man was selling on Craigslist was among $47,500 worth of antiques, furniture and other valuables he stole from a Florida home. Twenty-five-year-old John McCulloch was arrested last Friday after a potential buyer …