The operator of a Hagerstown, Maryland laboratory where an overnight fire destroyed thousands of dollars worth of equipment says safety policies and procedures prevented worse damage. Mark Butt, president of Tox Path Specialists LLC at Hagerstown Community College, said Monday …
Two Metro workers were struck and killed by a maintenance vehicle along a track Tuesday, the latest in a string of fatalities since last year in the Washington D.C. area’s transit system. The men were on a track when they …
A Washington, D.C. fire official says three people have been hurt when part of a store in Southeast Washington collapsed. Fire department spokesman Pete Piringer says a 10-foot by 20-foot wall of the AutoZone store in the 3900 block of …
Federal safety officials are investigating a DuPont chemical plant Monday after a series of leaks that resulted in the death of one worker and the operation’s temporary shutdown. DuPont officials put the sprawling Belle plant in West Virginia on safety …
Walt Disney World is being sued by the mother of a monorail driver who was killed in an accident. The lawsuit filed by lawyers for Christine Wuennenberg say Disney failed to follow monorail-safety procedures, which lead to the July crash …
In a victory for ratings agencies, a U.S. judge Tuesday dismissed claims against Moody’s Corp. and McGraw-Hill’s Standard & Poor’s in litigation over nearly $100 billion of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. mortgage-backed securities. Investors had accused the agencies of serving …
Toyota Motor Corp. said it will suspend sales in North America of eight models involved in recall, a move that could throw the timing of its earnings recovery into doubt and one that pushed its shares 2 percent lower. Toyota …
A U.S. federal judge ordered insurer Lloyd’s of London Tuesday to pay for alleged swindler Allen Stanford’s defense. Stanford and three other defendants sued the insurer after Lloyd’s stopped providing coverage last year under a directors and officers policy, citing …
Florida’s state-backed property insurer will seek competitive bids on part of a contract to reinspect as many as 400,000 properties that have been awarded $700 million in mitigation discounts off their insurance premiums. Citizens Property Insurance Corp. said it would …
A Tennessee appellate court has ruled a county liability insurer doesn’t have to pay $5 million in damages won by the widow of a slain sheriff’s deputy in a wrongful death lawsuit over his shooting death. The ruling by the …