In two separate decisions, the Supreme Court of Ohio upheld as constitutional a 2005 state law that limits the ability of workers who are injured on the job to sue their employers for a “workplace intentional tort” in addition to …
Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced an $874,253 dividend to the Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM) workers’ compensation purchasing group. The dividend was based largely on the group’s loss ratio. TAM has earned $1,411,633 in dividends during the past three years. …
Mediation efforts were unsuccessful March 22 between an elderly Fort Worth, Texas-area couple and the politically powerful Houston homebuilder who lost a $58 million judgment to them, the couple’s lawyers said. Van Shaw and Dan Hagood, attorneys for Robert and …
Authorities suspect arson in a fire in an apartment building in Council Bluffs, Iowa, where several people had to be rescued from the roof. No injuries were reported in the fire that broke out around 1:30 a.m. on March 22 …
A.M. Best Co. has withdrawn the financial strength rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a” of Electric Lloyd’s of Texas (Electric Lloyd’s) (Dallas, Texas) and assigned an NR–5 (Not Formally Followed) to the FSR and …
A New York housekeeper who reported that her boss’ Toyota Prius accelerated on its own and wouldn’t brake as she hurtled toward a stone wall apparently had her foot on the gas pedal the entire time, according to a police …
Connecticut officials are notifying 11,000 residents who applied for state rebates after purchasing energy efficient furnaces that their personal information may have been stolen. Robert Genuario, secretary of the state’s Office of Policy and Management, says Hartford Police notified his …
A 22-year veteran of a New Hampshire Fire Department has been charged with setting fire. Officials say Stark Liedtke faces charges in connection with four fires but confessed to setting 11 blazes in Alton and New Durham since 2006. Most …
A man accused of setting fire to a house he owned has been acquitted of all charges. A jury acquitted 49-year-old Stephen Swanhart of Westminster on Monday. Swanhart had been accused of setting fire to his home on Neudecker Road …
Former television news anchor Fanchon Stinger is being sued over an accident in which an ex-boyfriend driving her Ferrari sports car hit a motorcyclist. The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press reported that David Sugg filed the suit against Stinger …