The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles is dropping its practice of issuing duplicate license plate numbers for different types of vehicles. Agency spokesman Dennis Rosebrough says the BMV will make the switch to the nonduplicate numbers by the end of …
New York police say dozens of partying teenagers caused more than $200,000 in damage at an unoccupied house in suburban Albany. Police in North Greenbush say the damage was done during a party on the night of Feb. 17, when …
The Lancaster County Board has rejected a $1 million claim from the driver of a pickup that collided with a Norris, Neb., school bus last summer. Jeffery Hall says he suffered serious injuries in the Aug. 24 crash and has …
New Jersey environmental officials say the weekend’s fierce rain and wind storm caused extensive erosion to beaches in Ocean and Monmouth counties. The Department of Environmental Protection said Monday that its coastline survey showed numerous vertical cuts to the dunes, …
Virginia Department of Transportation crews have patched, repaired or filled more than 43,000 potholes since March 1, the first day of its pothole blitz. Gov. Bob McDonnell announced Tuesday that crews have worked day and night to address the pavement …
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is heralding recommendations of a state commission that would crackdown on companies that illegally misclassify employees as independent contractors, and dramatically raise fines for misclassification. Blumenthal co-chairs the Joint Enforcement Commission on Worker Misclassification with …
A jury has awarded $2.65 million to a man who was stranded in his bed for four days by home health care workers. Fifty-five-year-old Nathan Ballard sued Gentiva Health Services USA and two former employees after they failed to show …
Lawyers seeking civil damages against Toyota Motor Corp. on behalf of U.S. consumers for diminished resale value of recalled vehicles are broadening their cases to add racketeering claims against the automaker. Using federal racketeering laws to amend the consumer class-action …
XL Capital Ltd’s preliminary net loss estimates for the earthquake in Chile and European Windstorm Xynthia indicated they will total between $160 and $230 million. Preliminary loss estimates related to the Chilean Earthquake, pretax and net of reinsurance and reinstatement …
French reinsurer SCOR Group announced that based on preliminary estimates, it expects its related costs from the earthquake in Chile and Windstorm Xynthia to be approximately €95 million ($130 million) net pre-tax, which “represents approximately 3 percent of the projected …