An Illinois woman whose home in South Carolina was damaged in a wildfire last year has sued the man who was fined for starting a blaze which authorities say rekindled days later. The Sun News of Myrtle Beach reported that …
An Army bomb disposal expert who served in the Iraq war is suing the makers of “The Hurt Locker,” claiming the Oscar-nominated film’s lead character is based on him and that they cheated him out of “financial participation” in the …
A proposal to cap how much people can be awarded through civil lawsuits in South Carolina received key approval this week. The House approved the tort reform bill 104-9. It faces another, routine vote before heading to the Senate. The …
The widow of former University of Kansas athletics director Bob Frederick is suing the city of Lawrence and a utility company. In the lawsuit filed in Douglas County District Court, Margey Frederick alleges that negligence by the city and Black …
A Florida House committee wants to extinguish a proposed rule that would require fire sprinklers in many newly constructed homes. The House Governmental Affairs Policy Committee voted unanimously Wednesday for a bill that would block state building officials from requiring …
The deadly El Nino weather anomaly should dissipate by early summer in the northern hemisphere, but there is a chance a weak version will linger for the rest of 2010, according to a U.S. government report issued Thursday. The federal …
Two AIG units settled federal charges that they discriminated against blacks in providing home loans and will pay at least $7.1 million for restitution and education efforts, according to court documents filed Thursday. The units, AIG Federal Savings Bank and …
The lead singer of the band Fishbone fractured a woman’s skull and broke her collarbone while performing a stage dive at a concert last month in Philadelphia, according to a federal lawsuit filed Friday. Kimberly Myers, 42, of Voorhees, N.J., …
The family of a Massachusetts woman who died shortly after doctors started a cosmetic surgery procedure on her has sued the national company that was overseeing the operation. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in Middlesex Superior Court by the family of …
Based on preliminary analysis, Fitch Ratings said it believes that the Chilean P/C insurance industry “will likely be able to absorb losses from the earthquake and Tsunami that hit the central-south part of Chile on Feb. 27.” However, Fitch added …