The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is fining a Virginia terminal operator $7,000 in connection with the December death of one of its employees. The citation says a machine operator that knocked over a 105-foot light pole that crushed a …
An accident victim’s lawyer this week urged the Florida Supreme Court to rule that rental car companies can be held liable for damages in an accident they did not cause in the state, even though a new federal law is …
Specialty Risk Services has appointed Gordon Breslav to its Alternative Markets sales team. Breslav will originate new business and captive, program, association and BPO relationships throughout the eastern region of the United States. SRS, based in Hartford, Connecticut, is a …
Missouri-based US Fidelis, which until recently claimed to be the nation’s top marketer of vehicle service contracts, has filed for bankruptcy amid allegations that its owners used company money to finance their lavish lifestyles. In a court filing, the company …
Ohio customers of Wachovia Bank whose accounts were illegally debited by a payment processing company between 2004 and 2006 will receive compensation, according to Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray. More than $2.8 million will be made available as a result …
The U.S. Senate last night passed legislation that includes an extension of the federal flood insurance program until March 28. President Obama has signed the measure. The extension means that the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which has been unable …
Several businesses were destroyed by fire in the restaurant-packed lower Greenville Avenue area of Dallas at a time when the places were closed. The multi-alarm fire, reported shortly before 6 a.m. on Mar. 2, left at least one firefighter injured. …
A jury in Houston has ordered a chemical manufacturer to pay nearly $8.4 million in a negligence verdict over a 2004 industrial fire. The blaze at the Control Solutions Inc. pesticides warehouse forced some Pasadena, Texas, and other nearby residents …
The Pine Bluff, Ark., City Council has agreed to a $500,000 settlement of a former police officer’s racial discrimination lawsuit and will reinstate him. The agreement was approved on a 7-1 vote Mar. 1. It comes after former Sgt. Kelven …
A Tarrant County, Texas, jury has awarded a suburban Fort Worth couple a $51 million verdict against a politically influential Houston homebuilder. Robert and Jane Cull of Mansfield won the verdict in state district court in Fort Worth against Perry …