Forecasters say flooding is likely in some areas in Massachusetts with prolonged downpours today and tomorrow. Rainfall totals could be 2-1/2 to 5 inches, with some areas getting more. Alan Dunham of the weather service says any rain over 2 …
San Antonio, Texas-based independent claims adjusting firm, IAS Claim Services, has named Paul C. Kottler as the firm’s new president. Kottler brings experience and recognition on a national and international level, building successful regions and divisions of claim service centers. …
A judge in Wisconsin has sentenced a former insurance executive to prison time for bilking his company out of more than $1 million in phony claims. U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb told Douglas Nickerson she was glad he took responsibility …
A federal judge has overturned a Texas law that bars medical professionals from contacting victims within 30 days of an accident and lawyers from contacting people within a month of getting arrested. U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel ruled that the …
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal says the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. has agreed to a $150,000 settlement of the state’s lawsuit over 2007 Camel cigarette ads that appeared in Rolling Stone magazine. Blumenthal announced the deal Friday. He says the …
Of all the illnesses people fear might be caused by toxic dust from the World Trade Center, nothing scares people as much as cancer. Hundreds of people are suing New York City over cancer diagnoses they received after working at …
Authorities in Upstate New York have arrested a man they say used a phony bank account to buy insurance on a home he didn’t own so he could cash in on property losses that didn’t occur. Buffalo police arrested Sidney …
A federal judge last Friday threw out lawsuits seeking to financially punish the Tennessee Valley Authority for its 2008 spill of toxin-laden coal ash but he will let suits seeking compensatory damages proceed. The amount of compensatory, or economic, damages …
Federal investigators say pilot error is probably to blame for a plane crash into a Massachusetts supermarket parking lot that claimed the lives of all three people on board. The National Transportation Safety Board said in a report this week …
America’s top coal mine regulator says he will redouble pressure on the industry to meet a 4-year-old congressional mandate to equip the nation’s underground mines with high-tech communications and tracking gear. Mine Safety and Health Administration figures show 34 mines …