Ohio motorists who text while they drive could be fined up to $150, under a bill approved by the state House of Representatives. Legislation that passed with broad bipartisan support would make it a misdemeanor to read, write or send …
A federal appeals court has agreed to review the dismissal of a lawsuit that accused a New Orleans hotelier of exploiting foreign workers it recruited after Hurricane Katrina. In February 2009, a three-judge panel from the 5th Circuit Court of …
A judge has awarded more than $6 million to the family of a city worker in Perry, Mo., who was killed in a trench collapse in 2008. Circuit Judge Robert Clayton II ruled that the superintendent of the northeast Missouri …
Investigators say a weekend brush fire that spread to 540 acres of woodlands in southern New Jersey was deliberately set. Capt. Tom Hays, spokesman for the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office, said Wednesday that the fire was caused by an open …
The city’s former chief crane inspector admitted taking more than $10,000 in payoffs to fake inspection and crane operator licensing exam results, selling out a 26-year career bit by bit over nearly a decade. James Delayo showed no emotion Tuesday …
The term “flash mob” used to mean online-organized groups having street-corner pillow fights or sidewalk dance-offs, but in Philadelphia they’ve turned violent, and the reasons are as tough to pin down as where the next one will be. At least …
Two New Jersey men have been indicted for masterminding a so-called “give-up” scheme to collect insurance money from Liberty Mutual on a car that was never stolen. Prosecutors have charged Shannon Daney and Nicola Bellapingna with conspiracy to commit insurance …
The average indemnity and expense payments in nurse practitioner liability claims have increased at a rate of 2.3 percent per year over the past 10 years, according to an insurer’s review of claims. Pediatric/neonatal specialty has the highest average severity, …
Massachusetts-based insurer The Hanover has named Ellen M. Rizzo as chief financial officer of its property and casualty business. In this role, she will have financial oversight of The Hanover’s personal lines, commercial lines and claims organizations. Rizzo joins The …
One of the world’s most notorious computer hackers was sentenced to 20 years in prison Thursday after he pleaded guilty to helping run a global ring that stole tens of millions of payment card numbers. Albert Gonzalez, a 28-year-old college …