A landmark sex-discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. may proceed as a class-action case, a federal appeals court said, dealing the retailer a major blow and exposing it to billions of dollars of potential damages. More than 1 million women …
A Kelso, Wash., woman has pleaded guilty to attempted insurance fraud after collecting more than $200,000 for dozens of bogus medical claims, including falsely claiming that her husband’s foot had been amputated. Kelly Klein, 47, had accident insurance through an …
IMA Inc., an independently owned retail insurance broker, announced that Susan Johnson has joined the Wichita, Kan., office as commercial lines claims manager. Her responsibilities at IMA include managing the commercial lines claims department and acting as a liaison between …
A.M. Best Co. announced that it plans to withdraw its Canadian public data (pd) rating assignments on or about August 31, 2010. It will assign a category NR-5 (Not Formally Followed) to the financial strength ratings and an “nr” to …
Massey Energy says it will provide financial packages providing health care and other benefits for the families of 29 miners killed in the nation’s worst mining disaster in 40 years. Massey officials announced Monday that the Virginia-based company will cover …
The families of three New Jersey boys who died in the trunk of a parked car as police searched for them have settled lawsuits against the city of Camden. The families of 11-year-old Anibal Cruz, 6-year-old Daniel Agosto and 5-year-old …
An 11-year-old New Hampshire boy who became pinned under feed at a Claremont farm has died. A spokeswoman at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center has confirmed that Andrew Wheeler died late Friday afternoon. Authorities said he suffered life-threatening injuries Tuesday at the …
Crews have been using a robot submarine to try to stop an oil leak resulting from the explosion at an oil drilling platform off the coast of Louisiana. The oil is leaking nearly a mile below the surface of the …
Police say they received a number of calls when a small earthquake shook a part of northeast Ohio over the weekend. The U.S. Geological Survey says Saturday night’s quake off the Lake Erie shore had a magnitude of 2.7. Lt. …
A Haitian-born waiter at the Ritz-Carlton in Naples, Florida is suing the hotel and one of its managers for allegedly accommodating a family who requested they not be helped by minorities or staff with accents. Lawyers for 40-year-old Wadner Tranchant …