Massive floods shut down the centre of Australia’s third-largest city, sent thousands fleeing from their homes and sparked panic buying of food on Wednesday as rescuers searched for 43 people missing in floodwaters. Australia’s biggest floods in a century have …
The U.S. government is intensifying its use of consumer complaint websites with two new outlets for customer gripes that have trade groups for manufacturers and financial firms concerned about smear campaigns and lawsuits. The Consumer Product Safety Commission plans to …
The top U.S. product safety official said on Monday the agency has failed to persuade Chinese makers of defective drywall to compensate American homeowners, in a dispute that threatens to mar strained trade ties. The failure to persuade about 13 …
White House panel probing BP’s massive oil spill called for an overhaul of a regulatory system that was “entirely unprepared” for disaster and outlined stringent, new oversight, a plan sure to face opposition from Republicans reluctant to expand government involvement. …
A Montana lawmaker has proposed reducing the cost of state workers’ compensation insurance by prohibiting illegal immigrant workers from collecting benefits when they are injured. House Bill 71, sponsored by Rep. Gordon Vance, R-Bozeman, would require a workers’ comp insurer …
The family of a 15-year-old girl who died of an ecstasy overdose after a rave has filed a claim seeking $5 million in damages from the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission. The Los Angeles Times said that the family of …
Permanently disabled workers in California’s workers’ compensation system have historically faced poor return-to-work rates and high levels of lost earnings after a disabling injury, a new study has found. In fact, workers’ compensation benefits, despite imposing high costs on California’s …
Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire has proposed several changes to the state’s workers’ compensation system to help the state out of the recession and support the vitality of businesses. The proposed changes she estimates would save the workers’ compensation system $720 …
Firefighters have been able to keep a 2,000-pound propane tank from exploding during a fire at a southwestern Pennsylvania fruit market. Authorities say nobody has been hurt, but the fire just after midnight Monday morning has destroyed Frank’s Fruit Market …
Newly sworn-in Ohio Gov. John Kasich appointed Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor to be director of the Ohio Department of Insurance. Immediately following the announcement, Kasich signed an executive order creating the Common Sense Initiative to lead a transformation of Ohio’s …