Authorities say a trench collapse in eastern Pennsylvania has killed one construction worker and injured another. Allentown fire officials say the workers were on a bridge when the trench in which they were working collapsed, hitting them with gravel and …
A federal judge in Birmingham is overseeing about 1,200 lawsuits involving pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. and its stop-smoking drug Chantix, many of them with smokers and their families claiming the drug left them with a variety of psychological problems, including …
Officials of a small West Tennessee town have decided to settle a lawsuit by the city’s former police chief. The Trimble Board and Mayor and Aldermen have voted to pay former Chief Donna Faulkner more than $58,000 to end her …
An upstate New York man has been fined $750 — and ordered to repay $23,400 — for illegally collecting no-fault insurance benefits while working as a dance instructor. Steven Blackmon, of Poughkeepsie, was sentenced after pleading guilty to insurance fraud …
Federal mine safety officials have won a settlement with Massey Energy that requires the firm to immediately take safety measures at one of its mines in Kentucky that federal officials say is very dangerous. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine …
Toyota Motor Corp. won a victory against a former company lawyer turned whistleblower as an arbitrator dismissed several claims and awarded the company damages, according to a statement from the automaker. Dimitrios Biller, who once headed Toyota’s U.S. products liability …
Air bags and the economic recession have contributed to the biggest drop in road deaths in the United States since World War II, U.S. researchers said Tuesday. Changes in driving patterns and safety features both contributed to a 22 percent …
A U.S. Senator is asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate “misleading safety claims and deceptive practices” in the selling of new football helmets and reconditioning of used ones. In a letter — a copy of which was obtained by …
Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin has announced that he will not seek another term as head of the Texas Department of Insurance. His term ends Feb. 1, 2011. Geeslin has been with TDI for eight years, and has served as …
U.S. property insurers like Travelers Cos. Inc. and Chubb Corp. were expecting a relatively mild fourth quarter for catastrophe losses, but a series of punishing storms across the country in December may have blown away those estimates. That could add …