Fairfax County, Virginia has reached a $2 million settlement with the family of a 37-year-old optometrist who was shot and killed by police as part of a gambling investigation in 2006. County police sent a SWAT team to arrest Salvatore …
A new coal industry paper says mining has become much safer over the last three decades, but that improvements have been overshadowed by recent tragedies in Appalachia that have prompted calls for more regulation. The report from the Kentucky Coal …
Schools closed and vehicles crashed on icy highways in northwest Arkansas on Jan. 20 as a winter storm moved across the state, the second snowstorm this month. As much as 5 inches of snow was forecast for north Arkansas, with …
Despite a decline in the number of job injury claims reported by California public self-insured employers last year, rising claim severity (average loss per claim), fueled by higher medical costs, drove up total workers’ compensation claim costs for cities, counties …
A group of motorcyclists asked some state senators to repeal Missouri’s helmet law, saying they believe helmets may actually increase the dangers riders face by muffling the sounds of traffic. Nearly two dozen riders testified to the Senate Transportation Committee …
Attorneys are seeking class-action status for a lawsuit filed on behalf of 300 current and former residents of two Des Moines, Iowa, apartment complexes who say managers ignored a bedbug problem. The Des Moines Register reports the request was made …
Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens has issued an order directing insurers to exercise leniency in dealing with individuals and businesses that may have trouble paying premiums due the winter storms that swept through the state earlier this month. Georgia experienced …
Bayer CropScience workers made critical mistakes as they rushed to restart a pesticide manufacturing unit, leading to an explosion that killed two workers in August 2008, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board said in a report. Bayer deviated from written startup …
A woman who says her mother could still be alive if it weren’t for New York’s poor response to a Christmas weekend blizzard plans to sue the city. A lawyer for Laura Freeman filed a notice of claim against the …
Federal regulators have issued $45,000 in fines to a Pittsburgh-area zinc processing plant where an explosion killed two workers in July. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Wednesday handed down fines against Horsehead Corp. stemming from the July 22 …