Most medical devices recalled for serious health risks were cleared after a quicker type of U.S. government review that usually requires no testing in people, U.S. researchers said Monday. The team — led by consumer advocates and Cleveland Clinic cardiologist …
Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater is asking the state’s business community and BP oil spill claimants for their input regarding the claims handling process of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility. Specifically, Atwater wants to hear suggestions or concerns about …
On issues ranging from the air we breathe to the noise factories make, business leaders want the government to stay out of their way. And the Republicans, looking toward the 2012 elections, are listening. The House’s principal investigative panel, the …
The South Carolina House of Representatives recently approved limits on punitive damages yesterday by a vote of 100 to 7. The bill would limit punitive damages for people winning civil suits to three times the actual damages awarded, or a …
A company that administers an insurance program for county workers injured on the job is discouraging the use of Taser shock weapons in training police officers. The Mississippi Public Entity Workers’ Compensation Services Inc. says it has received several claims …
Of the 71 mining deaths in the U.S. in 2010, 48 occurred in coal mines. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration issued a fatality alert to the mining community profiling the circumstances surrounding the 71 fatal …
A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a+” of Ohio-based National Interstate Group and its members. Best also affirmed the ICR of “bbb+” of the group’s publicly traded parent, …
A lawsuit over property rights along the 17th Street Canal, a canal that broke during Hurricane Katrina, may be headed to federal court. In January, homeowners with backyards along the 17th Street Canal filed a civil suit in state court …
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Superior Energy Services Inc., payroll company SESI LLC and five subsidiary companies in Louisiana with 38 violations of the OSHA recordkeeping standard. Proposed penalties total $337,500. OSHA’s Baton …
Utility officials believe a crack in a 12-inch cast-iron natural gas main is to blame for the massive explosion and fire that killed five people last week in Pennsylvania. UGI CEO John Walsh says crews excavated the cracked pipe Sunday …