A Hollywood makeup artist is suing the producer of the “American Pie” movie franchise over what he says was a hostile work environment that included nipple-pinching and sexually explicit comments during the filming in Michigan of “Demoted.” Robert Maverick claims …
A Connecticut hospital is asking a court to limit testimony in an upcoming trial about whether it did enough to protect children from a sexually abusive doctor. Lawyers for St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford want certain photographs …
The Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner has fined Aetna Life Insurance Co. $65,000 or denying more than 200 claims related to acupuncture treatment. According to Aetna’s consent order, the insurer unreasonably denied claims for acupuncture treatment and denied acupuncture …
A Las Vegas, N.M., jury has awarded $10,3 million to the estate of a Raton, N.M., man as compensation for bed sores he developed after a stay at Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center, the State District Judge Abigail Aragon …
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued the U.S. Minerals LLC facility in Baldwin, Ill., seven citations for allegedly failing to develop and implement procedures to control hazardous energy, install guard rails where necessary and …
Oklahoma State Rep. Joe Dorman praised a House committee for the passage of legislation to require Oklahoma assisted living facilities with 50 or more beds to have a backup generator for emergency power in case of a disaster. House Bill …
As Oklahoma’s traditional severe weather season approaches, the city of Enid is adding seven tornado sirens. Mike Honigsberg, the Enid-Garfield County Emergency Management director, tells the Enid News and Eagle that the sirens will help the city fill gaps in …
A Toledo (Lucas County) man has been sentenced in Ohio for fraud after he was convicted of illegally collecting workers’ compensation dependent death benefits. Timothy Williams Jr. pleaded guilty to one count of workers’ compensation fraud, a fifth-degree felony, Jan. …
The U.S. Geological Survey is installing two more seismic monitors in north-central Arkansas where more than 750 earthquakes have been recorded in the past six months. Arkansas Geological Survey geohazard supervisor Scott Ausbrooks told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette the monitors will …
A black woman who once worked as a maid for a relative of novelist Kathryn Stockett is suing the author of the best-selling book “The Help,” claiming she was the basis for a black servant character who she thought depicted …