The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that an elderly woman’s estate can pursue her claims that a former state insurance adjuster robbed and assaulted her in 2006. The court’s decision fixed a procedural error by a Waukesha County circuit court …
The U.S. Senate aims to begin consideration next month of a bipartisan bill to revamp the U.S. patent system and reduce the likelihood of what critics see as excessive damage awards, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Wednesday. Reid said …
BP had workers on the doomed Deepwater Horizon rig who could have prevented the missteps that led to the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, but they were not consulted, the White House oil spill commission said on Thursday. In …
The Tennessee fire marshal’s office is giving away thousands of smoke alarms. The office launched a three-day sweep of West Tennessee on Wednesday, giving away 2,000 alarms to fire departments across the region. The goal is to get fire departments …
Sea Isle City has paid out more than $1 million in insurance money in recent months to settle two lawsuits involving alleged police misconduct. Last month the municipality paid a 20-year-old Pennsylvania man $500,000 to settle an alleged police brutality …
Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire has asked President Obama to declare a federal disaster area in seven Washington counties due to damage from a severe December storm. Preliminary state and federal damage assessments found an estimated $10.3 million in eligible damage …
Clumps of moldy corn crashed down around Lael Steinhoff, burying him above his waist for more than three hours before rescue workers could free him from a grain bin on his western Iowa farm. Steinhoff, 61, was one of the …
Two theatergoers are suing a Broadway musical for millions after claiming they were injured during a performance of “Billy Elliot: The Musical.” Two women from Missouri allege they were struck by a prop while sitting in the front row on …
Neighbors of a toxic mine in northern Nevada have filed a class-action lawsuit against BP America and Atlantic Richfield Co. accusing them of intentionally and negligently concealing the extent of the contamination leaking off the abandoned site for decades. The …
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones is contacting medical malpractice insurers, raising concerns about excessive rates and asking that they make a rate filing with the Department of Insurance to reduce their rates. “Unlike health insurance, where I do not have …