A second person has died after an explosion and fire at a chemical plant in Louisville’s Rubbertown area. Deputy Jefferson County Coroner Robert Fraction confirmed that 56-year-old Jorge Medina of Louisville is dead after Monday’s blast. Jody Meiman, assistant chief …
The Supreme Court made it easier to haul businesses into court, ruling that investors can sue them for purposefully withholding damaging information about a product and that employees can sue them for retaliation without having to make a written complaint. …
Missouri lawmakers are trying to prevent an influx of students transferring out of failing schools after the state Supreme Court partially sided with a group of St. Louis parents suing to force unaccredited districts to pick up the tab to …
A fire has burned a two-story motel located in Algonac, Mich. The Times Herald of Port Huron says there were no injuries from the blaze that was reported about 10 p.m. on Mar. 21 at the Rivers Edge Motel. Firefighters …
Actor Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, have filed a lawsuit seeking unspecified damages from their former insurance broker. According to celebrity gossip Web site TMZ, which discovered the lawsuit, Hanks and Wilson previously worked with the J.B. Goldman …
Service King Collision Repair Centers, a Texas-based operator of collision repair facilities, is acquiring Alamo Body and Paint, a collision repair service provider in San Antonio. The transaction is expected to be completed by May 1, 2011. With the addition …
ISO recently released revised NetMap for Claims and NetMap for ClaimSearch version 5.0 software. The software uses visual link-analysis technology to help industry personnel fight fraud in insurance claims. These products analyze an insurer’s internal claims data, data from the …
Thousands of talkers have been ticketed in El Paso, Texas, since the city’s ban on using hand-held cell phones while driving took effect last spring. The El Paso Times reported that more than 6,400 tickets have been issued since enforcement …
A New Jersey man who says he suffered permanent heart damage after drinking the alcohol- and caffeine-laced Four Loko beverage is suing its manufacturer. Tire salesman Michael Mustica of Knowlton Township filed the lawsuit last week against Phusion Projects. The …
A former New York lawmaker will spend at least four years in prison following his conviction in a Hamptons insurance fraud case. George Guldi was sentenced Monday in Suffolk County Court in Riverhead to three to nine years for grand …