A Milwaukee-based company accused of firing a woman after she got pregnant has agreed to pay $35,000 to resolve a federal charge of sex discrimination. The agreement was announced by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Durable Contract Services Inc. …
The St. Louis County town of Overland, Mo., has agreed to a $1.2 million settlement of a lawsuit over the death of a man who died after falling down stairs during an argument with police. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports …
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Holly Refining and Marketing-Tulsa LLC with 14 alleged serious violations following an inspection at the company’s crude oil refinery in Tulsa, Okla. Proposed penalties total $62,500. OSHA’s Oklahoma …
Two state safety inspectors have been suspended after a 4-year-old boy fell to his death from a store escalator at a mall in Central Massachusetts. Massachusetts Public Safety Commissioner Thomas Gatzunis said that a barricade should have been in place …
As states in the West clean up tsunami damage, loss estimates are climbing, according to local officials. In Hawaii, the estimate — tallied by Gov. Neil Abercrombie’s office to be in the millions — combines damage to homes, businesses, hotels, …
A general contractor can recover from its subcontractor’s insurers for the cost of repairs for damage to surrounding property resulting from the subcontractor’s faulty workmanship, the Georgia Supreme Court has held. The state’s highest court found that negligent construction is …
There may be more on the line in major sporting events than many sports fans think. Closely contested major sporting events are followed by a significant increase in traffic fatalities for fans of the winning team, according to new research …
Expanding a federal program that is already $17 billion in debt might seem like a non-starter of an idea on budget-sensitive Capitol Hill these days. However the idea is included in a Republican-drafted reform of the National Flood Insurance Program …
Investigators from the Washington insurance commissioner’s office on have arrested a King County woman on suspicion of stealing more than $1 million in retirement funds from five elderly insurance clients. Jasmine Jamrus-Kassim of Kent, Wash., was arrested in Factoria by …
The Oregon Supreme Court has ruled that a claim for property damage arising from construction defects may lie in tort, in addition to contract, even when the homeowner and builder are in a contractual relationship. According to court documents in …