A Fond du Lac man has filed a federal lawsuit accusing Kraft Foods of firing him rather than accommodating his bad back. James L. Brown was hired in 2001 at a Kraft frozen-pizza facility in Little Chute. His lawsuit says …
Texas regulators have issued fines of more than $16,000 to workers’ compensation health care providers and other stakeholders. Final disciplinary actions taken by the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) relate to violations of the state labor …
San Diego, CA, 05/17/11 – ARROWHEAD General Insurance Agency, Inc., one of the nation’s largest property and casualty insurance program managers, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the specialty insurance agency, Trafalgar Marine Insurance Services, Inc. The acquisition represents …
A fire that broke out at a George Washington University fraternity house has cause significant damage a week after most students moved out. D.C. fire department spokesman Pete Piringer says a student moving into the house reported smelling smoke Tuesday …
A state seismologist says Oklahoma is on track to experience a high number of earthquakes this year but expects the number and intensity to be less than last year as the state returns to normal seismic levels. Oklahoma Geological Survey …
There are a staggering 405,000 rear-end bumps in the UK each year, accounting for one in four of all road accidents, according to research conducted by Admiral Group, plc. Admiral looked at data from more than 200,000 of its accident …
Michigan State Police say they’re participating in disaster response training that includes responding to a simulated earthquake. Police say the exercise was scheduled for Tuesday at the Ingham County Fairgrounds in Mason, near Lansing. Several other agencies and the American …
Ballpoint pen-chewers, take note: The cap in your mouth can obstruct breathing if swallowed. Common sense? Apparently for speakers of French, Spanish and German. The warning appears only in the English section of the multilingual instructions from the pen manufacturer, …
The family of a former Mississippi football player has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the university, coach Houston Nutt and the NCAA. Bennie Abram was 20 years old when he collapsed during the first day of formal offseason workouts …
The owners of an Arizona retreat where a self-help author’s sweat lodge ceremony turned deadly have settled a lawsuit brought by the victims’ families and other participants. An attorney for two of the plaintiffs tells The Associated Press that a …