A Pennsylvania man who set a fire that damaged three houses then fleeced contractors by pretending to own the homes has been ordered to prison. The Morning Call of Allentown reports 19-year-old Jonathan Figueroa was sentenced Monday to three to …
The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating a small plane crash at Pittsburgh-area airport that resulted in minor injuries. Police in Monroeville say a gust of wind apparently blew the nose of the small four-seater …
Hundreds of Florida homeowners suffering with tainted Chinese drywall will share $55 million in a deal that also accuses a global drywall maker of lying about the product’s safety, according to court documents. The settlement will be funded by Banner …
Florida regulators have announced the arrest of a North Carolina man who allegedly collected more than $2.7 million in workers’ compensation premiums from a company by providing a fake policy. Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater said that Delmas Fuller, …
Critics of Nevada’s first black bear hunt are worried that with hunters and hikers near Lake Tahoe sharing the same woods, it won’t only be bears that get shot. “Someone could be out hiking the Tahoe Rim Trail with their …
Four years after its filing, a lawsuit accusing the city of Muskogee of depriving property owners of their rights without just compensation is set for trial. The Muskogee Phoenix reports the trial will begin Wednesday before Creek County District Judge …
The Kentucky Bar Association Board of Governors is preparing to decide the fate of class-action legal specialist Stan Chesley, the Cincinnati attorney known as the “Master of Disaster.” The board is scheduled to hear arguments Tuesday at a Lexington hotel. …
Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens said a Macon insurance agent has pled guilty to insurance fraud charges. Broadus W. Marshall Jr., 58, was sentenced to ten years of probation, ordered to pay restitution, and do community service. Marshall also voluntarily surrendered …
South Carolina’s two-tier statutory cap on damages is constitutional, the state Supreme Court has ruled. In the same ruling, however, the court found that two separate governmental entities’ negligent acts, which resulted in severe injuries to the plaintiffs, constituted two …
Wal-Mart Stores Inc has lost its appeal of most of a $187.6 million verdict for Pennsylvania hourly workers who accused the world’s largest retailer of denying them meal and rest breaks. A three-judge panel of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania …