Procter & Gamble Co, the world’s largest consumer products company, has settled a lawsuit by parents who claimed its Pampers diapers with Dry Max caused their children to have severe rashes. According to settlement papers filed with the U.S. District …
Monday’s earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, likely caused an additional $3 billion to $5 billion in insured losses on top of the damage from two previous quakes, catastrophe modeling company Eqecat said Tuesday. The quake was the third major one …
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined Tyson Foods Inc. $70,000 in the wake of a fatal collapse at the company’s Nashville, Ark., feed mill. The Texarkana Gazette reports OSHA cited Tyson earlier this month, saying a collapsed …
As the summer season kicks into high gear, state officials and law enforcement agencies want to educate cyclists to ensure a safe ride. In 2007, the state Department of Transportation teamed up with Sussex Cyclists and police agencies to set …
A crash killed two men on Interstate 19 south of Tucson early Monday. The Arizona Department of Public Safety says a pickup truck rolled over on northbound I-19 at the San Xavier off ramp about 5:30 a.m. Investigators say the …
A former University of Utah football star has sued a medical technology company, saying a postsurgical device implanted into his shoulder to relieve pain caused permanent damage to the joint. Jason Kaufusi’s lawsuit claims that the Stryker Corp. pain pump …
Kentucky officials are heading to Louisville this week to try to find the owners of unclaimed property potentially worth $69 million. State Treasurer Todd Hollenbach’s office says each year the Treasury receives millions of dollars from holders such as banks …
Nine former members of the Denver Broncos have been sued for seeking workers’ compensation for injuries suffered while they were playing football. According to the Denver Post, the lawsuit was filed last week in U.S. District Court in Denver by …
The city of Cedar Rapids has purchased over 1,000 properties that were damaged during the flooding of 2008. The city announced Monday that it had acquired 1,001 flood-damaged properties through the Voluntary Property Acquisition Program. After the 2008 floods, the …
A national fire safety group says the number of on-duty firefighter deaths last year was the lowest in more than three decades. National Fire Protection Associations said Monday in a new report that a total of 72 on-duty firefighter deaths …