August 31, 2011
Lexington Insurance Company, a Chartis company, announced its spoliation insurance endorsement will be offered to a broad array of insureds, including lawyers, accountants, testing facilities, and document and property storage facilities. Lexington first provided coverage for spoliation claims as an …
August 31, 2011
Linda Webb has a background in fighting crime and fraud. A stint early in her career as a white collar crime detective led in 1994 to a fraud investigator position with American International Group. Webb stayed with AIG, moving up …
August 31, 2011
The operators of Gatlinburg’s wastewater treatment plant say a concrete basin that collapsed, killing two workers and allowing millions of gallons of sewage to spill into the Little Pigeon River, will be demolished and replaced. The collapse during a period …
August 31, 2011
Bart Scott’s home in New Jersey has no power because of Hurricane Irene, and he’s unsure when the lights will go back on. Still, the New York Jets linebacker considers himself one of the lucky ones. Several neighborhoods near the …
August 31, 2011
The city of Worcester has settled a federal lawsuit brought by a woman who alleged that two city police officers beat and falsely arrested her. A city lawyer says the suit, which also alleged that police Chief Gary Gemme and …
August 31, 2011
The Justice Department says a group of New Orleans landlords has agreed to pay $70,000 in damages and penalties to settle a lawsuit alleging they denied housing to African-American prospective renters at an apartment building in violation of the federal …
August 31, 2011
Police have charged a 78-year-old Corbin man who they say forced his older brother and sister’s van off a road and into a parked service van. The incident occurred Monday in Rockcastle County on Ky. 461 near Mount Vernon. Police …
August 31, 2011
Ten years after the 9/11 attacks, government screening has made it harder for foreign students to enroll in civilian flight schools like a handful of the hijackers had done, banking on America being inviting and a place to learn quickly. …
August 31, 2011
Tropical Storm Katia has formed and is slowly strengthening as it moves across the Atlantic. Katia has maximum sustained winds late Tuesday morning near 45 mph (72 kph). The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says gradual strengthening is forecast …
August 31, 2011
Hospital officials say an 86-year-old Arizona man is lucky to be alive after he accidentally impaled himself with pruning shears. University Medical Center said Monday that Leroy Luetscher of Green Valley was working in his yard on July 30 when …