Texas Mutual Insurance Co. reports that a Travis County district court has sentenced Thomas Mikulenka of League City, Texas, on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. The court sentenced Mikulenka to three years’ deferred adjudication and 100 hours of community service. Mikulenka …
A southwest Missouri court clerk has been awarded $1 million in a lawsuit against a county prosecutor who claimed she and another woman were involved in a “swinger-type sex ring.” Mildred Williams, Texas County court clerk, sued county prosecutor Michael …
A group of Beebe residents who sued Union Pacific over claims the railroad was responsible for flooding in their subdivision have lost their case. The Daily Citizen reports that a federal jury in Little Rock ruled Monday that flood damage …
Florida’s hurricane fund chief is warning that the state-created fund used to help insurers pay off claims after a big storm is in danger. The state has relied on a hurricane fund ever since Hurricane Andrew devastated South Florida nearly …
One person is dead and another injured in a zip line accident north of Hilo. Hawaii Police Department spokeswoman Chris Loos says the victim died while riding the zip line and the other man was injured when the zip line …
Tar balls washed onto Gulf of Mexico beaches by Tropical Storm Lee earlier this month show that oil left over from last year’s BP spill isn’t breaking down as quickly as some scientists thought it would, university researchers said Tuesday. …
The parties involved in a medical malpractice suit brought by the family of a Massachusetts woman who died at Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia, N.H. have agreed to attempt to negotiate an out-of-court settlement through mediation. Lawyers for both …
A federal appeals court revived a lawsuit by homeowners who accused eight major homebuilders of causing them to overpay for their homes by marketing nearby houses to high-risk borrowers who later went into foreclosure. Against what it called “the backdrop …
The Massachusetts attorney general’s office said the personal information of about two million Massachusetts residents, or about one out of every three people who live in the state, has been compromised through electronic data breaches in the past 20 months. …
New technologies are flooding into the healthcare world, but the industry is not adequately prepared to protect patients from data breaches, according to a report published Thursday. A vast majority of hospitals, doctors, pharmacies and insurers are eager to adapt …