The Tennessee Supreme Court is considering a case that could change a homeowner’s ability to recover damages when a subcontractor botches a home repair or remodeling job. Legal experts say that because home repairs are often subcontracted to laborers who …
State officials have warned the Southern California city of La Puente that it could lose its insurance if elected officials do not start managing the city properly. The Los Angeles Times reported Saturday that the California Joint Powers Insurance Authority, …
North Carolina’s governor says preliminary losses from Hurricane Irene now top $400 million in North Carolina. Gov. Beverly Perdue said Friday that agricultural losses represent the bulk of the figure, at more than $320 million. They’re followed by local government …
Initial test results show only low levels of asbestos contamination in piles of wood chips and bark that were widely used for landscaping in a northwest Montana town where hundreds of people have died from asbestos exposure, federal regulators said …
A record 10 weather disasters in the U.S. have each caused at least $1 billion in damage: Hurricane Irene, Aug. 20-29. Damages and deaths are still being tallied, but estimates are running more than $7 billion and close to 50 …
Floodwaters triggered when Tropical Storm Irene tore through the East Coast nearly a week ago have inundated farmland in the Connecticut River Valley, ruining crops in Connecticut and Massachusetts just before harvest and washing away valuable topsoil. In Rocky Hill, …
A federal claims court has ordered Rosemary Barbour to pay more than $350,000 in penalties and damages to FEMA in what the judge described as a scheme to defraud the government on a post-Hurricane Katrina contract. The decision by Judge …
Bulldozers will be used in an effort to fully extinguish a smoldering grass fire in northeast Oklahoma City. Deputy Fire Chief Marc Woodard said Thursday that the bulldozers will be used to open access to heavily wooded areas where hot …
Two West Virginia coal mines have been warned they could be labeled pattern violators for failing to report accidents. The Mine Safety and Health Administration cited Inman Energy’s Randolph Mine and Independence Coal Co.’s Justice No. 1 Mine. Both Boone …
A jury has awarded a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway employee $2 million in a lawsuit over a 2001 back injury that required surgery and causes chronic pain. The jury returned the verdict Friday after a trial before District Judge …