A group representing trucking companies is asking Connecticut lawmakers to ban an ice-melting chemical the state uses on its roads, saying it’s too corrosive. The Motor Transport Association of Connecticut says legislators should make de-icers like magnesium chloride illegal. Association …
An Arkansas lawmaker is proposing a constitutional amendment to require those who file lawsuits found to be “frivolous” to pay court costs and to place restrictions on experts who can testify at medical malpractice cases. Republican Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson on …
A prominent Boston-area defense attorney accused of being at home the night her teenage daughter hosted a drinking party will not face charges as long as she stays out of trouble. A clerk magistrate in Hingham District Court on Wednesday …
The legal problems are piling up for the Canadian tour company whose bus crashed on an icy highway in Eastern Oregon last month, killing nine passengers and injuring almost 40. An attorney who filed a lawsuit in Tacoma, Wash., on …
A review by Florida’s chief inspector general contends that employees at the state-created Citizens Property Insurance racked up excessive travel expenses over an eight-month period. Florida Gov. Rick Scott ordered a review of expenses at the insurer following a report …
Kentucky is making progress in curbing an epidemic of prescription drug abuse, Attorney General Jack Conway told political leaders from across the nation Tuesday. Conway briefed the National Governor’s Association Policy Academy on Reducing Prescription Drug Abuse about Kentucky’s efforts, …
Firefighters plan to hand out free smoke detectors in the neighborhood where four children were killed in a fire at their duplex in Conyers, Ga. Rockdale County spokeswoman Tonya Parker tells The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that firefighters will go door-to-door Thursday …
The Des Moines Water Works is suing the Federal Emergency Management Agency in federal court, claiming the agency promised to pay millions of dollars to help repair damage caused by the 2008 flood but later reversed the decision. Water Works, …
A jury should be allowed to decide a deaf medical school student’s discrimination lawsuit against Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., a federal appeals court panel said Tuesday. A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said a …
Editor’s Note: In a Jan. 15 story about a libel lawsuit against an organic food inspector, The Associated Press made several errors. The person whose organic certification license was revoked was farmer Paul Rosberg, not inspector Evrett Lunquist. Also, Lunquist …