A Multnomah County jury has awarded more than $6 million to a 21-year-old Oregon agricultural worker who was paralyzed from the waist down when his torso was crushed in a hay bale-cutting machine. The jury found that Double Press Manufacturing, …
Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) Executive Director, Barbara Kelley, announced that Jim Riesberg, insurance commissioner and director for the Division of Insurance, is resigning from his position, effective July 8. Riesberg has served as Insurance Commissioner since July, 2011. Executive …
An Ohio man was sentenced for working while receiving disability payments from the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) for a prior workplace injury. Joshua Schlosser was ordered to repay nearly $29,000 he improperly collected from BWC. “Mr. Schlosser held …
Kentucky officials will start a yearlong study next month to determine the effects of controversial new laws designed to curb prescription pill abuse. The Courier-Journal reports the Cabinet for Health and Family Services has contracted with the University of Kentucky …
More than a dozen fire hydrants will be replaced around Franklinton, La., in June and July. The Daily News reports the purchase of 14 hydrants was paid for using a $23,000 grant from the state. Public Works Superintendent Reggie McMasters …
An effort to put solar-powered lights on navigation markers and buoys on Georgia’s Lake Lanier is moving forward with agreement from the previously resistant U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Gainesville-based Lake Lanier Association was able to sway the corps …
The Alaska Workers’ Compensation board sought public input on rising costs in the last week. Board members held meetings in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Kenai and Juneau seeking ideas on ways to stem rising costs. A study conducted by the state of …
A third of a group of Louisiana residents evacuated because of an Assumption Parish sinkhole have accepted buyout offers from Texas Brine Co. Company spokesman Sonny Cranch says that as of noon Sunday, 33 of 91 people have taken out-of-court …
Auto insurers in Michigan will begin paying more to cover the cost of personal injury protection (PIP) benefits gauranteed under Michigan’s no fault insurance law. Beginning July 1, the assessment paid by auto insurers to the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association …
New legislation in Lansing,Mich., would allow municipalities to bill people who’ve been rescued after taking unnecessary risks during a declared state of emergency. Two lawmakers say their bills are a response to people recently taking risks like kayaking and using …