Paisley Andrew Harvell, Jr. was arrested and charged with two counts of insurance fraud, according to an announcement by North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin. Department of Insurance criminal investigators allege that Harvell filed duplicate and fraudulent insurance claims for …
After a string of rulings against traffic cameras, cities that use them are urging the Ohio Supreme Court to uphold the automated speeding and red-light enforcement. Columbus, Cleveland, Dayton and East Cleveland all are part of legal briefs filed in …
A San Francisco firefighter has filed a legal claim alleging fire officials falsely identified her to the media as the person responsible for killing a 16-year-old survivor of the Asiana Airlines crash, a newspaper reported. Fire officials wanted to protect …
Democratic Sen. Peter Wirth says he’s optimistic this will be the year New Mexico joins 41 other states in banning texting while driving. A Senate committee considers a proposal on Tuesday to prohibit drivers from sending or reading a text …
The family of the late NFL star Junior Seau plans to object to the proposed $765 million settlement of player concussion claims because the fund would not pay wrongful death claims to survivors. Although the players’ lawsuits accused the NFL …
Connecticut officials have rejected $18 million in requests for the latest round of Superstorm Sandy aid from shoreline homeowners who want to use the emergency funding to elevate their homes to avoid future storm damage. The state sent rejection letters …
Subrogation permits a party who has paid a debt to step into the shoes of another (usually the debtee) to assume his or her legal rights against a third party to prevent that party’s unjust enrichment where a loss has …
The number of serious traumatic spinal cord injuries is on the rise in the United States, and the leading cause no longer appears to be motor vehicle crashes, but falls, new Johns Hopkins research suggests. The same research shows, moreover, …
The West Virginia Senate on Tuesday unanimously voted for stronger regulations on above-ground storage tanks after a recent chemical spill in Charleston, W. Va. The proposal patches a regulatory framework that let Freedom Industries spill chemicals into the public water …
Near the National Key Deer Refuge in the Lower Keys, on a sleepy street called Mango Lane, retired sheriff’s deputy Huey Gordon checked the waterway behind neighbor Doug Varrieur’s home for boat traffic. “All clear?” asked Varrieur, an author of …