What the Mississippi city of Columbus pays for liability insurance will increase 15 percent in 2014. WCBI-TV in Columbus reports that insurance consultant Eddie Mauck told officials this week that three or four major police claims combined with some others …
Teens may begin their driving habits with great caution, but as months behind the wheel pass, they begin to multi-task at higher frequency rates – dialing cell phones, eating, and talking to passengers, etc. – and therefore greatly raise their …
A Pennsylvania appeals court says a spectator who was hit by a baseball at a youth tournament can’t sue the groups that sponsored the event. The Superior Court says Tracy DeBrigida accepted the risks inherent in baseball when she attended …
Recent rock and mud slides are straining the West Virginia Department of Transportation’s maintenance fund. The cleanup of a rock slide in Raleigh County that has closed a section of W.Va. Route 3 could cost $500,000, DOT spokesman Brent Walker …
Authorities say two men suspected of shooting out windows in more than 150 vehicles on Christmas Eve have been rebooked with more counts of criminal damage to property. Sheriff’s spokesman Col. John Fortunato tells The New Orleans Advocate that 19-year-old …
Little Rock, Ark., police say officers responded to more than 120 calls of shots fired on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. Police have long asked revelers to not fire guns in the air as they ring in the …
An idea by a team member prompted the creation of a new interactive tool to help adjusters, brokers and underwriters understand common injuries, according to Rosie Hewitt, rehabilitation manager for QBE European Operations. “We were looking at our Internet and…wondered …
A winter storm that’s expected bring more than a foot of snow to parts of New England and blizzard conditions to Long Island has grounded more than 1,000 flights on the first work day of the New Year. Boston may …
Attorneys for a former BP engineer convicted of trying to obstruct a federal probe of the company’s 2010 Gulf oil spill have asked for more time to file requests for a new trial or a post-verdict acquittal. On Tuesday, Kurt …
Ocean Springs, Miss., police have arrested a 20-year-old man on charges of auto burglary after some stolen items showed up on Craigslist. Police Capt. William Jackson says Jimmy Rudolph Smith of Ocean Springs was arrested Monday. Smith is charged with …