Two Colorado cantaloupe farmers who pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a deadly listeria outbreak in 2011 were scheduled to be sentenced on Tuesday. Eric and Ryan Jensen, the two brothers who owned and operated Jensen Farms in Holly, Colo., …
Lawyers for an elderly Chinese man who was arrested for jaywalking filed a claim on Monday for $5 million in damages against New York City police, alleging he was assaulted by officers during the arrest and had to be hospitalized …
A northern Illinois man has been sentenced to 6 months in jail for insurance fraud and forgery. Kane County prosecutors say 53-year-old Juventino Guzman of Elgin falsely claimed he’d slipped, fallen and was injured at three businesses in Elgin and …
Bipartisan legislation that would delay flood insurance premium hikes for hundreds of thousands of people living in coastal and low-lying areas cleared its first hurdle in the Senate on Monday. The 86-13 vote demonstrated that the measure had filibuster-proof support …
Illinois lawmakers want the federal government to change its formula for determining how much aid communities struck by natural disasters can receive. Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin and his Republican counterpart, Sen. Mark Kirk, said in a joint statement Monday they’ve …
A bill that would prohibit drivers from talking on their cellphones while in a construction zone is moving forward in the Wisconsin State Legislature. A state Assembly committee planned a hearing Tuesday on the Republican-sponsored measure. It cleared a Senate …
PRIUM’s senior vice president of Product Development Mark Pew will team with Dorothy Kelly, CEO of ISO Claims Partners, to present “War Games: Winning Strategies for MSA Cost Containment & Settlement” at the Atlanta Claims Association Workers’ Compensation Boot Camp. …
In the event of a mass-casualty accident involving the derailment of a crude-carrying train in a densely populated urban area, who would be responsible for the compensation for deaths, injuries, damage to property and environmental clean up? The short answer …
Researchers at Duke Medicine report that health care costs increase in parallel with body mass measurements, even beginning at a recommended healthy weight. Pharmacy and medical costs may even double for obese people compared with those at a healthy weight, …
Five people were arrested in an alleged insurance fraud scheme involving several staged auto accidents in Buncombe County, according to an announcement by North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin. The Department of Insurance requests assistance from the public in locating …