Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak is hosting a consumer assistance event to help tornado survivors with their insurance claims and inform them of important tax information, including possible deductions, the state insurance department announced. Doak, along with Todd Pefferman, …
A Cole County, Mo., judge will appoint a special master to oversee a lawsuit stemming from the collapse of a proposed artificial sweetener plant in Moberly. Judge Patricia Joyce said after a hearing Monday that she did not have time …
Under Texas law, certain large, private companies can self-insure for workers’ compensation claims, while retaining the protection of the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act for the company and for its employees. To qualify, a company must have a minimum workers’ compensation …
An appeals court says negligence lawsuits filed by representatives of three workers who died and one person who survived a 2009 fireworks explosion on a North Carolina barrier island can continue. The state Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday in favor …
State Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner Ralph Hudgens says Georgians have already filed more than an estimated $10 million in claims related to last week’s snow storm. Hudgens said in a statement Monday that insured losses include damage to insured …
It was a casino caper that even Danny Ocean would have been proud to pull off. In the wee hours of Nov. 9, 2003, a masked, armed man slipped in an employee entrance of Horizon Casino at City Front and …
The Yakima City Council, in Washington, is expected to approve a $250,000 settlement with the family of a man killed by a driver fleeing police in a stolen pickup truck. The payment would resolve the claim from the family of …
Concerned about safety, the City Council has ordered more studies of oil trains from the Bakken shale fields that pass through downtown Spokane, Wash. The council unanimously passed a resolution on Monday asking state and federal officials to more closely …
The parents of a 16-year-old Ohio boy have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit claiming he suffered a traumatic brain injury during a coach-sanctioned hazing drill. Daniel and Amy Sprinski Jr., of Elmore in northwestern Ohio, filed the lawsuit Monday …
Crum & Forster, announced that Marc Adee has assumed the position of chief executive officer of First Mercury Financial Corporation and CoverX Corporation, reporting to Doug Libby, chairman and chief executive officer. FMFC and CoverX are operating units of the …