Veteran comedian George Wallace told a Nevada jury on Friday that it felt like a bear trap clamped his leg when he injured his Achilles tendon during a stand-up comedy show for a private audience at a resort on the …
Officials say a portion of a parking garage being built in Los Angeles collapsed minutes after nearly 200 construction workers were alerted that something was wrong and fled to safety. Traffic was briefly snarled when a section of the structure …
A pair of Oklahoma legislators says businesses, schools and churches that open their doors to passers-by during violent weather should be spared liability if their temporary guests are hurt or killed. A bill by Rep. Larry Glenn, R-Miami, would exempt …
ReEmployAbility, a national provider of specialty early return-to-work (RTW) services and transitional employment programs, has successfully matched thousands of injured workers with temporary modified duty assignments at its partner local nonprofit organizations. In most cases, a successful outcome means the …
The U.S. Department of Transportation has withdrawn a claim that a bus driver who suffered a seizure while driving a U.S. Coast Guard Academy hockey team hid hidden a serious medical condition. The DOT says further medical evaluation determined that …
A Billings, Mont., physician who admitted writing fake prescriptions to get more than 2,100 narcotic pain pills over a three-month period last year has been sentenced to five years of probation and ordered to pay a $75,000 fine. The Billings …
A grieving Portland woman hopes Oregon will establish a statewide alert system to find hit-and-run drivers. It would operate similar to the Amber alert system for missing children. Kristi Finney-Dunn lost her 18-year-old son, Dustin Finney, three years ago when …
Endurance Insurance announced that Joe Spallone joined the firm’s Commercial Management Liability team as senior vice president with day to day responsibility for the western region. Spallone will report to Joe ODonnell, executive vice president, Commercial Management Liability and will …
State lawmakers are working to ensure that increased rail shipments of oil to Delaware come with adequate safety and response measures. Members of the House Energy quizzed industry officials Wednesday on safety and inspections standards for tanker cars bringing oil …
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s administration is calling for creating a new Superstorm Sandy recovery fund for low-income families who have not applied for money to repair damaged homes in response to criticism that storm aid has not reached low-income …