A jury in Santa Fe has awarded an El Paso, Texas family $165 million in a wrongful death lawsuit against FedEx. Attorneys for the family of Mariali Venegas and her daughter, who were killed in a June 2011 crash involving …
Gun maker Remington has moved a lawsuit by families of those shot in the Sandy Hook school massacre from state to federal court, where at least one expert says it has less chance of succeeding. Nine families sued Remington and …
A flood aid package meant to assist more than half of Minnesota’s counties rebound from severe flooding cleared the Minnesota Senate on Thursday. By a 65-0 vote, the Senate approved a bill providing $17 million in state assistance for recovery …
A New Jersey man has pleaded not guilty to six federal charges related to an arson fire that destroyed the Hitching Post, a landmark Cheyenne hotel that was a popular place for Wyoming lawmakers to stay during the annual legislative …
The family of a 12-year-old boy who drowned at an Omaha, Neb., school last fall is seeking $1 million from the district. The Omaha World-Herald reports James Martin Davis submitted a claim to Omaha Public Schools this week on behalf …
Former Major League Baseball player Ted Lilly has been charged in California with three felonies related to insurance fraud, according to a newspaper report. The charges stem from allegedly false insurance claims filed last year connected to Lilly’s damaged recreational …
Gov. Peter Shumlin is asking the federal government for help paying for repairs to public infrastructure and the power grid that were damaged in a snowstorm last month. The request, filed Friday, seeks federal disaster relief to help 10 of …
The Columbia Cedar mill in Kettle Falls, Wash., has been fined $151,800 for safety violations after a worker was seriously hurt while trying to clear bark from a hopper. The Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) cited the employer for …
A financial expert testifying for the government Friday said BP is financially able to pay a Clean Water Act penalty as high as $13.7 billion – the maximum federal authorities are seeking from the oil giant for the 2010 Gulf …
A central Indiana city is taking steps to reduce its liability from a popular winter activity. Muncie’s parks department has placed bales of straw around trees at the bottom of a popular sledding hill in McCulloch Park. The department also …