A Fulton County, Georgia jury has awarded $1.14 million in damages to a woman who fell after getting her heel caught in loose concrete on a downtown Atlanta sidewalk. Don Edwards, a lawyer for 35-year-old Miriam Nichole Hancock, said his …
The American International Group has resolved its lawsuit with Duke University over expenses and legal fees in a case that has its origins in a 2006 incident when a woman alleged that three Duke lacrosse players had sexually assaulted her. …
A Massachusetts woman has been awarded $15,500 by a jury that found a state police officer was negligent when his motorcycle struck her as she watched the 2007 Boston Marathon. Sixty-five-year-old Norma Shulman of Framingham was knocked to the ground …
A Toledo (Lucas County) man has been sentenced in Ohio for fraud after he was convicted of illegally collecting workers’ compensation dependent death benefits. Timothy Williams Jr. pleaded guilty to one count of workers’ compensation fraud, a fifth-degree felony, Jan. …
The parents of a 14-year-old Joplin, Mo., girl who was accidentally shot to death at a slumber party have settled with the homeowner’s insurance company. The Joplin Globe reports the mother of Megan Reppond will receive $97,500, while her biological …
Sea Isle City has paid out more than $1 million in insurance money in recent months to settle two lawsuits involving alleged police misconduct. Last month the municipality paid a 20-year-old Pennsylvania man $500,000 to settle an alleged police brutality …
A Connecticut man charged with burning down his beach home hours before he was supposed to give it to his estranged wife can sue the home’s insurer for emotional distress, the state Appellate Court has ruled. Richard Shenkman, 62, is …
Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater is asking the state’s business community and BP oil spill claimants for their input regarding the claims handling process of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility. Specifically, Atwater wants to hear suggestions or concerns about …
The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission reported that Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn appointed Thomas J. Tyrrell as a commissioner. After completing a training program, Tyrrell will serve as the labor member on Panel A. Commissioner Mason will move to Panel B. …
When Dane County, Wis., highway worker James Porter was struck and killed on the job in June 2009, Joel Porter, his son, lost his best friend. Porter’s daughter, Jessica Johnson, lost a grandfather to her two little girls. And because …