A North Carolina jewelry store owner made a $400,000 bet against a white Christmas — and lost. Alan Perry, owner of Perry’s Emporium in Wilmington, promised refunds for everything bought at his store between Nov. 26 and Dec. 11 if …
The Fargo, N.D., School District has reached a $300,000 out-of-court settlement with a former student over allegations that he was repeatedly bullied by classmates. School district attorney Tiffany L. Johnson told The Forum newspaper that terms of the settlement include …
The Oklahoma Bar Association’s board of directors has voted to reimburse several Oklahomans who were the victims of deceased or dishonest attorneys. The association announced its Clients’ Security Fund will pay more than $100,000 in claims to 23 clients of …
Home insurance is now the number one target for insurance fraudsters according to the hundreds of fraudulent insurance claims exposed every day, according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI). To back up is assertion the ABI released the following …
A girl suspended from a Broward County charter school after she criticized a teacher on Facebook has settled a federal lawsuit against the school’s principal. Court documents show that Katherine Evans will receive $15,000 in legal fees and $1 in …
Mylan Laboratories Inc. has agreed to pay $65 million to state, federal authorities as a result of an agreement with Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott over charges that the firm inaccurately reported drug prices to the Texas Medicaid program. Under …
Toyota has agreed to pay $10 million to settle legal claims from the family of a California state trooper and three relatives whose fatal car wreck helped spark the automaker’s wide-ranging safety recall, lawyers said Thursday. The family’s lawsuit, filed …
An Iowa turkey processing plant and accused of abusing and underpaying several mentally disabled men should pay $1.7 million to its former workers, according to a settlement proposed by U.S. Department of Labor. The proposal was filed last week as …
Oregon workers’ compensation insurance claims rates in 2009 were at the lowest they’ve ever been, at less than 42 percent of the 1989 rate, according to a recently released report by the state’s Department of Consumer and Business Services, Insurance …
The Ohio workers’ compensation system is by all accounts in much better shape than it was in the dark days of 2007, when the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation was embroiled in a series of investment scandals. The recent successes, …