PANAMA CITY, Fla. — As the scale and frequency of major disasters escalate, millions of dollars in federal, state and insurance payments intended for recovery efforts are being stolen by fraudsters taking advantage of chaos and the pipeline of aid …
Customs and Border Protection said Monday that photos of travelers and license plates collected at a single U.S. border point have been exposed in a malicious cyberattack in what a leading congressman called a “major privacy breach.” The federal agency …
“Additional insured” clauses most often start with a contract requiring the first party to name the second party as an additional insured under the first party’s insurance policy. This is often found with or near a contract clause requiring the …
The family of a Massachusetts woman killed on her way to work when a 200-pound manhole cover flew up and crashed through her vehicle’s windshield has sued the state Transportation Department and two contractors. The wrongful death suit filed by …
A contract worker has been sentenced to a fine and community service for an explosion at a suburban New York college that hurt eight people. The Journal News says Douglas Walker of South Nyack pleaded guilty to a violation Monday …
Two New Jersey shore towns affected by a massive fire that destroyed parts of their boardwalks and dozens of businesses last month have jointly hired a contractor to do demolition and cleanup work. Seaside Park and Seaside Heights officials agreed …
A contractor is suing New York City for allegedly moving – and later losing – his $130,000 dirt digger. Jeff Clemente says in his lawsuit that the John Deere hydraulic excavator was “lawfully” parked when it went missing last October. …
Mississippi’s attorney general says a contractor charged with fraud in 2009 has been caught in Hinds County after investigators learned he was living in Edwards and looking for home repair work in Louisiana after Hurricane Isaac. Jim Hood says 47-year-old …
A judge says the University of Nebraska owes a York contractor nearly $64,000 remaining on a contract of nearly $2.1 million for renovations at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln. The Lincoln Journal Star reports Judge Robert Otte of Lancaster County District …
A contractor hired to perform work at Washington’s only nuclear power plant is suing the plant’s operator, Energy Northwest, saying it withheld key information about the work to be done. In a lawsuit filed in federal court, Babcock & Wilcox …