CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A longtime friend of disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh was sentenced Tuesday to nearly four years in prison for scheming to steal millions of dollars in insurance settlements from the sons of Murdaugh`s dead housekeeper. …
For much of disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial, witnesses have talked about a generous and loving man — but prosecutors want jurors to know that same man stole over $4 million from his housekeeper’s relatives after …
A New Jersey judge has decided that a disbarred New York City lawyer will not have to serve a prison term for stealing funds from a client. Instead, 48-year-old Jeffrey Squitieri must serve five years of probation and pay $88,000 …
The wife of a Parris Island, S.C., Marine killed when his motorcycle collided with another Marine’s pickup truck will receive a $25,000 settlement following the fatal crash. The Island Packet of Hilton Head reports court records show the insurance settlement …
Huntington Ingalls Industries and its insurer have reached cash settlement for $180 million for the shipbuilder’s losses from Hurricane Katrina in 2005 at facilities in Pascagoula and Avondale, La. The Mississippi Press reports that the information was contained in a …
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield, Mass., has agreed to a $60 million settlement with its insurer for damage done to a parochial high school and other church property by a tornado two years ago. The resolution with insurer Catholic …
A disbarred Lawrence, Mass., attorney has been indicted on charges that he stole more than $900,000 from clients. The state attorney general’s office says 35-year-old Phillip Thompson was indicted Thursday on charges including larceny and unauthorized practice of law. No …
Police say an Aloha, Ore., mobile home owner is at the center of an arson-for-hire conspiracy in which she agreed to pay two people $3,000 each from an insurance settlement to set her home on fire. Police say the pair …
A bicyclist who was injured when he hit a patch of ice and crashed on a pedestrian/bike path in Florence, Montana, last winter has reached an out-of-court settlement worth nearly $100,000. The president of the Florence Park District says he’s …
Members of a Baptist church in Hot Springs whose complex was destroyed by a tornado have started to rebuild. Walnut Valley Baptist Church pastor Tim Forest tells the Sentinel-Record the church received an “adequate” settlement with its insurance carrier after …