What’s in a name? Thousands of dollars, a lost job, denied insurance coverage and the possibility of a suspended law license for a Mississippi workers’ compensation attorney, apparently. It all has to do with injured workers – both named Dorothy …
Fewer Ohio teens are obtaining their driver’s licenses, in a trend related to economic and other factors. A Dayton Daily News analysis of Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles records finds the state saw a 9 percent drop in 16- and …
Preliminary figures show Florida traffic deaths dropped to a 33-year low in 2011, although the state’s population doubled in that span. The Florida High Patrol reported Wednesday that 2,373 people died on the state’s roads. That’s down 71 from the …
Federal and state authorities say Georgia highway fatalities dropped substantially last year for the fifth year in a row. Statistics finalized and published this month show a total of 1,244 people died on Georgia highways in 2010. That’s a decline …
Coast Guard figures show New Jersey bucked a national trend of record low recreational boating deaths in 2010. Eight people died in boating accidents in the Garden State last year, two more than in 2009. There have been no deaths …