Ten present-day descendants of slaves who were transported from Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries have filed a lawsuit against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Fleet Boston Financial Corp. (as successor in interest to the Providence Bank of Rhode Island) …
Program is a word with many definitions. If you’re a parent of teenagers, as I am, you may hear it often in the phrase, “Get with the program, Mom (or Dad).” Like, know what I mean? And we all know …
“We must all hang together or assuredly we will all hang separately.” – Benjamin Franklin. Benjamin Franklin’s famous statement during the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 could just as easily be directed to a gathering of program …
The United States Census Bureau’s Census 2000 estimated the population of the State of South Carolina at 4,012,012. Approximately 76 percent of the adult residents had graduated from high school and about 20 percent had earned a bachelor’s degree or …
With continued service to the state of Mississippi since the mid-70’s, Insurance Commissioner George Dale has been a steadying influence for the industry in the Magnolia State. When Dale was elected commissioner in 1975, he became the youngest insurance commissioner …
Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher announced that he is pursuing a bill to prevent abusive sales practices of annuities sold to seniors. Ellen Daniels from Tampa agrees something needs to be done. Daniels’ mother, despite being terminally ill, was …
Investigators with Florida’s Department of Financial Services, Division of Insurance Fraud, seized hundreds of records from a medical clinic and arrested the three owners on charges of organized scheme to defraud, insurance fraud and grand theft following a joint investigation …
Two Florida men are facing workers’ compensation fraud charges after insurance fraud investigators with the Department of Financial Services conducted investigations of numerous construction sites in and around Okeechobee recently. Investigators with the Division of Insurance Fraud, Bureau of Workers’ …
The North Carolina Chapter of Doctors for Medical Liability Reform announced that Congressman Richard Burr, currently running for U.S. Senate, has signed their pledge supporting federal legislation that would limit non-economic medical liability awards to $250,000.00 and help keep high-quality …
The American Medical Association (AMA) issued a statement recently regarding the medical liability climate in Florida. The following comments are attributed to Donald Palmisano, president, of AMA. “The American Medical Association urges Florida residents to protect their access to care—and …
