Update: On Nov. 3, 2008, Christopher Mersereau and his corporation, Stoneymeade Farm LLC, located in Concord, Mass., entered into an agreement with the office of Attorney General Martha Coakley resolving charges originally reported in the story below. Under the terms …
New Jersey drivers may soon be posing for unwanted portraits. The Legislature this week voted to allow municipalities to install cameras to catch drivers disobeying traffic signals. The bill needs Gov. Jon S. Corzine’s signature to become law. The Assembly …
Kentucky is reporting the nation’s first mine death of 2008. The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration says an eastern Kentucky coal truck driver died Tuesday at Blue Ridge surface mine in Perry County. The mine is operated by the …
Federal inspectors found three alleged health and safety violations at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center near Martinsburg, W. Va., including two deemed serious. The Occupational Health and Safety Administration issued a notice of unsafe and unhealthful working conditions on Dec. …
For the second time, a U.S. judge approved a settlement this week among Holocaust victims, their heirs and an Italian insurer, turning aside objections from a few victims who believe the company is getting off easy. Saying the settlement was …
Members of a Mississippi law firm that was searched by federal agents last month have resigned as defense attorneys in the high-profile bribery case involving wealthy lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs. U.S. District Judge Neal Biggers on Tuesday granted the request …
Mississippi Senators unanimously elected Republican Billy Hewes III of Gulfport, Miss., to the No. 2 leadership job in the Senate. Lt. Gov. Amy Tuck swore in Hewes as president pro tempore after the vote Tuesday, the opening day of Mississippi’s …
A change in terminology may have helped win an endorsement for draft legislation addressing West Virginia’s ongoing efforts to privatize its workers’ compensation system. The bill calls on the state insurance commissioner to inform lawmakers of proposed rule, policy and …
The American International Specialty Lines Insurance Co. Inc. (AISLIC) has agreed to pay $42.5 million to clean up contamination at four industrial facilities run by a bankrupt insured in a suit in which the Department of Justice intervened on behalf …
The huge insurance premium increases paid by Florida consumers to protect homes and businesses in the aftermath of the 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons have been largely contained as a result of a new law passed in a special session …
