A 60-year-old Army veteran won a $925,000 settlement with the Department of Veterans Affairs after he was blinded in one eye during a routine outpatient cataract operation, his attorney said this week. Jose Goncalves of Hartford was blinded in his …
A Maine man is going to get $725,000 as part of a police brutality settlement that was reached as the case was set to go to trial in federal court. Ronald Eaton of Deer Isle had sued several Hancock County …
Three insurance agency employees have been arrested in Florida for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars in auto premiums. Bella Jenkins, Torrance Blake and David Bell, who were employees of the Temple Terrace-based Insurance Plus, were charged with committing insurance fraud …
There will be a strong ongoing interest in acquisitions of independent agent and brokers through 2012, according to the channel’s most prolific buyers of agencies whose views are highlighted in a new report. Reagan Consulting’s report features perspectives of seven …
High Point Auto Insurance, Palisades Insurance and Teachers’ Insurance Plan of New Jersey all have a new brand name, Plymouth Rock Assurance. Over the next several months, current High Point, Palisades and Teachers’ Insurance customers will start to see the …
The owners of the West Virginia coal mine where 29 men died in a blast last year kept two sets of safety records, one that it concealed from federal safety officials, National Public Radio reported Wednesday, The government-subsidized radio network …
An attorney for Steve Nunn says the former state lawmaker has pleaded guilty to murdering his ex-fiance and has received a sentence of life without parole. Nunn entered the plea Tuesday morning in Fayette Circuit Court in Lexington, according to …
Jurors have seen grenade launchers, M4 rifles and secretly recorded videos of military suppliers working on a deal to funnel money to an official of an African nation they wanted to buy their weapons. Now, after a six-week trial, the …
The Florida Supreme Court has rejected a public hospital’s appeal of a $2 million malpractice verdict in the death of an infant. Justice Jorge Labarga wrote in the unanimous opinion that the Public Health Trust of Miami-Dade County was trying …
State-licensed insurance companies will soon be able to sell health policies offered in other states that provide less coverage than Georgia requires. The new law is one of dozens set to take effect in Georgia on July 1, the start …
