The mother of a University of California, Berkeley student who suffered severe brain damage after a drug overdose on campus is suing the UC regents. Madelyn Bennett says they knew about rampant drug use at the residence where her son …
Business is lagging this year at the Boulder Outdoor Center in Colorado, where adventurers come to book and buy equipment for ski trips into the backcountry. Except, that is, in one area. The outfitter’s avalanche training courses keep selling out. …
North Carolina’s third largest homeowners insurer is looking to reduce its exposure in the state by increasing rates and rolling back its policyholder numbers, citing steep increases in reinsurance costs. The North Carolina Farm Bureau Insurance Co. announced it will …
When AT&T started slowing down the data service for his iPhone, Matt Spaccarelli, an unemployed truck driver and student, took the country’s largest telecommunications company to small claims court. And won. His award: $850. Pro-tem Judge Russell Nadel found in …
The fire department estimates property damage at $1 million from a propane tank explosion during construction work at a water treatment plant near Mukilteo. Snohomish County Fire District 1 says the explosion Thursday left a 300-foot blast zone that damaged …
A Nebraska insurance company has filed a lawsuit against the state of Montana to recover $16 million that was used primarily to cover a sweeping financial settlement of asbestos-related claims from residents of the Superfund town of Libby. The lawsuit …
A nearly $103 million offer by Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort to settle claims disputes was rejected on Feb. 24 by lawyers representing the policyholders, who objected to several pieces of the proposal, including a cap on attorneys’ fees. …
Misconduct complaints against Ohio nurses have skyrocketed in recent years, leading to a backlog of investigations for the state nursing board’s disciplinary system, a newspaper investigation has found. The Dayton Daily News reported that the Ohio Board of Nursing is …
A former North Dakota workers’ compensation director has asked a federal judge to review his felony conviction for misspending state funds, claiming county prosecutors used false testimony to get it. In a petition filed in U.S. District Court in Bismarck, …
