Authorities in Saginaw County, Michigan say electrical problems caused a blaze that destroyed two school buses and damaged two more. WSGW-AM reports that damage to the four Saginaw Intermediate School District buses from the fire on the night of Dec. …
AmTrust Financial Services Inc. (AFSI), a New York-headquartered insurer whose stock price fell last week in wake of a negative report from research firm GeoInvesting, is assuring investors its business is strong. The insurer described the negative report as “misleading …
Missouri lawmakers plan to try again to limit how much money people can receive in medical malpractice lawsuits. Missouri House Speaker Tim Jones says the liability limits are a priority for the 2014 session. And Rep. Eric Burlison, of Springfield, …
A Sheboygan insurance company is exempt from having to pay after a man accidentally killed his friend in Oconto County three years ago, a Wisconsin appeals court has ruled. The 3rd District Court of Appeals decided that Wilson Mutual Insurance …
A constitutional challenge to Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation law has been rejected by the state’s highest court. In a ruling on Dec. 16, the Oklahoma Supreme Court said Senate Bill 1062, which was signed earlier this year by Gov. Mary Fallin, …
Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., the insurer which rebuffed an activist’s calls to split into two companies last year, is considering a sale of a business that offered companies life insurance policies on their employees, people with knowledge of the …
The San Juan Unified School District in California faces $17 million in claims over harassment allegations, with ten lawsuits alleging that Superintendent Glynn Thompson created a hostile workplace. The Sacramento Bee reported 10 women, past and present employees, have sued …
A former power line worker for Pacific Gas & Electric has been awarded more than $1 million in a wrongful termination suit that claimed he was fired after making safety complaints. The Santa Cruz Sentinel reported 44-year-old Matthew Niswonger filed …
The fire at Chevron Corp.’s refinery in Richmond, Calif., last year that sickened thousands was caused by the company ignoring a decade’s worth of calls for inspections and upgrades of piping that eventually corroded and failed, a federal safety report …
Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. must face some of the negligence and securities law claims by investors who alleged they suffered $500 million in damages from the exchange’s handling of Facebook Inc.’s May 2012 initial public offering. U.S. District Judge Robert …
