A three-week Florida special legislative session scheduled to begin Sept. 18 has been postponed, meaning lawmakers will probably not act to halt the Oct. 1 expiration of a key no-fault auto insurance law. The session was to focus on a …
State Farm Insurance Co. does not have to pay to defend the Rev. Jeffery Stallworth of Jackson, Miss., from a civil lawsuit filed by a Maryland woman who accused him of sexually assaulting her in 2001 in her home, a …
The sole survivor from the airliner that crashed after taking off from the wrong runway at Lexington, Ky.’s Blue Grass Airport, killing 49 people, is suing the company that designed the runway and taxiway lights. James Polehinke, the co-pilot of …
A judge denied bail for a suspect charged with setting fires in Tennessee’s Cherokee National Forest that damaged at least 100 acres of timber. John Wesley Irons, 60, poses a serious risk to the community if he is allowed out …
A Dyersburg, Tenn. man says his wife improperly included his name on a lawsuit filed against a textile mill that caught fire, falsely claiming that smoke from the blaze damaged their home, killed their pets and harmed the family’s health. …
Comair has named the federal government, Blue Grass Airport and an airport administrator in federal lawsuits filed against the airline by families of victims of last year’s fatal crash in Kentucky. Comair spokeswoman Kate Marx said the filings Monday against …
A Palm Beach County, Fla., jail inmate pleaded guilty to making fake anthrax threats after sending letters containing a powdery substance to the courthouse and state attorney’s office, authorities said Wednesday. Anthony Vassalotti, 42, pleaded guilty Monday to sending a …
An attorney representing a group of deputies who sued after they were fired when a new sheriff took office in Clayton County says the case has been settled. Harlan Miller, attorney for the employees, said the settlement had been paid …
Florida’s public school teachers are returning to their classrooms this month with one less protection from the state. Since 2001, Florida has provided all public school educators with professional liability insurance. The legislature decided to discontinue the insurance program because …
A federal appeals court is poised to review a judge’s verdict last year in the first trial among hundreds of lawsuits that Mississippi homeowners filed against insurance companies in Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in …
