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Upper Midwest Braces For Nearly 2 Feet of Snow

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A wide swath of the Upper Midwest braced Tuesday for a historic winter storm that was expected to bury parts of the region in nearly 2 feet of snow and bring blizzard conditions. The storm was to …

Explosion at Ohio Metals Plant Kills 1 Worker, Injures More Than a Dozen

OAKWOOD VILLAGE, Ohio (AP) – A maintenance worker was killed in explosion at an Ohio metals plant that sparked a large fire and sent more than a dozen people to hospitals, with at least two in critical condition, authorities said. …

Ohio Tool Manufacturer Fined $164K After Worker’s Thumb Amputated

In less than two years, three workers at a leading tool manufacturer in Barberton suffered injuries from unguarded machinery. The latest injury occurred on Oct. 26, 2022, when a worker suffered a left thumb amputation while hand-feeding parts into a …

Train Derailments in Michigan, Ohio Have Similar Risks, Different Outcomes

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) – Police Chief Jason Wright feared the worst as he rushed to the scene of a freight train derailment in Michigan’s Van Buren Township, mindful of a fiery rail crash this month in Ohio that led …

Illinois Supreme Court: BIPA Claims Accrue With Each Scan

The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Friday that a separate claim accrues each time a business unlawfully scans or transmits an individual’s biometric identifier or information, a decision that could drive up class action settlements against repeated Biometric Information Privacy Act …

Jeers, Boos From Ohio Residents Enraged by Toxic Train Spill

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) – Residents of the Ohio village upended by a freight train derailment packed a gymnasium demanding reassurances after toxic chemicals spilled and burned in a huge plume over their homes and businesses. “I have three grandbabies,” …

Ohio’s DNA Diagnostics Settles $200K Fine Over Data Breach

Ohio and Pennsylvania have negotiated agreements with DNA Diagnostics Center – a Fairfield, Ohio, company that provides paternity and other DNA testing – over a 2021 data breach that compromised the personal information of more than 45,000 consumers in the …

People Moves: Lewis Brisbois Expands Midwest Products Liability Capabilities; Alera Group Promotes Floyd to SVP

Lewis Brisbois Expands Products Liability Capabilities in Midwest with Experienced Litigation Team in St. Louis Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Rick Mueller and Heather F. Counts to its St. Louis, Missouri office as partners in the firm’s products liability …

Two Missouri Residents Plead Guilty to $1.2M Insurance Fraud Conspiracy

Two Columbia, Mo., residents pleaded guilty in federal court to their roles in a $1.2 million insurance fraud conspiracy that involved false claims of injuries suffered in car accidents. Latoya Marie Brown, 37, who also lived in the Kansas City, …

Former Michigan Insurance Agent Convicted of Filing False Tax Returns

A former Michigan insurance agent was convicted of filing false tax returns and making false statements to both a bankruptcy court and the Department of Justice. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Donald Stanley LaVigne, formerly of …

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