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Safety Procedures Not Enforced Before Michigan School Shooting

OXFORD, Mich. (AP) – Policies and procedures that could have prevented a mass shooting that left four students dead at a Michigan high school last year were approved earlier but never implemented, two former school board officials said Monday. Tom …

Indiana Judge Rejects Plea for Alleged Barn Fire Accomplice

ELKHART, Ind. (AP) – A judge rejected a plea agreement Monday for a woman accused of helping her boyfriend set fire to several northern Indiana barns, citing her plea deal’s lack of prison time. Sherry Thomas, 33, of Nappanee had …

Illinois Supreme Court: Tenants not Covered by Landlord’s Insurance Policy

An insurer has no duty to defend the tenants of an insured property against a third-party negligence contribution claim, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Monday. In a unanimous decision, the state high court reversed the Third District Appellate Court and …

Liability Finding in Ohio St. Football Standout Rape Allegation to be Appealed

An attorney is vowing an appeal for a woman found liable by a civil jury for malicious prosecution in a rape allegation she made against a former Ohio State football standout more than five years ago. The woman’s attorney, Patrick …

Ohio Court Revives Wrongful Death Claim in Walmart Shooting

CINCINNATI (AP) – A federal appeals court has revived a wrongful death claim against Walmart by the family of a Black man who was fatally shot by a white police officer inside an Ohio store after picking up a pellet …

Rokstone to Launch Ohio-Based Farm and Ranch Division

Rokstone Agriculture Risk Underwriters, the U.S. specialist agriculture division of the International Speciality (Re)Insurance MGA, Rokstone, has acquired two US market leading senior underwriters to launch a new specialist farm and ranch division based in Ohio. Joshua Lauth has been …

Iowa Jury Awards $27M Verdict in Misdiagnosed Flu Case

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – An Iowa jury has returned a $27 million verdict against a Des Moines medical clinic after a man with bacterial meningitis was misdiagnosed with the flu, suffered strokes and said he has been permanently injured. …

Indiana Man Awarded $25M in Lawsuit Against Ex-Cop

HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) – A federal jury has awarded a Gary man $25.5 million in his lawsuit alleging that a now-retired police officer violated his civil rights and deprived him of a fair trial in a case involving a 1980 …

Ohio Dollar General Operator to Pay $341K in OSHA Penalties

When federal workplace safety inspectors opened an investigation at a Dollar General store in Columbus, they discovered violations that were all-too-familiar and the kind that has led to more than $15 million in proposed penalties since 2017 for one of …

Indiana Man Gets 50-Year Prison Sentence for Indiana Barn Fires

GOSHEN, Ind. (AP) – A man who pleaded guilty to torching several barns last year in a northern Indiana county was sentenced Monday to 50 years in prison followed by decades on probation. An Elkhart County judge sentenced Joseph Hershberger …

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