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OSHA Penalties Upheld Against Vermont Cable Firm Over Death at New York Site

An administrative law judge has affirmed Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) citations and $24,290 in penalties issued to Eustis Cable Enterprises Ltd., a Brookfield, Vermont, telecommunications contractor, following the death of an employee at an Andover, New York, worksite. …

Florida Crops Appear to Have Escaped Serious Damage From Unusually Cold Weather

Florida’s citrus, fruit and vegetable crops appear to have escaped any widespread damage from some of the coldest weather in years, officials with state growers associations said Tuesday. A cloud cover helped protect citrus trees in areas where the thermometer …

Top 10 East Insurance Journal Stories of 2022

An auto repair shop owner becomes his own lawyer and beats a giant insurer. An insurer mishandles a claim involving a beer pong tournament. A violent gang is accused of trying to take over New York City’s fire mitigation industry. …

Red Roof Inns Fined $43K Over Ohio Disability Discrimination Suit

Red Roof Inns, Inc. (Red Roof) will pay $43,188.00 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced. According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Red Roof failed to provide an employee …

Judge Eyes Sanctions Against Tx. Law Firm for Filing Frivolous Lawsuits

A law firm that was called into a federal judge’s courtroom to explain why there were so many errors in the hurricane lawsuits it filed against insurers now finds itself in hot water with a second federal judge. US District …

Oil Refiners Restoring Lost Output After Arctic Blast

U.S. oil refiners on Tuesday were working feverishly to resume operations at a dozen facilities knocked offline by a holiday deep freeze, a recovery that in some cases will stretch into January. An Arctic blast sent temperatures well below freezing …

Burst Pipe Forces Indianapolis Museum to Close for Cleanup

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – A popular Indianapolis museum was closed for a second straight day Tuesday after recent frigid temperatures caused a pipe to burst, flooding part of the museum, officials said. Staff with the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis said a …

New Insurance Protections for California Consumers Next Year

Beginning Jan. 1, 2023, 11 new state laws sponsored by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara this past legislative session take effect. The new laws address climate change, expand health access and reproductive care, preserve health protections, protect against fraud, and ensure …

LastPass Says Hackers Stole Customer Data, Encrypted Passwords

LastPass, a password management service, announced on Thursday that hackers stole encrypted copies of customer passwords and other sensitive data such as billing addresses, phone numbers and IP addresses. The announcement is the latest update from a breach that occurred …

No Damage, Injuries From M4.2 Northern California Earthquake

A 4.2-magnitude earthquake rattled Northern California on Christmas Eve in the same county where a large quake days earlier killed two people and left widespread damage, authorities said. The quake struck at 11:33 a.m. Saturday and was centered about 5 …

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