April 21, 2022
The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday appealed a judge’s ruling ending a mask mandate on public transportation and airplanes after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said the measure was still needed. A U.S. district judge ruled on …
April 21, 2022
Insurer insolvencies are hard enough on policyholders and company executives, but local agents across Florida also are feeling the pain from one recent liquidation and may soon feel it from others. The Florida Department of Financial Services has notified agents …
April 21, 2022
A man who was tasked with fielding complaints of harassment at the Oregon Capitol is suing, saying he was pushed out of the job after reporting serious problems in his office and in the upper ranks of legislative administration. Nate …
April 21, 2022
A federal judge has given final approval to a $34 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit against a plastics company over toxic chemical contamination of soil and groundwater in a southern Vermont community. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation will pay $26.2 …
April 21, 2022
The New York Times sued an anti-immigration author for the cost of defending itself against defamation in the first lawsuit of its kind under New York’s recently expanded “anti-SLAPP” law to protect critical speech. The company is seeking unspecified fees …
April 20, 2022
The governing committee of the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California authorized the WCIRB to submit a Sept. 1, 2022 pure premium rate filing to the California Insurance Commissioner that is on average 7.6% above the average approved Sept. …
April 20, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor announced a proposal to reconsider and revoke final approval of Arizona’s State OSHA plan, which the department says is in response to nearly a long “pattern of failures” to adopt and enforce standards and enforcement …
April 20, 2022
The death toll from methane explosions at Pniowek mine in southern Poland climbed to five after rescue workers recovered a body of another miner trapped in a blast. The accident could have affected as many as 42 people, who were …
April 20, 2022
Sensors on a Florida amusement park ride had been adjusted manually to double the size of the opening for restraints on two seats. That resulted in a 14-year-old boy not being properly secured before he slipped out and fell to …
April 20, 2022
Residents near a chemical plant outside Baton Rouge have been given the “all-clear” after a chemical leak prompted orders for them to shelter in place, authorities said. A fire caused the chlorine leak late Monday in the Plaquemine area, causing …