After a fire at an elementary school library in northern Maine destroyed its collection of books, a bookstore at the other end of the state helped replace them. A fire on July 25 burned the library at Dr. Levesque Elementary …
A contract worker at a chicken processing plant in Georgia died after he was electrocuted while cleaning at the Perdue Farms facility, officials said. The Macon Telegraph reported that 23-year-old Antonio Ramirez was found electrocuted Sunday morning at the central …
A former minor league batboy has filed a lawsuit accusing longtime major league shortstop Omar Vizquel of sexual harassment during Vizquel’s tenure as manager of the Birmingham Barons, an affiliate of the Chicago White Sox. The 25-year-old man filed suit …
The driver of a girls home van in which eight children died in a fiery interstate crash in Alabama has filed suit against trucking companies based in California and Georgia and a driver, her lawyers said Monday. The federal lawsuit, …
A central Illinois grain-handling cooperative exposed workers to serious engulfment hazards when soybeans collapsed inside a Monticello bin and engulfed an employee up to their waist, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration alleges. An OSHA investigation …
SAN Group New Hampshire-based Satellite Agency Network (SAN) Group, Inc. has promoted Anthony Inverso to Regional Vice President of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. In this position, Inverso will be responsible for membership service, business development, and insurance company relations …
Tennis was Marcio Pepe’s lead into insurance – and to success in the business – and it was a path laid years ago before he was an adult when he headed to the U.S. from Brazil to pursue the game …
A federal appellate court ruled on Aug. 4 that the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation may not enforce a law that regulates fees charged by air ambulance companies that transport injured workers from accident scenes. The panel …
Noting the passage in the 87th Legislature of Senate Bill 1367, which made changes to certain lines of insurance, the Texas Department of Insurance has outlined the changes that are effective for an insurance policy that is delivered, issued for …
The U.S. Department of Labor reached an agreement in which a Minnesota healthcare provider will pay more than $480,000 to settle wage violation allegations. U.S. District Court Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright on Aug. 5 approved a settlement agreement between the …
