Dozens of people who were sickened by fumes after a chemical reaction at an Indianapolis public pool a year ago have filed claims against the city, raising the possibility that the accident and ensuing evacuation could cost the city more …
Officials of the small Texas town devastated by an April 17 fertilizer plant blast that killed 15 people has filed suit against the plant owner and supplier. The lawsuit filed by West officials on June 21 seeks unspecified damages from …
The Leonville Fire Department in Louisiana is overseeing distribution of free smoke detectors to local residents. Bobby Degueyter, chief of the Leonville Volunteer Fire Department, tells The Daily World that the department started with 50 detectors but can request more …
The Arkansas Department of Human Services is dropping a request for 100 employees to help people enroll in the state’s health insurance exchange. DHS Division of County Operations director Joni Jones told the Legislative Council that the request was dropped …
David K. Page, a partner in the corporate department at Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP, has been named non-executive chairman of the board of Michigan-based Meadowbrook Insurance Group Inc. a position formerly held by the company’s founder Merton J. …
North Dakota’s workers’ compensation program will send employers nearly $160 million in payments as a distribution of surplus reserves. The Forum reports that Workforce Safety and Insurance will distribute the premium credits to about 22,000 employers throughout the state. They …
The city of Moore, Okla., is paying a local contractor three times what neighboring Oklahoma City is being charged by vendors from out-of-state to remove debris left over from late May’s deadly tornadoes. The disparity comes as a surprise to …
Courts cannot award punitive damages to victims of workplace sexual harassment and gender discrimination under the Iowa Civil Rights Act, the state Supreme Court ruled in a victory for employers. The court said lawmakers did not intend for punitive damages …
The mother and husband of a Special Olympics Idaho athlete are suing the organization, alleging it was negligent in failing to protect the athlete from being raped during a Special Olympics event in Boise in July 2011. The lawsuit was …
A Multnomah County jury has awarded more than $6 million to a 21-year-old Oregon agricultural worker who was paralyzed from the waist down when his torso was crushed in a hay bale-cutting machine. The jury found that Double Press Manufacturing, …
