A Utah man has been sentenced to seven days in jail after a high-speed chase that he blamed on a bathroom emergency. Thirty-nine-year-old Jeffrey Laub told a judge Monday that he ate something that upset his stomach and was racing …
Professional athletes who spend most of their careers with teams in other states will be prohibited from filing workers’ compensation claims in California, under a bill signed by Gov. Jerry Brown. AB1309 will close a legal loophole that has let …
Farmers Insurance Exchange, Fire Insurance Exchange and Truck Insurance Exchange announced that Farmers Insurance Exchange commenced a cash tender offer for any and all of its outstanding 8.625 percent surplus notes due 2024. It was also announced that the exchanges …
Despite a little touch of some wetter and cooler weather, the 2013 wildfire season isn’t over, and the Western states in particular should be prepared for a few more potentially active months. That’s according to the 2013 CoreLogic Wildfire Hazard …
As floodwater started to rise Sept. 11, some oil and gas operators began shutting wells and securing facilities. It would be five days before state regulators announced their own plans. “Did the state have a disaster plan for the oil …
Frederick Farris pled guilty to attempted fraud schemes and artifices, which is a class 3 felony, and was sentenced to 6.5 years in Arizona State Prison. Ferris was found in possession of forged insurance claim checks. The fraudulent checks were …
The Wyoming Supreme Court has endorsed a 2011 state law allowing judges to grant authority to police over the telephone to force motorists to submit to DUI testing. In Friday’s ruling, the court concluded it’s not a violation of the …
A trial has begun in The Dalles, Ore. in lawsuits brought by three victims of an anesthesiologist who sedated patients and colleagues and then sexually abused them. Three women are asking for $6 million each in suits naming the hospital, …
Federal emergency officials have extended a program that helps residents displaced by last month’s flooding pay for hotel lodging. Bill Rukeyser, a spokesman for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, says the program has been extended until Oct. 20 and has …
A U.S. District Court judge has explained why he vacated the fraud conviction of a former Miss Montana who was charged with misrepresenting her housing conditions to an insurance company while her historic mansion was undergoing repairs. Christin D. Didier …
