May 7, 2008
The nation’s largest firefighters union is criticizing Charleston, S.C. Mayor Joe Riley’s decision to delay a report on how nine firefighters died in a fire last June. The report by a city-appointed panel was expected this week and was expected …
May 5, 2008
Charleston, S.C. officials say the release of a report investigating the deaths of nine firefighters in a furniture store blaze has been indefinitely delayed. A panel of experts compiling the report hoped to deliver it to the city during the …
May 5, 2008
A Connecticut general contractor who delegates special inspections of all steel welding work as required by the state’s building code to a subcontractor is not liable for injuries resulting from an accident that occurs due to failure of the subcontractor’s …
May 5, 2008
A nationwide consumer study of automobile insurance regulation says that rates have risen more slowly in the 15 states that require insurers to receive advance approval of rate increases from the state over the last two decades. According to the …
May 5, 2008
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has signed a law to toughen the state’s penalties for driving under the influence and to remove enforcement loopholes. The bill significantly strengthens the state’s DUI laws, toughening penalties for most first time offenses and …
May 5, 2008
Can’t Prove Fraud “Judge Senter has confirmed what we have been saying all along – this is a basic wind/water dispute and plaintiffs cannot prove fraud.” —State Farm spokesman Jonathan Freed said April 21 after a federal judge dismissed claims …
May 5, 2008
A South Carolina workers’ compensation exclusivity statute did not bar an employee from filing claims for invasion of privacy and false imprisonment in a psychiatric hospital, according to a recent U.S. District Court ruling. According to the case background, Jackie …
May 5, 2008
A nationwide consumer study of automobile insurance regulation says that rates have risen more slowly in the 15 states that require insurers to receive advance approval of rate increases from the state over the last two decades. According to the …
May 5, 2008
Just weeks after earthquakes rattled Nevada, the Midwest and the coast of Oregon, and on the heels of the 102nd anniversary of San Francisco’s 1906 earthquake, the public, government officials and insurance industry professionals are wondering whether towns across could …
May 5, 2008
A nationwide consumer study of automobile insurance regulation says rates have risen more slowly in the 15 states that require insurers to receive advance approval of rate increases from the state in the past two decades. According to the Consumer …