A year-long investigation targeting insurance fraud has resulted in 11 arrests and three pending arrests connected with four Florida chiropractic clinics. In January, the Collier County Sheriff’s Office Organized Crime Bureau began investigating clinics suspected of committing insurance fraud by …
A Florida court has thrown out a rule banning public adjusters from soliciting customers within 48 hours of a disaster or other insurance claims event. The First District Court of Appeal ruled that the restriction on solicitation violates commercial speech …
Traffic deaths in Kentucky are on pace to be the lowest this year since at least the early 1990s. As of last Wednesday, there were 739 traffic fatalities in Kentucky, according to the state highway safety office’s web site. That’s …
Temperatures in Florida’s citrus growing zones were several degrees warmer Wednesday, the National Weather Service said, giving growers some respite after a freezing snap Tuesday that caused fruit damage. “It is generally several degrees warmer than it was yesterday. I …
Allstate has filed its seventh lawsuit this year against what it says are medical corporations committing fraud in New York State. The $1.9 million suit claims that three medical corporations in the state were owned and operated by non-physicians who …
A North Carolina middle school principal who blames his April 2009 shooting on his fight against gangs will receive workers’ compensation for his injuries. The Fayetteville Observer reported that the state Industrial Commission official ruled in favor of former Robeson …
The family of a 39-year-old man who was fatally shot by three Sterling Heights police officers is suing the Detroit suburb. A civil lawsuit filed by Matthew Moroni’s family in U.S. District Court in Detroit claims officers “unlawfully discharged their …
The Oklahoma Bar Association’s board of directors has voted to reimburse several Oklahomans who were the victims of deceased or dishonest attorneys. The association announced its Clients’ Security Fund will pay more than $100,000 in claims to 23 clients of …
Connecticut public safety officials say nearly 28,000 violations were recorded during the first four months of a crackdown on unsafe trucking. The stepped-up enforcement started in August after several highway crashes involving tractor-trailers, dump trucks and other big rigs. Gov. …
New Jersey will begin a new effort next year to try to improve on a grim reality: Motor vehicle accidents remain the leading cause of death for teenagers and young adults, the age group least likely to wear seat belts. …
