Federal safety regulators had not conducted an inspection in nearly 20 years at a southwest Arkansas grain silo that collapsed and killed a Tyson Foods Inc. worker last week, according to documents from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The …
Josh Dodd was traveling home last year, the same Alabama route he has taken countless times on Lauderdale 7, when a deer ran onto the road. Instinctively, he dodged to avoid colliding with the deer. His car went off the …
Longtime state lobbyist Steve Kimbell will serve as insurance commissioner of Vermont, incoming Gov. Peter Shumlin has announced Kimbell will head the Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration. Shumlin, a democrat, announced the appointment at a press …
Georgia’s insurance industry is teaming up with state authorities to launch an ambitious effort to crack down on the rising number of insurance fraud cases. Incoming Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens, who takes office in January, said this week he plans …
Terrebonne Parish is planning to demolish about 450 hurricane-damaged homes, mostly in low-lying bayou communities. Parish officials said the structures will be torn down this spring because they are in such dilapidated condition that they pose a threat during future …
If you text while you drive in Kentucky, prepare to start paying fines if you’re caught. That’s the message from state officials, who also are reminding drivers younger than 18 that they will be fined if they’re caught using a …
The families of two of the eight people shot and killed at a North Carolina nursing home last year have sued, saying the home didn’t do enough to protect residents. Seven residents and a nurse were killed and two others …
Incumbent Alabama Commissioner of Insurance Jim L. Ridling will continue in that role in the new administration of Governor-elect Robert Bentley. Ridling has served as commissioner since 2008. “Jim Ridling is a respected insurance professional with many years of valuable …
A northwest Arkansas doctor and a women’s clinic have been cleared in a medical malpractice lawsuit. A Washington County District Court Jury found Dr. Robert Hix and Parkhill Clinic for Women were cleared in the 2005 death of 26-year-old Leah …
Physicians’ fears of being sued for malpractice are out of proportion to their actual risk of being sued, according to a recent study. The study by a University of Iowa researcher and colleagues also suggests that tort reform legislation aimed …
