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- Oprah Winfrey Due in Philadelphia for Defamation Trial Mar 18, 2010
Talk show host and media magnate Oprah Winfrey is expected to spend two weeks defending herself at trial in a defamation case linked to the sex-abuse scandal at her girls ... - Partying Teens Cause $200K Damage to New York House Mar 18, 2010
New York police say dozens of partying teenagers caused more than $200,000 in damage at an unoccupied house in suburban Albany. Police in North Greenbush say the damage ... - Toyota Facing Possible Triple Damages in Consumer Resale Value Suits Mar 18, 2010
Lawyers seeking civil damages against Toyota Motor Corp. on behalf of U.S. consumers for diminished resale value of recalled vehicles are broadening their cases to add ... - Alabama Jury Awards $2.6M to Patient Ignored by Home Health Service Mar 18, 2010
A jury has awarded $2.65 million to a man who was stranded in his bed for four days by home health care workers. Fifty-five-year-old Nathan Ballard sued Gentiva Health ... - Tennessee Couple Wins $19.2 Million in Malpractice Suit Mar 18, 2010
A woman who sued after surgery for a broken leg left her partially paralyzed has been awarded $19.2 million by a federal court jury in Chattanooga that also returned a $3 ... - YouTube Video Leads To Calif. Auto Insurance Fraud Arrest Mar 15, 2010
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced that on March 5, Jay Xi Chen and his sister, Tracy Chen Chen, both of Diamond Bar, Calif., were arrested at their ... - Cause of Fatal Bus Crash in Texas Unknown Mar 18, 2010
A crowded bus carrying young families and spring breakers toward Mexico went careening off a Texas highway and flipped onto its side on March 16, killing two people and ... - Indiana BMV to Make All License Plate Numbers Unique Mar 18, 2010
The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles is dropping its practice of issuing duplicate license plate numbers for different types of vehicles. Agency spokesman Dennis ... - Nebraska County Rejects $1M Claim in Bus Collision Mar 18, 2010
The Lancaster County Board has rejected a $1 million claim from the driver of a pickup that collided with a Norris, Neb., school bus last summer. Jeffery Hall says he ... - U.S. Offers Grants for Research Using Weather Data to Improve Road Safety Mar 18, 2010
The U.S. Department of Transportation will sponsor up to seven innovative ideas for using the new Clarus live weather information system to improve roadway safety during ... - Appeals Court Sides with Texas Mutual on Sanctions in Work Comp Case Mar 18, 2010
The Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals in Dallas issued an opinion on March 16, 2010, ruling that sanctions imposed against Texas Mutual Insurance Company related to a ... - Connecticut AG Wants Crackdown on Worker Misclassification Mar 18, 2010
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is heralding recommendations of a state commission that would crackdown on companies that illegally misclassify employees ... - S&P Revises Hartford's Outlook to Negative; Debt/Hybrids Assigned Ratings Mar 17, 2010
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has assigned its 'BBB' issue rating to Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.'s (HIG) proposed $1.1 billion senior debt offering. ... - New Jersey Officials Say Storm Badly Eroded Some Beaches Mar 18, 2010
New Jersey environmental officials say the weekend's fierce rain and wind storm caused extensive erosion to beaches in Ocean and Monmouth counties. The Department of ... - Demotech Actuaries Offer Guidance on Florida Insurers' Financial Ratings Mar 18, 2010
The actuarial services firm, Demotech, which rates most of Florida's newer and smaller domestic property insurers, has published a position paper outlining its approach to ... - Virginia Fills 43,000 Potholes in 2 Weeks Mar 18, 2010
Virginia Department of Transportation crews have patched, repaired or filled more than 43,000 potholes since March 1, the first day of its pothole blitz. Gov. Bob ... - FEMA Denies Aid for Florida Families with Chinese Drywall Damage Mar 17, 2010
Last week Florida asked for federal financial assistance for thousands of homeowners with property damage caused by defective Chinese drywall. But the Federal Emergency ... - XL Estimates Chile Quake, Xynthia Losses at $160 to $230 Million Mar 18, 2010
XL Capital Ltd's preliminary net loss estimates for the earthquake in Chile and European Windstorm Xynthia indicated they will total between $160 and $230 ... - Texas High Court Upholds 10-Year Filing Period in Med-Mal Lawsuits Mar 17, 2010
In a move Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott says validates Texas' medical malpractice laws, the Texas Supreme Court has upheld the state's 10-year limitation, or statute ... - Oregon Workplace Deaths at Record Low Mar 18, 2010
Thirty-one people covered by the Oregon's workers' compensation system died on the job during 2009, the Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) announced. That ... - Tennessee Nursing Home Sued for $13 Million By Resident's Family Mar 17, 2010
A Maryville, Tennessee nursing home has been sued for $13 million in damages by a resident's family who claims the staff didn't protect her from a fellow patient. The ... - SCOR's Preliminary Quake, Storm Loss Estimates Around $130 Million Mar 18, 2010
French reinsurer SCOR Group announced that based on preliminary estimates, it expects its related costs from the earthquake in Chile and Windstorm Xynthia to be ... - Criminal Negligence Charges Weighed in Deadly South Carolina Store Fire Mar 18, 2010
The father of a firefighter who died in a 2007 furniture store blaze that killed nine firefighters says families will meet with state fire investigators next week to ... - Judge: NYC Wronged Arabic-Language Principal Mar 17, 2010
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has ruled that the New York City Education Department discriminated against the founding principal of an Arabic-language school ... - South Carolina High Court Nixes $18 Million Award in Ford Crash Mar 17, 2010
South Carolina's highest court has overturned an $18 million verdict against Ford Motor Co. in a fatal crash, ruling that one expert shouldn't have been allowed to testify ...