The family of a Connecticut woman who died after her chenille bathrobe caught on fire while she was making tea has sued the retailer. Attorneys for the estate of 80-year-old Atwilda Brown filed a lawsuit last week in U.S. District …
An investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board has determined that a tire puncture caused a bus crash in August 2008 that killed 17 members of Houston’s Vietnamese Catholic community. The finding was adopted by the three-member board after hearing …
In a blow to businesses that contact drivers after car wrecks, Texas’ law enforcement and transportation agencies have agreed to drop telephone numbers from crash reports. The move is supported by the insurance industry, which says it will help prevent …
Pennsylvania-based insurer Harleysville Group Inc. saw its third-quarter profits climb to $24.7 million, up 488 percent from $4.2 million in the year-ago period. Revenue at the insurer rose to $244.3 million, up 5 percent from the $232.5 million it reported …
A workers’ compensation insurer for 3,000 public entities, hospitals, private companies and associations in Georgia has been declared insolvent and will be liquidated. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas Campbell on Oct. 27 approved the liquidation order for Southeastern US …
A partial ceiling collapse at the Emily Dickinson Homestead in Amherst, Massachusetts has damaged some historical artifacts and forced a temporary closure of the museum. Executive Director Jane Wald says plaster from a ceiling in the parlor area fell on …
The Office of Miners’ Health Safety and Training reports that West Virginia has suffered its third coal mining fatality of the year. Agency spokeswoman Jama Jarrett says the miner was killed at Newtown Energy’s Eagle Mine near Comfort, Kanawha County. …
Close to 1 million roller blinds and Roman shades sold by IKEA, Bed Bath & Beyond and Hanover Direct are being recalled for posing a serious strangulation risk to small children. The Consumer Product Safety Commission says a child’s neck …
Massey Energy says it’s become the first mining company to receive three national safety awards from the industry’s chief regulator in one year. Massey says it accepted Sentinels of Safety awards for its Chess and Chesterfield processing plants in Boone …
A three-judge panel has reversed a $7 million judgment against the maker of the acne drug Accutane. The 1st District Court of Appeal panel ruled in favor of Hoffman-La Roche Inc. and against a Pensacola man who had most of …