California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner told victims of the San Bruno gas line explosion that his department will continue to monitor the claims process and make sure insurers are meeting their obligations. The Department of Insurance hosted a town hall-style …
A former Massachusetts prison guard has pleaded not guilty to charges that he ran long-distance races while collecting worker’s compensation for an on-the-job injury he said made it impossible to do strenuous activities. John Cloutier of Freetown was released on …
A Cook County, Illinois, judge has appointed a public defender to represent a Cicero landlord charged with murder for a Valentine’s Day fire that killed seven people at an apartment house he owned. Landlord Lawrence Myers is charged with seven …
Victor Burnette spent eight years in a Virginia prison for a rape he didn’t commit and nearly 30 years trying to clear his name. Now he says he may not accept $226,000 that the state offered as compensation because, at …
Scientists want to know just how much shaking is going on in California house. The U.S. Geological Survey issued a request this week for volunteer homes in Southern California to host one of its earthquake sensors. The USGS says it …
Halliburton Co. used flawed cement in BP Plc’sdoomed Gulf of Mexico well, which could have contributed to the blowout that sparked the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, a White House panel said Thursday. Halliburton’s shares tumbled as much …
Michigan has fined Lansing-based Bharat Forge America Inc. $137,750 for what the state says are 42 health and safety violations. The Michigan Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth said the industrial parts plant had failed to adequately protect employees. …
The family of a popular Louisville radio show host who died after a brief illness has filed a lawsuit against a hospital. The lawsuit says that Norton Audubon Hospital was negligent in its care and treatment of 43-year-old Francene Cucinello, …
If modern model building codes and sprinkler requirements had been enforced, the fire that took the lives of 9 firefighters and gutted the Sofa Super Store in Charleston, South Carolina in 2007 could have been prevented, a federal study has …
Massachusetts has awarded $653,000 in grant money that will be used to provide safety training to nearly 11,000 workers in the state. The money will go to 62 organizations across the state, according to the Department of Industrial Accidents (DIA), …