Owners of two wrecker services in Fort Gibson, Okla., have filed a lawsuit against the town. Lightning Wrecker and R&R Wrecker, owned by Jeremy and Lisa Rowe respectively, filed a suit claiming the town’s “negligent actions and operation” resulted in …
State police say an eastern New York man is in critical condition after he was struck in the head by a falling tree branch while clearing dead trees. Troopers say 41-year-old Todd Croshier of Pleasant Valley was in the woods …
The Swiss government faces a $10 million lawsuit over the death of a woman hit by a Swiss Embassy vehicle in Washington driven by a former domestic servant to one of Moammar Gadhafi’s sons. Law professor Harvey Rishikof filed suit …
The actress who played Elly May Clampett on the “The Beverly Hillbillies,” toymaker Mattel Inc. and CBS Consumer Products Inc. have settled a lawsuit that claimed the companies didn’t get the actress’ approval to use her name and likeness for …
Relatives of a southern Indiana businessman say he died after a scooter crash while vacationing on a Mexican resort island. They say 57-year-old Mike Job of Spencer died from his injuries Sunday night after his scooter crashed on Isla Mujeres, …
Two teenagers were injured when the double chair they were on fell off a lift at Red Lodge Mountain ski resort in southern Montana. Resort spokesman Jeff Carroll says the boys were about halfway up the Willow Creek lift when …
A nanny and chauffeur who lost their suit against Indiana Pacers owner Herb Simon and his wife have lost even more. A Los Angeles judge ordered them Wednesday to pay $122,000 in attorney’s fees to the Simons. The judge ruled …
Federal officials have cited a Maine quarry owner and a blasting company for safety violations stemming from an errant blast that sent debris flying and pelted nearby homes with rocks. The Mine Safety and Health Administration tells the Bangor Daily …
Federal workplace safety officials are investigating the death of a roofer who fell from a southwestern Illinois home. Authorities say 36-year-old Joel Ponce-Luna of O’Fallon died at a hospital Wednesday shortly after the fall at a job site in his …
Authorities say insurers have paid at least $2.2 billion claims arising from the April tornado outbreak in Alabama. The Birmingham News reports that more than 2,500 claims are still pending eight months after the storms. The figures, from the Alabama …