Crum & Forster (C&F) named George Burr vice president, California Workers’ Compensation Claims. Burr will manage C&F’s West Coast workers’ compensation claims office located in Orange County, Calif. Burr brings extensive workers’ compensation claims experience to Crum & Forster, most …
The Atlanta Public Safety Committee has voted to install carbon monoxide detectors in all public buildings and schools. WSB-TV reports the committee unanimously voted to pass the ordinance Tuesday. The vote comes more than a month after a carbon monoxide …
Michigan’s fire marshal has some safety tips for people to remember if they’re caught in the sort of fire that killed hundreds of people at a nightclub in Brazil. Fire Marshal Richard Miller says people should identify back exits because …
Now that a $4 billion plea deal has resolved BP’s criminal liability for the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill nearly three years ago, the company will turn its focus to a trial that could potentially cost it billions of …
The family of a New York City advertising executive who was crushed to death in an elevator accident in 2011 has sued the repair company. The suit was filed by Suzanne Hart’s father, Alex Hart, against Transel Elevator and Electric. …
With more than 50 vessels idled on the water for a fourth day Wednesday, authorities said they still do not know when they will be able to reopen a 16-mile stretch of the Mississippi River that has been closed due …
Military personnel headed to flood-ravaged northeast Australia on Wednesday to help clean up the sludgy aftermath of floods that damaged thousands of homes and businesses and left some communities short of power, food and water. The death toll from the …
The captain of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia has returned to court to contest his firing, and says he’ll “certainly” take command of a ship again. Francesco Schettino is challenging Costa Crociere SpA’s decision to fire him after the Concordia ran …
A West Paris building that burned down this week was once home to the last manufacturer of wooden clothes pins in the U.S. The Penley Mill was West Paris, Maine’s biggest employer from 1923 until it closed in 2002. The …
Three months after Superstorm Sandy, thousands of victims in New York and New Jersey are stuck in limbo. Some are waiting for the heat to come back on or for insurance money to come through. Others are waiting for loans …