Truckers Want Connecticut to Change De-Icing Chemical January 18, 2013 A group representing trucking companies is asking Connecticut lawmakers to ban an ice-melting chemical the state uses on its roads,...
Arkansas Lawmaker Files Tort Reform Ballot Measure January 18, 2013 An Arkansas lawmaker is proposing a constitutional amendment to require those who file lawsuits found to be “frivolous” to pay...
Massachusetts Lawyer Avoids Charges for Drinking Party January 18, 2013 A prominent Boston-area defense attorney accused of being at home the night her teenage daughter hosted a drinking party will...
More Survivors Join Suit in Deadly Oregon Bus Crash January 18, 2013 By STEVEN DUBOIS The legal problems are piling up for the Canadian tour company whose bus crashed on an icy highway in Eastern...
Review: Travel Expenses of Florida Insurer Excessive January 18, 2013 A review by Florida’s chief inspector general contends that employees at the state-created Citizens Property Insurance racked up excessive travel...
Conway Touts Kentucky Crackdown on Prescription Abuse January 18, 2013 By ROGER ALFORD Kentucky is making progress in curbing an epidemic of prescription drug abuse, Attorney General Jack Conway told political leaders from...
Firefighters Will Hand Out Free Smoke Detectors After Deadly Georgia Fire January 18, 2013 Firefighters plan to hand out free smoke detectors in the neighborhood where four children were killed in a fire at...
Des Moines Water Works Sues FEMA for Flood Repairs January 18, 2013 By DAVID PITT The Des Moines Water Works is suing the Federal Emergency Management Agency in federal court, claiming the agency promised to...
Federal Appeals Panel Says Deaf Med Student Can Sue January 18, 2013 By MARGERY A. BECK A jury should be allowed to decide a deaf medical school student’s discrimination lawsuit against Creighton University in Omaha, Neb.,...
Organic Inspector in Nebraska Seeks to Dismiss Libel Lawsuit Filed by Farmer January 18, 2013 Editor’s Note: In a Jan. 15 story about a libel lawsuit against an organic food inspector, The Associated Press made...