Police say a Texas construction worker at a site in College Station has died after being pinned to the ground by two 1,500-pound, 20-feet-long shoring panels. Police say 49-year-old Armando Gonzalez of Bryan died Wednesday afternoon as crews were working …
HCC Insurance Holdings announced the hiring of Francis P. Tricamo, Sr. to lead the Company’s new Construction Property Risks Division based in New York. The Construction Property Risks Division will further expand the Company’s specialty focus by developing its underwriting …
Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 5/31/13 – Frank Alerte, a former executive insurance counsel at the U.S. Federal Reserve, Guy Carpenter and BB&T, has joined the law and governmental consulting firm of Colodny, Fass, Talenfeld, Karlinsky, Abate & Webb as an Insurance …
A man who says he was injured when his bicycle wheel got caught in a railroad crossing groove is suing the city of Santa Fe and the state of New Mexico. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that Gregory Waits …
Maine’s crime rate fell slightly in 2012, but robberies showed a sharp increase because of the record number of pharmacy robberies. The Department of Public Safety announced Wednesday that overall crime fell by 1 1/2 percent during the year, but …
Court documents say two people involved in fatal crashes took driving tests from a Colorado school whose owner was charged with falsely certifying that applicants passed a driving exam. The Denver Post reported Tuesday one was a contract driver for …
Several Connecticut officials are calling on the federal government to spend more on rail safety and reliability following a commuter train derailment near Bridgeport. U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, U.S. Rep. Jim Himes and Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch …
The Alabama Department of Public Health is working with other health agencies to investigate an injectable anti-inflammatory drug prepared by a compounding manufacturer in Tennessee. Main Street Family Pharmacy of Newbern, Tenn. shipped the tainted medicine to clinics in 13 …
A wrongful death lawsuit claims Bethune-Cookman University failed to stop fraternity hazing that led to the death of the Florida Marching Wildcat band member. Marcus Thomas died in February 2012 when the car in which he was riding crashed into …
Fire investigators have traced the cause of a fire that damaged six units at a Las Vegas self-storage facility to a faulty electric power strip in one of the units. Fire spokesman Tim Szymanski says no one was injured in …