Yesterday, the Wildfire Prevention Act of 2015, a bipartisan bill that would update the Federal Emergency Management Administration’s guidelines for releasing disaster relief funds to ensure that victims of wildfires have access to the same resources as victims of other …
Gov. Charlie Baker said Monday he’s gotten encouraging signs from federal officials as he’s begun reaching out to them with Massachusetts preparing a formal request for disaster relief following the spate of snowstorms. Back home after a National Governors Association …
Lawmakers reviewed a bill Tuesday that aims to reduce the scores of pedestrian deaths that happen each year on Nevada roadways. SB144, which was discussed in the Senate Transportation Committee, would allow local governments or the Nevada Department of Transportation …
College basketball’s tradition of storming the court after big upsets poses a potentially devastating liability threat to universities and athletic departments, personal injury lawyers said. Video showed coaches being pushed into tables and fans colliding with players when Kansas State …
BP Plc on Monday appealed a federal judge’s finding of the size of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, which leaves the company potentially liable to pay $13.7 billion in fines. In January, U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier in …
An insurance company can recover more than $130,000 from a Michigan woman whose home burned down when her then-husband smoked marijuana oil in the basement, an appeals court said Tuesday. Brien Matthews had a medical marijuana card and could grow …
Twenty-eight people were injured when a Southern California commuter train collided with a truck stuck on the tracks on Tuesday, toppling three rail cars. There were no deaths reported in the crash, which occurred at about 5:40 a.m. local time …
In 2014, significant insured losses totaled approximately $33 billion, a dramatic drop compared to the historic insured losses seen in 2011, which totaled approximately $126 billion. Guy Carpenter & Company, a global risk and reinsurance specialist and a wholly owned …
The main north-south artery in North Dakota’s oil patch is the most dangerous stretch of road in the state, newly released statistics show. U.S. Highway 85 had the most fatal accidents, injury accidents and property damage accidents, according to a …
New rules setting maximum fees for doctors and hospitals performing medical services for workers injured on the job in North Carolina could save millions of dollars annually. The state Industrial Commission also said Monday the fee schedules set to begin …