Slow Pace of Sandy Rebuilding Aid Programs Cause Victims to Protest May 18, 2015 By WAYNE PARRY Wendy Joan sported strips of red tape on her jeans and jacket to symbolize the delays she has encountered with...
Amtrak Derailment Spurs Train Passenger Seatbelt Debate May 18, 2015 Comments by a former top U.S. transportation official in the aftermath of a fatal crash of an Amtrak train in...
On-Demand Economy Presents Challenge to Workers’ Compensation May 18, 2015 The workers’ compensation industry must contend with a fast-growing on-demand economy where jobs are filled via apps and more employees...
Florida Cat Fund Cash-Ready for Hurricane Season May 15, 2015 Florida’s state-created fund intended to help pay out claims after a hurricane has reached a historic milestone. For the first...
Federal Law Caps Payments to Amtrak Crash Victims at $200M May 15, 2015 By Sophia Pearson There are many questions surrounding Tuesday’s Amtrak crash. The amount of money victims could receive for injuries isn’t one of...
Workers’ Compensation Results Improved in 2014 But Industry Anxious About What’s Ahead May 15, 2015 By Andrew G. Simpson The workers’ compensation industry had a pretty good 2014 in which its combined ratio improved for the third consecutive year,...
Passengers Tried to Open Plane Doors 12 Times This Year in China May 15, 2015 By DIDI TANG Chinese air travelers have tried opening emergency doors without authorization 12 times in barely four months on planes that were...
Jury Finds Starbucks Not Liable for Officer’s Spilled Coffee Injury May 15, 2015 A jury in North Carolina ruled Monday that Starbucks is not liable for damages after a Raleigh police officer said...
Recovery Continues a Year After Texas Panhandle Wildfire May 15, 2015 By JIM McBRIDE, Amarillo Globe-News Bit by bit, new residences and mobile homes have sprung up around Lake Meredith a year after a massive wind-whipped...
More Recalls: 5 Million by Toyota, 1.5 Million by Nissan May 14, 2015 By Ma Jie, Masatsugu Horie and Yuki Hagiwara The safety crisis plaguing the global automotive industry deepened as Japan’s three biggest carmakers said they would recall at least...