Editor's Picks West News Calif. Work Comp Doc, Arrested Before but Not Convicted, Charged with Insurance Fraud Again December 11, 2023 A Northern California doctor is charged — once again — with insurance fraud for allegedly overcharging workers’ compensation insurers for... Read More
J&J Rejected $19 Billion Baby Powder Cancer Accord Pitched by One of Its Ex-Lawyers December 8, 2023 A lawyer who is trying to broker a settlement in Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder cancer lawsuits proposed that it... Read More
Boy Scout Abuse Claims Fund Shouldn`t Pay $21 Million in Lawyers’ Fees, Judge Says December 8, 2023 DOVER, Del. (AP) — The judge presiding over the Boys Scouts of America’s bankruptcy has rejected a $21 million fee... Read More
International News A Milestone for Notre Dame: 1 Year Until Cathedral Reopens to Public After Devastating Fire December 8, 2023 PARIS (AP) — When flames tore into Notre Dame in 2019, people who worked in the cathedral felt orphaned. But... Read More
International News Seychelles Declares State of Emergency After Huge Explosion Comes Hours After Deadly Flooding December 8, 2023 VICTORIA, Seychelles (AP) — The tiny Indian Ocean island nation of Seychelles declared a state of emergency Thursday after a... Read More
East News Officer and Utility Worker Killed in Hit-and-Run Crash December 8, 2023 WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) — A pickup truck driver in a suburb of Boston is accused of crashing into a police... Read More
Southeast News Labor Union Asks Federal Regulators to Oversee South Carolina Workplace Safety Program December 8, 2023 COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — One of the largest labor organizations in the United States petitioned the federal government on Thursday... Read More
Travelers Wins CGL v. E&O Battle in Insurance Agency Defamation Case December 8, 2023 Travelers Casualty Insurance Co. did not owe a duty to defend or indemnify its insured, CBIZ Borden-Perlman Insurance Agency, Inc.,... Read More
Editor's Picks West News Wash. Supreme Ct. Overturns Law Setting 8-Year Deadline for Medical Malpractice Suits December 8, 2023 The Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a statute that bars medical malpractice lawsuits filed more than eight years after... Read More
J&J Cites ‘Progress’ Settling Baby Powder Cancer Cases December 7, 2023 Johnson & Johnson said it’s moving forward to resolve lawsuits that claim its talc-based Baby Powder causes cancer to avoid... Read More