A New Jersey man who says he suffered permanent heart damage after drinking the alcohol- and caffeine-laced Four Loko beverage is suing its manufacturer. Tire salesman Michael Mustica of Knowlton Township filed the lawsuit last week against Phusion Projects. The …
A former New York lawmaker will spend at least four years in prison following his conviction in a Hamptons insurance fraud case. George Guldi was sentenced Monday in Suffolk County Court in Riverhead to three to nine years for grand …
GenOn Northeast Management Co. is liable for fouling the Conemaugh River with metal discharges from a power plant in Indiana County since 2005, a federal magistrate has ruled, opening the door to a maximum civil penalty of more than $300 …
The California Department of Insurance announced that Emily Kathleen Everett, aka: Emily Hegner of Daly City, Calif., surrendered on the charges of making a false/misleading statement in support of a claim, perjury, grand theft, knowingly failing to disclose an event, …
To provide medical treatment to an injured worker, an employer must provide reasonably required interpreter services if the injured worker is unable to speak, understand or communicate in English. However an interpreter medical lien claimant has the burden of proving …
AXIS Capital Holdings Limited has issued a bulletin which estimates that the “total net impact of the New Zealand earthquake and loss events in Australia that have occurred to date in the first quarter of 2011 will be between $275-$315 …
Minnesota’s 3M Co. has agreed to pay up to $12 million to settle an age-discrimination lawsuit with as many as 7,000 current and former employees. The 2004 lawsuit targeted the company’s performance-review system, alleging that older workers were disproportionately downgraded. …
Arkansas’ economy has been less affected by the national recession than most other states because of its concentration on agricultural industries, according to a report released March 18. The report, issued by the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, said …
The North Dakota Insurance Department says fraud referrals have been doubling since 2008. The Jamestown Sun reports that the 94 referrals in 2010 totaled more than $1 million in suspicious claims. North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm says times are …
The fiancée of a victim of last August’s shooting rampage at a beer distributorship in Manchester, Connecticut is putting the state’s workers’ compensation benefits law to the test. Stephanie Laurin was engaged to William Ackerman, one of eight people killed …