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California lawmakers are abandoning a proposal by Gov. Jerry Brown to shield electrical utilities from some financial liability for wildfires.... Read More

Many Texas cities are denying workers’ compensation to firefighters with cancer, according to union leaders and state lawmakers. Over the... Read More

So-called tort reform has been an easy sell in states controlled by Republicans, and backers of a lawsuit-limiting proposal on... Read More

A Pennsylvania state representative has had three car accidents in three years – with repairs and insurance claims covered by... Read More

A jury has found the Nevada Division of Forestry liable for the loss of 23 homes and 17 other buildings... Read More

An engineering study commissioned by Italian highway operator Autostrade last year warned about the state of the concrete-encased cable stays... Read More

There were signs that a natural gas well was not fully sealed before it exploded in January, killing five workers,... Read More

Florida authorities say a worker has died after falling into a vat of oil at a facility near Walt Disney... Read More

California’s wildfires are now burning through land at a pace more than three times faster than last year’s blazes. About... Read More