Southeast News Walgreens Settles Florida Opioid Lawsuit for $683 Million The Walgreens pharmacy company has reached a $683 million settlement with the state of Florida, halting a trial over state... Read More
News Identifying Condition of Dams Complicated by Security Concerns, Missing Data Americans wondering whether a nearby dam could be dangerous can look up the condition and hazard ratings of tens of... Read More
Midwest News Man Pardoned After 7 Years Reaches $7.5M Settlement With Indiana City, Says Attorney A Chicago man who was pardoned after spending more than seven years in prison for an armed robbery he didn’t... Read More
West News Husband of Wife Who Died in Childbirth Cites Racism in Malpractice Suit Against Hospital The husband of a Black woman who died hours after childbirth in 2016 sued Cedars-Sinai Medical hospital last Wednesday, saying... Read More
Midwest News Report: Michigan 2020 Dam Failures Were ‘Preventable’ The failure of two Michigan dams that forced evacuation of 10,000 people and destroyed 150 homes was “foreseeable and preventable,”... Read More
News Intuit to Pay $141M Settlement Over ‘Free’ TurboTax Ads The company behind the TurboTax tax-filing program will pay $141 million to customers across the United States who were deceived... Read More
Southeast News Weight-Loss Surgery Covered by Workers’ Comp, Carolina Appeals Court Finds Workers’ compensation insurer Erie Insurance Group must pay for weight-loss surgery for an obese woman who was injured at her... Read More
News Space Mirrors, Ocean Fertilization, Cloud Thinning: Weighing Geoengineering Risks To slow down the accelerating pace of climate change, scientists are working on radical geoengineering technologies like space mirrors, ocean... Read More
East News Ouch. Massachusetts Worker Shoulders Burden of Injury Omitted From Lump Sum A Massachusetts woman who signed a lump sum settlement with her workers’ compensation carrier over a right shoulder injury cannot... Read More
News Supreme Court Rules Against Discrimination Claim for Emotional Distress The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the dismissal of a discrimination lawsuit filed by a deaf, legally blind woman against... Read More