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Powerful Winds Are Battering US Midwest at Increasing Rates

Damaging winds blasting out of thunderstorms are occurring five times more frequently across the central US than they were 40 years ago because of the warming climate, threatening local economies. That’s according to new findings from the National Center for …

Cooking Spray Burn Victim Awarded $7.1M in Damages After Can `Exploded into a Fireball`

CHICAGO (AP) — A jury in Illinois has ordered Chicago-based Conagra Brands to pay $7.1 million to a Pennsylvania woman who was badly injured in 2017 when a can of commercial brand cooking spray ignited in a kitchen at her …

Ohio Law Applies in Insurance Dispute over Superfund Remediation Costs

Ohio law must be used to resolve an insurance dispute involving a polluted site in Michigan caused by manufacturing companies based in Ohio and Indiana, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The 5-2 decision may force Travelers to turn over …

Kansas Court System Down Nearly 2 Weeks in ‘Security Incident’ that Has Hallmarks of Ransomware

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas officials are calling a massive computer outage that’s kept most of the state’s courts offline for two weeks a “security incident” and, while they had not provided an explanation as of Wednesday, experts say it …

Mother Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Now-Closed Christian Boarding School in Missouri

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — A mother is suing a shuttered Christian boarding school in Missouri, blaming her son`s death on a gang rape and other abuse he endured there. Agape Boarding School has been subjected to a wave of litigation …

Illinois Court Rules Insurer Had Contractual Right to Subrogation

Zurich American Insurance Co. may pursue a subrogation lawsuit against a subcontractor that it says forced it to pay a nearly $3 million builder’s risk claim by designing a defective stormwater detention system during construction of an academic building at …

Nebraska Sheriff Charged with Filing Fraudulent Auto Insurance Claim for Repairs

ORD, Neb. (AP) — A small-town Nebraska sheriff has been charged with filing a fraudulent auto insurance claim to get the repairs to his yellow 2004 Chevrolet Monte Carlo paid for. The complaint filed against Valley County Sheriff Casey Hurlburt …

Ohio Supreme Ct. Upholds Escape Clause in Progressive Auto Liability Policy

Acuity and Progressive Specialty Insurance Co. disputed who should pay after a 16-year-old boy borrowed a friend’s car and crashed it into a utility pole in Streetsboro, Ohio. The driver was insured by Acuity through a policy issued to his …

A Security Problem Has Taken Down Computer Systems for Almost All Kansas Courts

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Computer systems for almost all of Kansas` courts have been offline for five days because of what officials call a “security incident,” preventing them from accepting electronic filings and blocking public access to many of their …

Wisconsin Milling Company Agrees to $11.2M Settlement After Fatal Corn Dust Explosion

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A milling company has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges that employees at a Wisconsin corn plant falsified records in the years leading up to a fatal corn dust explosion. The plea deal calls for …

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