BP Spill Medical Benefits Accord Unfair, Some Victims Claim July 12, 2013 By Margaret Cronin Fisk and Laurel Brubaker Calkins The medical benefits portion of BP Plc’s settlement over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill is “substantively unfair” and... Read More
Exxon: Report Blames Arkansas Pipeline Bust on Defects July 12, 2013 By CHUCK BARTELS An independent report blames manufacturing defects for the failure of an ExxonMobil pipeline that sent 150,000 gallons of crude oil... Read More
Worker Dies After Fall From Oklahoma Hotel Roof July 12, 2013 Police say a construction worker was killed after he fell from the roof of a Nowata, Okla., hotel. Nowata Police... Read More
Texas Mutual, VFIS of Texas Fund Safety Training for Rural Fire Departments July 11, 2013 Texas Mutual Insurance Company, the state’s leading provider of workers’ compensation insurance, announced that it has partnered with VFIS of... Read More
Classic Cars Missing From Oklahoma Car Lot July 11, 2013 Tulsa, Okla., police are looking for a couple of high-profile classic cars that were stolen from a business. The cars... Read More
Louisiana DEQ Issues Hurricane Response Manual to Parishes July 11, 2013 The Department of Environmental Quality is giving parishes a hurricane resources manual that outlines how to deal with debris collection... Read More
Texas Judge Allows Insurer’s Lawsuit Against Armstrong to Proceed July 11, 2013 By JIM VERTUNO A Texas judge has refused Lance Armstrong’s request to dismiss an insurance company’s lawsuit seeking $3 million in bonuses it... Read More
Part of Mississippi River Closed to Salvage Sunken Tug July 10, 2013 The Coast Guard says it has closed a section of the Mississippi River southeast of New Orleans, La., so a... Read More
Louisiana Man Accused of Stealing Bulldozer July 10, 2013 Lafourche Parish sheriff’s deputies say a 20-year-old Houma, La., man was caught over the weekend driving a stolen bulldozer down... Read More
Texas AG: State Not on the Hook for TWIA Unfunded Losses July 10, 2013 By Stephanie K. Jones Texas’ attorney general says the state is under no obligation to pay outstanding claims for the insurer of last resort... Read More