Utah Supreme: Denying Claim Over Nude Photos May Cost Insurer Nearly $3M June 10, 2022 By Jim Sams UMIA Insurance refused to accept an $800,000 settlement in a malpractice suit against a plastic surgeon who shared nude before-and-after... Read More
Damage Estimates Climb from Massive New Mexico Wildfire June 9, 2022 By Susan Montoya Bryan ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The destruction caused by the largest wildfire burning in the U.S. has been devastating for thousands... Read More
Human-Triggered California Wildfires More Severe than Natural Blazes June 7, 2022 By University of California, Irvine Human-caused wildfires in California are more ferocious than blazes sparked by lightning, a team led by scientists from the University... Read More
Officials: Tempe Plagued with Deteriorating Sewage Pipes June 6, 2022 By Hunter Bassler TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — A recent pipe rupture that spilled around 8 million gallons of water and closed a major... Read More
Alaska River Flooding from Snowmelt Sweeps Away One Home June 3, 2022 ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — One home was swept away by a raging river, with several other homes and cabins lining... Read More
Phoenix Cops Find 1,200 Catalytic Converters as Thefts Soar June 2, 2022 By Bob Christie PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona man is facing multiple theft charges after detectives found more than 1,200 catalytic converters packed... Read More
9th Circuit: Wash. Law on Malpractice Suits Doesn’t Apply June 1, 2022 By Jim Sams A Washington state law that requires plaintiffs to file a declaration declining arbitration when filing a medical malpractice suit does... Read More
New Mexico Wildfire Scar Burn has Forest Officials Worried May 31, 2022 SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — As more than 3,000 firefighters in northern New Mexico continued to battle the nation’s largest... Read More
Firefighters Rescue ‘Cinder’ the Elk Calf from Fire’s Ashes May 27, 2022 By Morgan Lee SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Firefighters have rescued an abandoned newborn elk calf found amid the ashes of the nation’s... Read More
Utah Supreme: Appearance of Conflict Enough to Disqualify Medical Evaluator May 27, 2022 By Jim Sams Workers’ compensation claimants don’t have to prove that the physicians appointed to resolve medical disputes have an “actual bias” —... Read More