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San Diego County Superior Count Judge David Danielsen has ordered framing contractor Christopher Nicol to pay $291,440 in restitution to... Read More

Idaho Department of Insurance Director Bill Deal announced that the state’s workers’ compensation premium rates will be reduced by an... Read More

Richard “Smilin’ Rick” Fabel, who presided over the Spokane, Wash., chapter of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang, has been sentenced... Read More

Fire crews were bracing for strong winds as they sought to finish surrounding a wildfire that forced hundreds of people... Read More

Oregon’s Department of Consumer and Business Services has announced it is decreasing the workers’ compensation pur premium rate in 2008... Read More

The California Supreme Court has ruled that class action waivers in arbitration agreements are unenforceable if a court determines “that... Read More

Nobody can say how many hurricanes will hit Hawaii each year, according to a climate change expert, but there’s no... Read More

Firefighters continued to battle out-of-control wildfires that forced thousands of people out of their homes in California’s San Bernardino and... Read More

Katarina Holstein has been promoted to claims operations manager for California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund’s Los Angeles Claims Services in... Read More

Calabasa, Calif.-based Countrywide Financial Corp. has announced plans to address changing market conditions, largely due to the subprime mortgage meltdown.... Read More