State Attorney General Peter Kilmartin is asking the legislature to approve a series of crime bills, including tougher penalties against drivers who cause accidents that kill or injure other people. The Providence Journal reports that Kilmartin wants people convicted of …
Eight felony charges have been filed against an Oklahoma City insurance agent accused of fraudulently obtaining workers’ compensation policies. Attorney General Scott Pruitt’s office filed the charges on Friday against 27-year-old Fernando Espinoza. Espinoza is accused of making false or …
Arkansas’ attorney general is suing a Fayetteville, Ark., roofing company that’s accused of accepting insurance money from 19 homeowners but not doing the promised work. Attorney General Dustin McDaniel filed suit Tuesday against Razorfast Roofing, previously known as Razorback Roofing, …
Talk about your legal technicalities. Three state doctors are fighting a malpractice suit by arguing their patient sent a claim notice to the state Justice Department’s headquarters in Madison. The doctors contend state law says such notices must be mailed …
Three lawsuits against fraudulent home repair businesses accused of cheating Chicago area homeowners out of more than $600,000 for repairs never completed have been filed by the Illinois Attorney General’s office recently. The lawsuits were filed in Cook County Circuit …
The Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office has filed charges against two people accused of workers compensation fraud. Attorney General Scott Pruitt says charges were filed Thursday against 50-year-old Raul Orozco of Perry and 49-year-old Zeina Khatib of Tulsa. Orozco faces counts …
New Hampshire Attorney General Michael Delaney is objecting to a proposed settlement in a tug-of-war over $110 million of surplus money in a state-created malpractice insurance fund because lawyers would get up to $27 million of it. Delaney wrote Friday …
Indiana’s attorney general wants a judge to dismiss one of the lawsuits filed over the Indiana State Fair’s deadly stage collapse. Attorney General Greg Zoeller asked a Marion County judge Monday to throw out a suit filed by Indianapolis law …
The Vermont attorney general’s office says a Fair Haven man has pleaded guilty to home improvement fraud for taking a deposit to replace a roof but never doing the work. Court documents say John Burgart of Burgart Roofing, Inc., entered …