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‘Marine Terminal’ Included Adjacent Tank Farm, Worker Owed Longshore Benefits

A worker whose primary job duty was to unload oil products from vessels is eligible for federal Longshore and Harbor Act benefits, even though he was transferring product from one storage tank to another at the time he injured his …

Arson Fires Burn 7 Campers at Ohio Storage Facility

Authorities say fires that burned seven recreational vehicles at a southwest Ohio storage facility were set deliberately. The state fire marshal’s office said in a release Tuesday that six of the vehicles damaged or destroyed in Monday’s arson fires were …

Court Clears Michigan Storage Owner in Customer’s Death

The owner of an Ann Arbor self-storage business has been cleared of liability in the death of a customer who accidentally locked himself in a car trunk. The Michigan appeals court last week overturned a decision by a Washtenaw County …