A lawsuit over the swimming death of a 16-year-old boy has been dismissed in Chippewa County. The lawsuit was brought by the parents of Justin Buss. He drowned after he and friends were swinging on a rope over Paint Creek …
Owners of two wrecker services in Fort Gibson, Okla., have filed a lawsuit against the town. Lightning Wrecker and R&R Wrecker, owned by Jeremy and Lisa Rowe respectively, filed a suit claiming the town’s “negligent actions and operation” resulted in …
The Birmingham suburb of Vestavia Hills has approved plans for a study of intersections where red light cameras could be installed to nab motorists who run them. The City Council voted Monday to allow the mayor to enter a contract …
A midlevel New York court says the township that owns and operates a dam shares liability with its contractors for its 2005 collapse. A Washington County jury last year found a construction company and design firm mostly at fault for …
The owner of a former northwestern Pennsylvania furniture plant destroyed in a fire last year says volunteer firefighters who fought the blaze didn’t try hard enough. The Erie Times-News reports Carl Boone is suing the borough of Union City and …
The city of Orange Beach has reached a settlement with BP PLC over lost revenues stemming from last year’s Gulf oil spill, with the oil giant agreeing to pay $1.27 million for lodging and retail revenues the coastal town didn’t …
The small northern Minnesotan town of Babbitt has lost its only grocery story in a huge fire that caused an estimated $1 million in damage. Babbitt Fire Chief Ryan Scharber tells the Duluth News Tribune the first started about 2 …
The owners of two buildings in Morrilton that collapsed in May, killing a 2-year-old girl and injuring her mother, have been sued by the city in an attempt to get the sited cleaned up. The lawsuit filed in Conway County …
A federal judge has dismissed a police widow’s lawsuit against a suburban Philadelphia township over its insurance coverage. Middletown Township Officer Chris Jones was killed by an intoxicated driver during a 2009 traffic stop. Driver Frank Budka is serving a …
Federal regulators knew potentially contaminated bark and wood chips were being sold from a Superfund site in the asbestos-tainted town of Libby, Mont., for three years before they stopped the practice, according to a letter from the Environmental Protection Agency …