Five Northern California residents were arrested by California Department of Insurance fraud investigators and booked into the Sacramento County jail and charged with multiple felony counts related to alleged insurance fraud totaling nearly $1 million, according to CDI. Investigators allege …
The Missouri Legislature has voted to create an online database allowing businesses to check whether job applicants have a history of filing workers’ compensation claims. The House gave the bill final approval on a 91-67 vote. It now heads to …
The Oklahoma Insurance Department announced that its Consumer Assistance Division recovered $1,088,844 for Oklahoma consumers in the first quarter of 2013. Between Jan. 1 and April 30, the Consumer Assistance Division closed 1,149 complaints, assisted more than 8,500 consumers over …
A Washington man thought he found the perfect way to get prescription narcotics – go to a hospital claiming to be in pain due to a work related injury. But, an investigation by Washington’s Department of Labor & Industries uncovered …
U.S. traffic safety regulators are expected to propose stronger measures to keep drivers from being distracted by in-car touchscreens. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Administrator David Strickland have scheduled a news conference for Tuesday afternoon …
“Daddy, are we dead?” Those were the first words from 9-year-old Kaden Anderson after an explosion ripped apart the fertilizer plant in West on April 17. Kaden was riding with his father Bryan who had driven over to see where …
The former chairman of Dewey & LeBoeuf has agreed to pay more than half a million dollars in a proposed settlement with Dewey’s trustee and insurer to resolve claims that bad management led to the law firm’s demise, according to …
Halliburton Co. is in talks to settle private claims against it in a trial to determine how blame should be shared for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill, the company said on Monday, and it took a $1 billion pretax …
News Corp. on Monday said it recovered a $139 million in insurance proceeds in a settlement with shareholders over the board of directors’ actions related to the company’s phone hacking scandal and its acquisition of Shine studios. The company said …
A federal judge on Wednesday declined to dismiss wrongful death and liability claims filed against the company that owns the Colorado movie theater where 12 people were shot to death last summer. Cinemark USA filed a motion in federal court …
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