California Commissioner Lowers Workers’ Comp Benchmark August 2, 2021 California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara adopted and issued lower rates for workers’ compensation insurance benchmark rate by 5 cents to...
Bomb Squad Caused Damaging California Fireworks Explosion, Officials Say August 2, 2021 By Stefanie Dazio Los Angeles bomb technicians grossly miscalculated the weight of homemade fireworks when they detonated them in a containment chamber, likely...
$5.5M Settlement Reached in Washington Nurse Lawsuit August 2, 2021 A class-action lawsuit brought by thousands of nurses who said they weren’t properly paid for lunch and other breaks has...
North Carolina Civil Rights Groups Reach Settlement Over 2020 Clash With Police August 2, 2021 Civil rights groups in North Carolina have reached a settlement with the city of Charlotte and its police department in...
Jury Convicts Suspended Georgia Commissioner Beck on Fraud, Laundering Charges August 2, 2021 Jurors convicted suspended Georgia insurance commissioner Jim Beck on 37 counts of mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering and...
Drugmaker Endo Agrees to $35M Opioid Settlement With Tennessee Local Governments August 2, 2021 By Brendan Pierson Endo International Plc has agreed to pay $35 million to settle a lawsuit by Tennessee local governments and on behalf...
Oklahoma Court: Progressive’s Uninsured Motorist Exclusion Not Lawful July 30, 2021 Oklahoma’s highest court recently found that an insurer’s uninsured motorist exclusion violates state law. The Oklahoma Supreme Court came to...
Texas Doctor Convicted of Workers’ Comp Fraud, Drug Crimes July 30, 2021 A North Texas doctor will pay $376,368 in restitution after pleading guilty to mail fraud conspiracy in federal court, the...
Family of Boy Thrown From Balcony Sues Minnesota’s Mall of America July 30, 2021 The family of a boy who was thrown off a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America in April 2019...
New Mexico Public Defender’s Office Settles Harassment Claims for $345K July 30, 2021 Two lawsuits accusing an investigator in the state public defender’s office of sexual harassment have been settled. The Law Offices...