July 29, 2022
This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Fall is nearly here: In the north, you may have changing leaves while in the south, you may get a slight break from the heat. Regardless of your geography, one …
July 29, 2022
A federal appellate court overturned a $5.5 million jury verdict against a Missouri orthopedic surgeon who is accused in a whistleblower lawsuit of taking kickbacks from a spinal implant distributor owned by his fiancee. A panel of the 8th Circuit …
July 29, 2022
The detective who led the investigation into the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School attack testified Tuesday that there are three types of people who deny that it happened and harass the victims’ families: the mentally ill, those who believed bad …
July 29, 2022
Philip Morris USA, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and more than a dozen other tobacco companies were sued by Iowa’s attorney general for allegedly failing to pay the state $133 million due under a 1998 settlement intended to avoid future health-related …
July 29, 2022
An Illinois freight broker has filed a lawsuit accusing Liberty Mutual of overcharging it by demanding payment of workers’ compensation premiums for independent contractors who are ineligible for benefits. Virnich Corp., which does business in West Chicago, says in a …
July 29, 2022
The lawyer who oversaw payments to victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks will be appointed by a federal judge to estimate the total liability that Johnson & Johnson faces for claims that talc in its baby powder causes cancer. …
July 29, 2022
Did State Farm Insurance employ a clever device to reduce its payout – sometimes to zero – on thousands of property claims in Alabama? The insurance company has denied underpaying claims and other wrongdoing, but has agreed to settle a …
July 29, 2022
Massachusetts lawmakers approved a sweeping abortion bill Tuesday aimed in part at building a firewall to protect access to the procedure after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last month. The bill would protect abortion providers and people …
July 29, 2022
A Baltimore family is suing a Sesame Street-themed amusement park for $25 million over claims of racial discrimination, alleging multiple costumed characters ignored a 5-year-old Black girl during a meet-and-greet event last month. The lawsuit comes in the wake of …
July 29, 2022
Risk Strategies named Patrick Roth senior vice president, growth leader for the Central and West regions. Roth is located in Colorado. He will be responsible for developing a sales culture, managing all levels of producers, driving organic growth strategies, and …