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Kentucky’s Churchill Downs Assessing Tornado Damage
Jun 24 2011 // A possible tornado damaged several horse barns at Churchill Downs, prompting track officials to temporarily halt races Thursday at the famed Kentucky Derby horse track. Some horses have been moved to private farms,...
Churchill Downs Cleaning Up After Tornado
Jun 23 2011 // Churchill Downs Racetrack in Louisville, Ky., said it will resume live horse racing the night of Friday, June 24, after a day off to survey tornado damage to barns and other structures. The racing facility was forced to...
South Carolina Lawmakers Agree on Copper Theft Bill
Jun 17 2011 // A South Carolina bill designed to curb thieves from ripping copper from air-conditioning units and farm irrigation systems is heading to Gov. Nikki Haley. The Senate voted 39-1 this week to agree to changes made in the...
The Power of the Pen: Tips for an Effective Press Release
May 16 2011 // Over the last several years, it seems marketing departments are taking on added responsibilities – in many cases, this includes a company’s public relations efforts. For those who are not experienced writers, this...
Obama, Cabinet Vow Urgent Aid for Storm-Battered Southern States
May 1 2011 // Federal officials vowed urgent support Sunday for a region devastated by the deadliest U.S. natural disaster since Hurricane Katrina, even as they acknowledged recovery would not be quick or easy. President Barack...
South Carolina Church with 6 People Inside Collapses in Storm
Apr 18 2011 // South Carolina fire officials say a tornado has collapsed a church with six people inside near the town of Bonneau. There was no immediate word on injuries. Melinda Wadford with the St. Stephen Fire Department auxiliary...
Auditors Cite Catholic Church’s Lapses in Child Abuse Prevention
Apr 13 2011 // Auditors hired by the U.S. bishops to check child safety in America’s Roman Catholic dioceses each year warned in a new report this week of a drift away from parts of the church’s nine-year-old abuse prevention...
Products with Promise and Panache
Mar 21 2011 // Mid-Tech The Hanover Insurance Group added products for more than 125 classes of technology businesses. The coverages include a customized commercial package policy for mid-sized companies and two stand-alone errors and...
Virginia Bill Extends Sex Abuse Statute of Limitations to 20 Years
Feb 23 2011 // A bill to extend the amount of time victims of sexual abuse have to file lawsuits against their attackers and others who may have covered up the abuse cleared a major hurdle in Virginia this week. The House Courts...
Philadelphia Suit Alleges U.S. Catholic Leaders Failed to Protect Kids
Feb 18 2011 // A civil lawsuit filed this week against the Archdiocese of Philadelphia by a man who said two priests had sexually abused him as a child may signal a new era in church-abuse litigation in Pennsylvania. The Roman Catholic...
Two Workers Die After New York Construction Site Fall
Feb 10 2011 // Two ironworkers died Tuesday morning after they fell from a fifth floor through an open elevator shaft at a church construction site where they were installing steel, New York City authorities said. Brett McEnroe, 49, of...
Judge Imprisons 2 for Life in Texas Church Arsons
Jan 24 2011 // A judge has sentenced two men to life in prison after they pleaded guilty in a series of fires at churches in Smith County in East Texas last year. Judge Christi Kennedy ordered the prison terms for 20-year-old Jason...
Endurance Coverage: Top 10 Insurance Cases of the Year
Dec 21 2010 // For the past 10 years I have had the privilege of publishing an end-of-year article in Mealey’s Litigation Report: Insurance that discusses the 10 most significant insurance coverage decisions from the year gone by....
People
Dec 5 2010 // Aon Corp. reported that Andrew Appel, the firm’s chief operating officer, will be leaving the company at the end of the year. The company said there are no plans to fill the position upon Appel’s...
ACE USA Restructures Retail Operations with Kinsella, Church, Stoer
Nov 16 2010 // Ace USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of the ACE Group, announced a new structure and senior leadership appointments. The structure consists of two zonal operations and a centralized complex risk unit for...
Church Fraud Hurts Both Congregation and Insurers
Aug 24 2010 // Church music director Carva White faced the music after launching an unholy plan to burn down his house of worship for an insurance payout. White played hymns for the Sunflower Missionary Baptist Church in Leavenworth,...
How Should BP Handle Claims by Churches, Nonprofits?
Jul 8 2010 // God only knows what will happen to churches and other nonprofit organizations that say they are struggling for survival because of the Gulf oil spill crisis. Months after the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded and its well...
Farmers Introduces Institutional Business Owners Policy Through Texas Agents
Jul 7 2010 // Farmers Group of Cos. has introduced an institutional business owners policy (iBOP) for institutions across America, which will be offered by Farmers agents in Texas. iBOP is designed to serve a spectrum of religious...
Pope Seeks to Avoid Deposition in Kentucky Negligence Case
Jun 29 2010 // The Vatican is asking a federal judge to reject an attempt to question Pope Benedict XVI under oath in a Kentucky sex abuse lawsuit on the grounds that there has been no evidence of a link to church officials in Rome. The...
Preacher’s Son, Accomplice Plead Guilty in Georgia Church Arson
Jun 16 2010 // Two of three men charged with arson in a 2005 fire that destroyed a church pleaded guilty in Barrow County Superior Court in Georgia. Maurice Arnold and Bruce Edward Smith pleaded guilty. Prosecutors say the Rev. Quincy...
