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Colorado Settles Lawsuit Against Westwood College

Mar 16 2012 // Westwood College has agreed to pay $4.5 million to settle a lawsuit the state of Colorado filed alleging the school misled prospective students about its costs and how successful alumni are in finding jobs in their fields...

Iowa School Bus Safety Bill Heads to Governor

Mar 15 2012 // Lawmakers in Iowa have sent to the governor a bill increasing penalties for failing to heed school bus warning devices. Kadyn’s law is named after Kadyn Halverson, a 7-year-old girl who was killed in May when she was...

Vicarious Liability Ruling May Impact Education Insureds in California

Mar 14 2012 // The California Supreme Court ruled that a public school district may be vicariously liable for the negligent hiring, retention and supervision of a guidance counselor who allegedly sexually abused a student. And that...

Griffith Foundation Awards Nearly $32K in Scholarships

Mar 13 2012 // The Griffith Insurance Education Foundation, based in Columbus, Ohio, has awarded $31,700 in scholarships to 26 students at seven colleges and universities. The scholarships support students studying risk management,...

Quake Simulator Coming to University of Alabama

Mar 5 2012 // There aren’t very many rooms in the world that can successfully reproduce the devastating effects of an earthquake. But come May 1, a laboratory on the University of Alabama campus may be able to do just that. Work...

FEMA Gives $19M to Help Rebuild Virginia High School

Feb 27 2012 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded $19 million to help rebuild Louisa County High School, which was damaged during the Aug. 23 earthquake. A news release from Gov. Bob McDonnell’s office last...

Complex Trial Over Blame for Gulf Oil Spill Set to Open

Feb 24 2012 // It could be the ultimate case for passing the buck. A massive trial over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill heads for a New Orleans federal courtroom on Monday, to determine how much BP Plc and others should cough up for...

Pennsylvania Christian College Sues Over Birth Control Regs

Feb 22 2012 // A Christian college in western Pennsylvania has sued the federal government saying regulations that require employers to offer birth control coverage that includes drugs that abort fertilized embryos are “directly at...

Earthquake Simulator to Be Built at University of Alabama

Feb 21 2012 // There aren’t very many rooms in the world that can successfully reproduce the devastating effects of an earthquake. But come May 1, a laboratory on the University of Alabama campus may be able to do just that. Work...

Tennessee School Admits Foul Over Basketball Insurance

Feb 20 2012 // A Tennessee state university has apologized to an insurance company after representing that the insurer improperly denied a $20,000 prize claim to fund a promotional contest held during a basketball game. East Tennessee...

Lexington Offers International Student Tuition Income Loss Coverage

Feb 16 2012 // Lexington Insurance Co. has introduced HELP – International Catastrophe, a coverage designed to reimburse colleges and universities for the loss of tuition-related income that results when an enrolled international...

Safety, Security at Bio Labs Open to Interpretation, Not Matter of Law

Feb 15 2012 // To reach his office in Galveston National Laboratory, where scientists study deadly pathogens such as the Ebola and Marburg viruses, director James Le Duc swipes his key card at the building’s single entrance, which...

Ohio Lawmakers Hear Workforce Message in Governor’s Address

Feb 9 2012 // Republican legislative leaders say they took away from Gov. John Kasich’s State of the State speech a renewed focus on bolstering training programs for Ohio workers, answering the governor’s call to find ways...

Mississippi College Appeals Workplace Retaliation Award

Feb 8 2012 // A federal appeals court has scheduled arguments on Hinds Community College’s appeal of a workplace retaliation case. In 2010, the school was ordered to pay a former professor $345,020 after a federal jury found she...

Alabama Sports Trademark Infringement Claim Set for Court

Feb 6 2012 // A federal appeals court is set to hear arguments in the trademark infringement case between sports artist Daniel Moore and the University of Alabama, whose football program is portrayed in a number of his works. They...

Virginia High Schools Join in Safe-Driving Campaign

Feb 1 2012 // Nearly three dozen Virginia high schools are participating in a safe driving campaign starting this week. The Virginia State Police is teaming up with Youth of Virginia Speak Out About Traffic Safety to increase awareness...

Tennessee University Apologizes for Foul Over Basketball Prize Insurance Claim

Jan 30 2012 // A Tennessee state university has apologized to an insurance company after representing that the insurer improperly denied a $20,000 prize claim to fund a promotional contest held during a basketball game. East Tennessee...

Virginia Mom of Boy Left on Bus Sues School Officials for $500K

Jan 20 2012 // Richmond school officials are being sued by the mother of a 4-year-old autistic boy who was left on a bus. Nyheim Butler’s lawsuit accuses Richmond Public Schools, the district’s transportation director, a...

Penn. School District Pays $600K Settlement Over Harassment Claim

Jan 19 2012 // A central Pennsylvania school district has paid more than a half-million dollars to settle a student’s lawsuit involving a teacher acquitted of sexually assaulting her in 2006. Susquehanna Township School...

Texas School Bus Crash Sends 32 to Hospital

Jan 19 2012 // A tractor-trailer clipped a school bus full of students on Jan. 17, flipping the bus onto its side and sending 32 people — 29 of them children — to a central Texas hospital. Police said a 9-year-old boy was ejected...