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Three Texas Companies Recognized for Workplace Safety
Jun 14 2023 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) awarded three companies the Lone Star Safety Award for their exemplary workplace health and safety programs and low rates of work-related...
Two More States Pass Bills to Require Disclosure of Litigation Funding
Jun 13 2023 // Lawmakers in two states passed bills this year to require disclosure of litigation funding contracts. Business groups are pushing for similar rules in federal courts nationwide. Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte on May 2 signed...
Three States Remove All Time Limits on Child Sex Abuse Lawsuits
Jun 12 2023 // Ann Allen loved going to church and the after-school social group led by a dynamic priest back in the 1960s. The giggling fun with friends always ended with a game of hide and seek. Each week, the Rev. Lawrence Sabatino...
3M Granted Delay in ‘Forever Chemicals’ Trial to Negotiate Settlement
Jun 5 2023 // The judge overseeing 4,000 lawsuits involving 3M Co. “forever chemicals” agreed to delay the first trial for three weeks so the company can work out a settlement over pollution claims by water providers. US...
3M Is in at Least $10 Billion Forever-Chemicals Pollution Settlement
Jun 2 2023 // Update: 3M Granted Delay in ‘Forever Chemicals’ Trial to Negotiate Settlement 3M Co. struck a tentative settlement of at least $10 billion over water pollution claims tied to “forever chemicals,”...
3M, DuPont to Pay $100 Million to End Georgia Lawsuit Over Polluted Drinking Water
Jun 2 2023 // 3M Co., DuPont de Nemours Inc. and other makers of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, have agreed to pay more than $100 million to resolve a Georgia city’s lawsuit claiming the chemicals polluted its...
Eight Months After Ian, Struggles Continue for Swamped Florida Residents
May 31 2023 // Eight months ago, chef Michael Cellura had a restaurant job and had just moved into a fancy new camper home on Fort Myers Beach. Now, after Hurricane Ian swept all that away, he lives in his older Infiniti sedan with a...
Two Killed in Small Plane Crash at South Florida Airport, the Second This Year
May 30 2023 // A flight instructor and a student pilot died Friday when a small plane crashed at a south Florida airport, Palm Beach County authorities said. The crash at the Palm Beach County Park Airport in Lantana happened shortly...
Three Former Mississippi Officers Indicted in Death of Man Repeatedly Tased
May 26 2023 // A Mississippi grand jury has indicted two former police officers on murder charges and another ex-officer on a manslaughter charge in the death of a Black man who was pinned to the ground and repeatedly tased during an...
Four Injured in Explosion at Wisconsin Condominium Building
May 11 2023 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Four people were injured in an apparent explosion at a Madison condominium building Tuesday evening, the city’s fire chief said. One person was taken to an area hospital by ambulance, and...
Two Workers at Michigan Plant Hurt After One Falls Into Lye
May 8 2023 // GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) – Two workers were being treated for chemical burns Friday after one fell into a vat at a Grand Rapids electroplating plant, authorities said. The Grand Rapids Fire Department was sent on a...
Five Hurt After Fire at Houston-Area Petrochemical Plant
May 8 2023 // HOUSTON (AP) – Fire erupted at a petrochemical plant in the Houston area Friday, leaving five workers hospitalized and sending up a huge plume of smoke visible for miles. Emergency responders were called to help...
One Worker Missing After Explosion at Massachusetts Chemical Plant
May 4 2023 // One worker is missing and the building is severely damaged after an early morning explosion at a pharmaceutical chemical plant in a business park in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Five workers were in the building at the time...
Two Charged With Setting Philadelphia Fire That Killed Firefighter for Insurance Money
Apr 21 2023 // The owner of a Philadelphia building that caught fire and collapsed last summer, killing a city firefighter and injuring five other people, has been indicted along with another man on charges they set the blaze, federal...
Nine More States Join Federal Lawsuit Against Google Over Ad Tech
Apr 18 2023 // Nine states, including Michigan and Nebraska, have joined a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit against Alphabet’s Google which alleges the search and advertising company broke antitrust law in running its digital...
Two Tornadoes Confirmed in Georgia Towns
Apr 17 2023 // The National Weather Service confirmed two weak tornadoes touched down last week in middle Georgia. No one was reported injured in either storm. A tornado with top winds of 90 mph touched down on the southeast edge of...
Two New Jersey Police Chiefs Facing Charges
Apr 14 2023 // New Jersey authorities on Wednesday arrested a small-town police chief, charging him with sexually assaulting subordinates over more than a decade, while also announcing misconduct charges against another police chief who...
Three Alaska Native Tribes Suing to Block Major Gold Mine Project
Apr 13 2023 // Three Alaska Native tribes have sued to block what they say would be one of the largest gold mines in the world, arguing that federal agencies failed to properly analyze health and environmental concerns for the project in...
Four Dead in Plane Crash off Florida’s Gulf Coast
Apr 10 2023 // The bodies of two men and two women have been recovered following a small plane crash just off Florida’s Gulf Coast, police said Thursday. The plane had just taken off from Venice Airport when it crashed into the...
Two Contractors to Pay $1.24 Million to Resolve Fraud in Whittier Bridge/I-95 Project
Apr 6 2023 // Walsh Construction Co. and Melo’s Rodbusters, Inc. have agreed to pay $1.24 million collectively to resolve False Claims Act allegations that they participated in a fraudulent scheme to take advantage of the federal...
