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Mississippi Court Throws Out Jury Award Over Supermarket Beating

Jul 3 2012 // The Mississippi Supreme Court has thrown out a $2.5 million judgment for a Jackson woman who lost sight in one eye when purse-snatchers beat her in a supermarket parking lot. A Hinds County jury in 2009 found The Kroger...

Georgia Jury Awards $2.3M in Kroger Case

Feb 6 2012 // A Gwinnett County, Georgia jury awarded $2.3 million in damages after a judge determined that Kroger destroyed and manipulated key video evidence involving an injured customer. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported...

Georgia Jury Awards $2.3 Million in Kroger Customer’s Suit

Jan 30 2012 // A Gwinnett County, Georgia jury has awarded $2.3 million in damages after a judge determined that Kroger destroyed and manipulated key video evidence involving an injured customer. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported...

E. coli Scare Prompts Tyson to Recall Ground Beef from Kansas Plant

Sep 29 2011 // Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. is recalling about 131,300 pounds of ground beef because a family in Ohio fell ill after eating meat produced by the company that was contaminated with E. coli, the U.S. Department of Agriculture...

Ratings Roundup: Allstate (bank), Queen City, Sutter, Auto Club (Michigan)

Feb 11 2011 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that its ratings on Allstate Corp. (A-/Stable/A-2) and its operating subsidiaries “are not affected by the announcement that Allstate is exiting the banking...

People and Places

May 7 2007 // Bob Lund, vice president and general counsel of SFM Mutual Insurance Co. since 1998, has been chosen as SFM’s new president and chief executive officer, Board Chair Truman Jeffers recently announced. Lund succeeds...

Ohio Grange Insurance Appoints Newest Board Member

Apr 19 2007 // Columbus, Ohio-based Grange Mutual Casualty Co. has announced that it has appointed M. Marnette Perry as its newest board member. Perry is senior vice president for The Kroger Co., one of the nation’s largest retail...