L.A. County’s 100K Shady Palms Potential Deathtraps for Workers September 21, 2015 By Don Jergler There may be nothing more synonymous with Los Angeles County than the tall, waving palm trees that line so many...
Court Backs Workers’ Comp Ruling for Assaulted Nebraska Nurse September 21, 2015 By Margery A. Beck The Nebraska Supreme Court upheld a workers’ compensation ruling requiring a Kearney hospital to pay the salary of a former...
Idaho Court Allows Boy Scout Suit to Move Forward September 21, 2015 Idaho’s highest court has ruled that the 16 men who say they were sexually abused as youngsters by scout leaders...
Illinois Workers’ Compensation Market at a Glance September 21, 2015 In its annual report for FY 2014, dated June 16, 2015, the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission shows the following: Illinois...
Appeals Court Denies State Farm’s Rehearing Request in Katrina Fraud Case September 7, 2015 A federal appeals court has decided that a jury’s ruling to uphold an insurance fraud decision will stand, allowing whistleblowers...
Taxi Companies’ Suit Against Uber in Connecticut Dismissed September 7, 2015 Uber Technologies Inc. on Aug. 13 won the dismissal of a racketeering lawsuit by 15 Connecticut taxi and limousine companies...
Federal Government Suing Southern California Edison over 2009 Fire September 7, 2015 Just days before the federal statute of limitations would have run out, the government has filed a lawsuit against Southern...
Florida Foreclosure Filings Spiked in July September 7, 2015 After almost a year of month-to-month declines, new foreclosure starts in Florida rose in July. The research firm Realty Trac...
Plymouth Rock’s ‘Prime’ Combines Online Sales With IA Channel September 7, 2015 By Young Ha Plymouth Rock Assurance — a Boston-based auto insurer serving Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Hampshire — launched a new online tool...
Ohio Licenses First Captive Insurance Company September 7, 2015 Imprise Financial PCC Inc. is now licensed as Ohio’s first “protected cell” captive insurance company, according to the Ohio Department...