Illinois District Court: Insurer Cannot Rely on Employment-Related Exclusion in BIPA Suit March 9, 2022 By Ezra Amacher An Illinois federal judge said a policy exclusion for employment-related practices does not protect State Automobile Insurance Co. from defending...
Former Michigan Gov. Snyder Will Take 5th if Called to Testify in Water Trial March 9, 2022 Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, who faces misdemeanor charges in the Flint water crisis, wants to avoid testifying in a...
Iowa Tornadoes Deadliest Since 2008; Storm Caused Estimated $1 Billion in Damage March 9, 2022 Four of the seven people killed in devastating storms that tore through central Iowa were members of the same family...
Kansas Wildfire Kills 1, Destroys Several Homes March 8, 2022 One person was found dead March 6 as firefighters worked to contain a wildfire that burned 12,000 acres in south-central...
Missouri Cement Company Fined $17K For Shorting Pay of Worker March 8, 2022 A federal administrative law judge in Washington, D.C., has ordered a Hannibal, Missouri cement company to pay a worker the...
Experts Warn Central U.S. Needs to be Ready For Next Earthquake March 8, 2022 By Jim Salter Experts have warned for decades that a large swath of the central U.S. is at high risk for a devastating...
North Dakota Farmer Pleads Not Guilty to Insurance Fraud March 8, 2022 A central North Dakota farmer has pleaded not guilty to crop insurance fraud. Kent Pfaff, 58, of the Washburn area,...
People Moves: Burns & Wilcox Adds 2 to Professional Liability Practice Group; J.M. Wilson Adds Struck March 7, 2022 Burns & Wilcox Adds Tameka Livatino and Erin Pritchett to Professional Liability Practice Group Burns & Wilcox has named Tameka...
Hub Acquires Illinois’ Kuhl Insurance Agency March 7, 2022 Hub International Limited has acquired the assets of Kuhl Insurance Agency, Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located...
Minnesota Lawmakers Disagree Over Drought Relief Package March 7, 2022 Minnesota farmers and ranchers still reeling from last summer’s drought are asking the Legislature for urgency on relief, though lawmakers...