California City Paying $11M to Settle Fatal Crosswalk Crash October 15, 2021 Sacramento has paid $11 million to settle a lawsuit after a car hit a boy and killed his grandmother in...
Texas Bill Would Make Firms Requiring COVID Vaccine Vulnerable to Lawsuits October 15, 2021 By Neelam Bohra, The Texas Tribune and Mitchell Ferman, The Texas Tribune As Gov. Greg Abbott and other Republican Texas leaders wage a war against vaccination mandates meant to curb COVID-19, a...
People Moves: Risk, Rushmore and Willis Towers October 15, 2021 Risk Strategies Names Meder to Claims Advocacy Role Risk Strategies, a national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, announced that...
Texas Contractor Fined $212K in Fatal Crane Collapse October 15, 2021 Federal workplace safety officials say a Lufkin, Texas, contractor’s failure to assemble a crane boom properly caused the crane to...
Former Northeast Missouri Town Clerk Sentenced for $315K Embezzlement October 15, 2021 The former town clerk of a small rural community in northeast Missouri was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in federal...
North Dakota Hit with Tornados, Record Rainfall, Blanket of Snow October 15, 2021 North Dakota residents experienced a range of weather this week, with rare October tornadoes in the southeastern part of the...
As Louisiana Port Rebuilds After Hurricane Ida, Loss of Wetlands Seen as Threat October 15, 2021 By Liz Hampton On Louisiana’s south coast, in a key port servicing the U.S. offshore oil industry, a huge shipyard sits idle and...
Murdaugh Charged With Taking Dead Housekeeper’s Life Insurance Settlement October 15, 2021 Prominent South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh, already accused of swindling money from his law firm and for faking his own...
RIMS CEO Roth to Retire in 2022 October 15, 2021 After a 36-year career advancing the risk management profession, RIMS CEO Mary Roth has announced she plans to retire following...
Judge Dismisses Air Ambulance Attempt to Block Florida Reimbursement Law October 15, 2021 By William Rabb Florida officials are applauding a federal court’s decision to dismiss an air ambulance company’s challenge to a 2020 law that...