It wasn’t Santa and his reindeer landing on roofs that shook some central Oklahoma homes early Christmas morning. A small earthquake struck near Spencer at about 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to the U.S. Geology Survey. There were no immediate reports …
The city of Lubbock has agreed to pay $80,000 in a settlement with a woman injured when she stepped into a hole on her way out of a Texas Tech football game. The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reported that the Lubbock City …
One of the priorities of Minnesota’s highway plan for the next two decades calls for investing in safety-related road improvements. The Department of Transportation recently wrapped up a 20-year state highway investment plan, according to the West Central Tribune. The …
A Georgia couple is suing Duluth’s steam plant after they say their 2-year-old son received second-degree burns from a hot manhole cover. Megan and Troy Brown, from Canton, Ga., are seeking more than $50,000 from the Duluth Steam Cooperative, according …
The family of the suburban Houston couple killed on Thanksgiving Day last year in a 100-vehicle pileup on a foggy stretch of Interstate 10 in Southeast Texas has settled a lawsuit it had filed. The Beaumont Enterprise reported details of …
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Cleaveland Insurance Group in Rock Island, Ill. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Cleaveland Insurance Group is a retail insurance broker providing property/casualty, employee benefits and risk management insurance services for their middle-market …
A jury has awarded nearly $5.7 million to four servers who alleged they were fired from a Los Angeles restaurant because of their ages. City News Service reported Superior Court jurors last week awarded damages to the women, who range …
The mother of a 16-year-old boy who was paralyzed after breaking two vertebrae during high school wrestling practice has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a Wyoming hospital that treated him. The lawsuit from Melissa Plumley alleges Cheyenne Regional Medical …
A British Columbia lawyer representing 12 victims from the 2012 charter bus crash on Interstate 84 near Pendleton filed a lawsuit Monday at the Umatilla County Courthouse seeking $700 million. The East Oregonian reported the group is seeking a jury …
A lawsuit against Atlantic Richfield Co. by nearly 100 residents of Opportunity seeking to have the company clean hazardous materials from their property has been rejected. District Judge Brad Newman ruled on Monday that residents knew their properties were contaminated …
