The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued citations to three companies involved in a natural gas rig explosion in Oklahoma that killed five workers. OSHA announced that it’s fined Patterson-UTI Drilling, Crescent Consulting LLC and Skyline Directional Drilling LLC …
An Arkansas judge has rejected an initial request to disqualify a ballot measure that would place limits on damages awarded in lawsuits and give the Legislature control of state court rules. Pulaski County Circuit Judge Mackie Pierce rejected the motion …
A national panel of judges has refused to merge more than 40 wetland damage lawsuits filed by six Louisiana parishes against oil and gas companies. NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune reports the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has refused an attempt by …
Two sections of a suburban Dallas parking garage have collapsed five hours apart, sending vehicles and rubble onto other vehicles below. Assistant Fire Chief Jack Taylor said there appeared to be no injuries in the initial 11:30 a.m. collapse on …
Some Louisiana homeowners with damage from the 2016 floods who received help from the state’s recovery program will be receiving checks for full reimbursement of their repairs. Louisiana officials announced Monday they received federal approval to reimburse additional homeowners the …
A law that goes into effect today in Louisiana allows insurance producers to employ convicted felons if the producer obtains permission or consent in writing from the state insurance commissioner. The Louisiana Department of Insurance reports that before the new …
The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) board has unanimously approved an additional Class 1 member assessment of $106.8 million for Hurricane Harvey losses, the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) reported. The newly approved assessment follows the $175 million assessment OK’d …
A Texas petrochemical services company that fired three brothers because of a blood disorder that they shared will pay $135,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by federal officials over the firing. Signature Industrial Services LLC in Beaumont has also committed …
Little more than two months before Hurricane Harvey slammed the Gulf Coast of Texas, Alberto Castaneda let his home’s flood insurance lapse. He had never filed a claim on the policy in 10 years and he needed the extra cash …
Oklahoma City-based wholesale insurance broker and program manager, Midlands Management Corp., has introduced comprehensive coverage for the marijuana industry in Oklahoma. The Midlands program offers products liability, general liability, professional liability, excess liability and more for all segments of the …
