Mississippi Lawmakers Approve Incentives for 2 Large Amazon Data Centers January 30, 2024 By Emily Wagster Pettus JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers met in special session last week and quickly approved job training money and other...
Former Prominent Georgia Labor Lawyer Who Shot Wife Sentenced to 8 Years January 30, 2024 ATLANTA (AP) — A once-prominent labor and employment attorney who fatally shot his wife in 2016 as they rode in...
Three in Miami Charged with Workers’ Comp Payroll Fraud January 30, 2024 Three Miami-area construction labor suppliers have been charged with underreporting payroll and shorting their workers’ compensation insurers more than $220,000...
COVID Liability Immunity Includes Slips and Falls at Hospital – Alabama High Court January 29, 2024 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports When the COVID-19 virus spread across the country three years ago, dozens of state legislatures approved statutes that granted health...
Residents Fight Planned Monkey-Breeding Farm in South Georgia January 29, 2024 BAINBRIDGE, Ga. (AP) — Some local residents and an animal-rights group are protesting plans for a monkey-breeding facility in southwest...
Family of Florida Woman Killed by Alligator Sues Housing Complex for Negligence January 29, 2024 By Terry Spencer WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The family of a Florida woman killed by an alligator last year as she...
Are Some Florida Workers’ Comp Judges Bending to the Political Winds on Fees? January 29, 2024 By William Rabb Attorney fees in Florida workers’ compensation cases seem to be part of a story that will never end, and a...
Georgia Bill Would Require Wind-Mit Premium Discounts for Commercial Properties January 26, 2024 Property insurers in Georgia would be required to provide premium discounts for not only residential, but also for commercial structures...
WV Supreme Court Denies Insurers’ Appeal in Chlorine Leak that Damaged Plant January 26, 2024 By William Rabb A group of 12 insurance companies cannot yet appeal a trial court’s finding that contamination exclusions did not bar coverage...
Small Plane Crash in Florida Everglades Kills 2 January 26, 2024 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A small plane crashed in the Florida Everglades, killing the two people on board, authorities...