Los Angeles County will pay nearly $2 million to settle lawsuits over use of force by sheriff’s deputies, including a deadly shooting. City News Service says the Board of Supervisors approved the payouts on Tuesday. A $900,000 settlement was approved …
As proponents of California Proposition 33 await a hearing on a lawsuit they filed to change some wording in voter guide statements for the upcoming November election, they’re hoping to avoid the damage that could be done by language they …
Kyle Ramstetter has joined Lockton as a producer based in the insurance broker’s Denver, Colo. office. Ramstetter will be responsible for client advocacy and new business development in property and casualty insurance for commercial clients. Lockton is the world’s largest …
Proponents of the vehicle insurance discount initiative on the November ballot say California’s voter guide statements on Proposition 33 are inaccurate. The Proposition 33 campaign has filed a Sacramento lawsuit saying the state attorney general and opponents of the initiative …
About 80 malpractice claims that forced an Alamogordo hospital to seek bankruptcy court protection last summer have been settled for more than $33 million. The Albuquerque Journal reported that that settlement lets the Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center, the largest …
A New Mexico pueblo hit by flooding after a wildfire scorched the area is receiving $11 million in federal assistance. The grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency goes to Santa Clara Pueblo for mitigation and restoration efforts. Pueblo Gov. …
A jury has ruled that St. James Healthcare in Butte is liable for $187,500 in damages for negligence in the 2006 death of a 36-year-old Butte woman from a rare blood disorder. The Montana Standard reported the jury reached its …
An insurance company says it didn’t sell policies to the Helena-based Catholic Diocese of Montana and is not responsible for covering costs involved in defending former nuns and priests accused of child abuse ranging from the 1930s through the 1970s. …
Mercury General Corp. on Monday reported a net loss for the second quarter driven partly by an increase in severity trends, sending the Los Angeles, Calif.-based insurer’s shares down nearly 6 percent. The company’s net reported loss for the second …
Authorities say two California men were arrested this week on suspicion of running an insurance fraud scam that bilked multiple companies for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones said Friday 48-year-old Louis Houston of Richmond and 28-year-old …
