A new law banning the use of cellphones while driving went into effect in a Phoenix suburb this month, making it the latest city to attempt regulation rather than wait for a state effort. Surprise officials put an ordinance banning …
The city of Lakewood, Wash., its police chief and two officers have agreed to pay $13 million to the family of an unarmed black man who was killed four years ago as he clutched his 4-year-old son following a four-hour …
The family of an Oklahoma teenager who drowned in the ocean while visiting the Oregon coast has filed a $3.6 million lawsuit against the city of Seaside. The Daily Astorian reported that 14-year-old Conner Miguel Wu Moore, of Tulsa, was …
Andrew Barcoma Go, 51, of Bellflower, Calif., was arrested on seven felony counts including six for identity theft and one for grand theft after allegedly falsifying information on insurance applications to steal over $34,000 from Farmers Insurance. After receiving a …
A California jury has found the Houston-based Plains All American Pipeline company guilty on criminal charges of fouling state waters and harming wildlife in a major oil spill three years ago along the Pacific shoreline near Santa Barbara. The verdict …
An annual progress report from the California Department of Workers’ Compensation’s Independent Medical Review program shows it’s working as intended. IMR is a medical dispute resolution process that uses medical expertise to obtain consistent, evidence-based decisions and is a component …
Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler issued fines in July totaling $115,050 against insurance companies, agents and brokers for reported violations of state insurance regulations. The alleged violators and their reported violations include: Agents and brokers T-Mobile USA Inc., Bellevue; fined …
The California Labor Commissioner’s Office has cited six Los Angeles area garment contractors $573,704 for labor law violations after uncovering a scheme where the contractors illegally operated under one license to avoid compliance. Four of the contractors did not have …
An explosive wildfire closed down dozens of miles of a major California freeway only weeks after a nearby blaze that left neighborhoods in ruins and killed eight people. The Delta Fire erupted Wednesday afternoon and within hours had devoured nearly …
A woman has filed a lawsuit against the University of Oregon over injuries she claims to have sustained while at a rock concert in 2016. The Register-Guard reporte Anne Holder filed the law suit last week in Lane County Circuit …
