A New London woman and Lawrence & Memorial Hospital have settled a lawsuit in which the woman claimed the hospital failed to properly diagnose and treat her mother after she contracted the flesh-eating bacteria. An attorney for Bianca Nardi tells …
The Missouri Legislature convened its 2011 session on Jan. 5, 2011, with many new faces, a looming budget shortfall and a pledge from the state’s largest Republican majority to make quick progress on a pro-business agenda. On opening day, the …
Authorities say a trench collapse in eastern Pennsylvania has killed one construction worker and injured another. Allentown fire officials say the workers were on a bridge when the trench in which they were working collapsed, hitting them with gravel and …
The former director of aviation at New Orleans’ Louis Armstrong International Airport pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice for his role in a Hurricane Katrina insurance fraud case. Sean Hunter and his wife, Shauna Crowden Hunter, were charged in federal …
North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm says auto insurance premiums paid by drivers in the Dakotas remain among the lowest in the nation. Hamm cites a new report issued by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. He says in 2008, …
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo plans to improve regulation of Wall Street with a smaller state government that would merge the Banking and Insurance departments, Cuomo told a radio station yesterday. Cuomo, a Democrat who took office on Saturday, is …
A ban on hand-held cell phone use while driving is taking effect in Delaware. Beginning Sunday, drivers will have to carry on their cell phone conversations using hands-free devices. The law also bans texting while driving, and drivers cannot use …
Australia’s record floods are causing catastrophic damage to infrastructure in the state of Queensland and have forced 75 percent of its coal mines, which fuel Asia’s steel mills, to grind to a halt, Queensland’s premier said on Wednesday. The worst …
Chambers County officials are defending their spending of tens of millions of federal dollars for cleanup from Hurricane Ike after a federal audit questioned whether the money was properly used in the Southeast Texas county devastated by the September 2008 …
New York officials say four insurance groups have agreed to pay a total of about $120 million in excess workers’ compensation surcharges to the state. The attorney general’s office says the companies collected too much in surcharges on premiums from …
