A Maryland woman is seeking $150,000 for injuries she says she sustained when she tripped over a flower pot at a fire hall in 2006. According to court documents, Shirley Hiser filed suit …
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Maryland Woman Sues after Tripping over Flower Pot
A Maryland woman is seeking $150,000 for injuries she says she sustained when she tripped over a flower pot at a fire hall in 2006.
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Maryland Woman Sues after Tripping over Flower Pot
Police in Lexington, Kentucky are investigating the shooting death of a former state GOP lawmaker's ex-girlfriend, after the woman was found shot to death early Friday outside her town house. ..
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Police Probe Shooting Death of Kentucky Insurance Department Examiner
State fire officials say that more than 1,500 lightning strikes ignited 81 fires in northern and central California over the weekend, but most are contained. Department of Fire and Forestry … Copyright 2009 Associated Press
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Lightning Sparks Fires in California
North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue is pushing for the state building code to require that new homes include an electronic switch that helps prevent house fires
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Georgia Governor Wants Anti-Fire Switch in State Building Code
Motorists would be forbidden to send text messages while behind the wheel under proposals awaiting legislative action in Kentucky early next year.
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Kentucky Among States Considering Ban on Texting While Driving
Motorists would be forbidden to send text messages while behind the wheel under proposals awaiting legislative action in Kentucky early next year. Two lawmakers have filed bills that would add … Copyright 2009 Associated Press.
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Kentucky Among States Considering Ban on Texting While Driving
A Maryland man has entered an Alford plea in connection with a fire at his home last year. Fifty-one-year-old Bruce B. Opel entered the plea to a charge of reckless endangerment Wednesday in ..
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Maryland Man Ordered to Pay Restitution in Fire
Homeowner insurance premiums in Arkansas are expected to rise this year by an average of 10 percent as the industry works to rebound from 2008's dual blows of foul weather and nasty financial … Copyright 2009 Associated Press.
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Homeowner’s Insurance Rates to Rise 10% In Arkansas
Policyholders of Louisiana's state-backed property insurance company will see an average statewide rate increase of about 10 percent next year, under a proposal preliminarily approved by the … Copyright 2009 Associated Press. All rights reserved
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Louisiana Citizens Board OKs Proposed Rate Hike For 2010
Years after hurricanes Katrina and Rita left thousands of families living in government-issued trailers, one of the first trials is set to begin over whether dangerous fumes from the temporary … Copyright 2009 Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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First Trial over FEMA Trailer Fumes Set to Begin in New Orleans
Los Angeles homicide detectives investigating the deadly arson fire burning in the Angeles National Forest want to talk to anyone who made the initial efforts to report the blaze, authorities said …
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L.A. Detectives Ask for Help in Wildfire Probe
A Massachusetts Superior Court judge has allowed a lawsuit brought by residents and businesses served by electric utility Unitil to go forward. The 13 plaintiffs are seeking damages for losses …
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Suit against Massachustts Power Company Moves Forward
Following President Barack Obama's offer of compromise on an issue that has long divided Washington, congressional health care negotiators are considering proposals to foster alternatives to … Copyright 2009 Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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Obama Gives Proponents Hope for Medical Malpractice Reform
Fire officials say a new damage survey shows 82 homes have been destroyed from the blaze burning north of Los Angeles, up four from the previous report. The U.S. Forest Service also increased …
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Los Angeles Wildfire Has Destroyed 82 Homes, New Estimate Finds
A Missouri judge has blocked the firing of three administrative law judges who decide workers' compensation cases, saying the state could not eliminate their jobs as part of budget cuts. Cole …
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Missouri Judge Blocks Firing of 3 Workers’ Comp Judges
Firefighters this week were racing against the weather to clear brush before heat descended on Southern California, stoking the giant 15-day-old wildfire burning in the Angeles National Forest. … Copyright 2009 Associated Press.
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California Firefighters Battled Against Weather to Clear Brush
The heaviest rainfall in at least eight decades sent flash floods barreling across a major highway and into busy business districts in Istanbul, Turkey's largest city, on Wednesday, trapping …
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31 Reported Dead, as Flash Floods Slam Turkey
Pipe corrosion that went undetected for years led to an explosion and fire that rocked a Sunoco oil refinery in Claymont in May, authorities said. Investigators said the corrosion, caused by ..
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Pipe Corrosion led to Delaware Refinery Explosion
State insurance officials say residents in a Hutchinson, Kan., neighborhood that will be bought out because of the potential for sinkholes likely won't see an increase in their insurance premiums. …
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Sinkholes Create a Void in Insurance Coverage for Kansas Residents
A judge has rejected an attempt to have criminal charges dismissed in a case against the former chief executive of Louisiana's insurance company of last resort. Terry Lisotta, former CEO of …
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Trial Date Set for ex-Louisiana Citizens CEO Lisotta
A judge has rejected an attempt to have criminal charges dismissed in a case against the former chief executive of Louisiana's insurance company of last resort. Terry Lisotta, former CEO of … Copyright 2009 Associated Press
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Trial Date Set for ex-Louisiana Citizens CEO Lisotta
In a recent meeting of a task force considering privatizing Oklahoma's state-backed workers' compensation insurer, CompSource Oklahoma, Nevada insurance executives said workers' comp rates have … Copyright 2009 Associated Press.
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Oklahoma Considers Privatizing State-backed Workers’ Comp Insurer
Executives from Colorado's state-chartered workers' compensation insurance company defended themselves against accusations of lavish spending and excess profits on Friday and they told lawmakers … Copyright 2009 Associated Press
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Colorado Officials Defend Pinnacol Actions
Concerned about the increasing number of children across the nation being injured by falling furniture and televisions, lawmakers in New Jersey want manufacturers to do more to help prevent such …
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Concerns over Falling Furniture, TVs Spur New Jersey Bill
The Ford Motor Co. has settled a lawsuit filed by residents of a northern New Jersey town over toxic waste dumped there nearly 40 years ago. The settlement was announced in state Superior Court ..
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Attorney: Ford Settles New Jersey Toxic Waste Lawsuit
The bad news for Peter Kaplan is even worse than first reported. The North Carolina diamond broker, whose $1.5 million inventory was stolen in New Mexico last week, didn't have insurance. ..
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North Carolina Diamond Broker Robbed of $1.5M Had No Insurance
Federal authorities this week delayed implementation of a new flood plain map for Garden City, Kan., just days before local officials planned to ask a federal judge to block it. A hearing …
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FEMA Delays Disputed Flood Map for Kansas Community
Companies that sell private mortgage insurance in Missouri suffered their largest losses last year in three decades of record-keeping. The state insurance department says mortgage guaranty … Copyright 2009 Associated Press.
New Hampshire Republican legislators want Gov. John Lynch to work with them on budget changes should the state lose its claim to $110 million in a medical malpractice fund.
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New Hampshire GOP Asks Governor to Work on Budget Changes
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