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Judge’s Ruling That Trump Defamed Writer Sets Up Second Trial on Damages
Four months after a jury found that Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed advice columnist E. Jean Carroll, a federal judge ruled Wednesday that still more of the ex-president’s comments about her were libelous. The decision means that an upcoming …
Read More Oregon Workers’ Comp Costs to Drop 11th-Straight Year
Oregon employers will pay on average less for workers’ compensation coverage, according to an update from the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services. The decline marks 11 years of average decreases in the pure premium rate – the base …
Read More People Moves: Envoca Names Mabe to Board of Directors; JM Wilson Promotes Bolhuis to Assistant Property & Casualty Manager
JM Wilson Promotes Bolhuis to Assistant Property & Casualty Manager JM Wilson has promoted Kristin Bolhuis to assistant property & casualty manager in their Portage, Michigan office. Bolhuis’ responsibilities include assisting the director of property & casualty with the day-to-day …
Read More Hooters of Louisiana to Settle $650K Race and Retaliation Lawsuit
Hooters of Louisiana, LLC and associated companies (“Hooters”) have agreed to pay former African American employees $650,000 to settle a race and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced. According to the EEOC’s …
Read More Wet Roads, Speed Factored Into Car Crashing Into Texas Denny’s, Police Chief Says
ROSENBERG, Texas (AP) – A Texas police chief said Tuesday that wet roads and speed factored into the driver of an SUV plowing into a Denny`s restaurant outside Houston on Labor Day, injuring nearly two dozen people inside. No charges …
Read More Shuttered EPA Civil Rights Investigation Could’ve Brought `Meaningful Reform` in Cancer Alley, Documents Show
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – As industrial plants have overtaken historic Black communities and burdened neighborhoods with toxic air pollution, environmental advocates and residents of Louisiana’s chemical corridor have spent decades calling for change. So when the country’s top environmental regulator …
Read More Higginbotham Acquires Ohio’s Community Insurance Group
Higginbotham has acquired Community Insurance Group, its first acquisition in Ohio. With this transaction, Higginbotham now has a presence in 16 states across the country. For over a quarter century, Community Insurance Group has cared for clients in western Ohio, …
Read More FEMA Names Nearly 500 US Communities as ‘Resilience Zones’
Rikers Island in the Bronx, New York, made the list due to its extreme vulnerability to flooding. Lincoln, Wyoming, was selected because of its high avalanche risk. And the danger of both earthquakes and drought propelled part of Alameda, California, …
Read More APCIA, RAA Testify Before Senate Committee on Property Insurance Market
The American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) and the Reinsurance Association of American together presented testimony in Washington today on the state of of the property insurance market. The presentation, “Perspectives on Challenges in the Property Insurance Market and the …
Read More Public Adjusters Can’t Charge Fees Before Contract, Kentucky Commissioner Says
Kentucky’s insurance commissioner is reminding public adjusters that they are not authorized to get paid up front, before a contract with a homeowner is signed, unless approved by the commissioner. And fees are limited to 15% of insurance awards for …
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