Insurance
Mississippi Tire Plant Partly Covered, Will Reopen in June After Tornado
A northeast Mississippi tire plant that was damaged by an April tornado is expected to restart production in June. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. said this week that it was likely to take several months for its Cooper Tire plant …
Read More South Florida Jury Awards Woman $5.5M from Mold, Water Damage in Condo
A south Florida jury has awarded $5.5 million to a woman who sued her condominium association after years of water infiltration and mold that the woman blamed for the death of her longtime domestic partner in 2021. The Broward County …
Read More Biden Declares Flooded Parts of South Florida a Disaster Area
President Joe Biden declared Florida’s Broward County a disaster area Friday, two weeks after record-breaking rain left parts of Fort Lauderdale and its suburbs flooded. Gov. Ron DeSantis had requested the declaration earlier this week. The declaration makes Broward residents …
Read More Court Reinstates Criminal Charges Against Veterans’ Home Officials Over COVID Policies
Massachusetts’ highest court overruled a lower court judge Thursday and reinstated criminal neglect charges against two top former officials at a veterans’ home. Nearly 80 veterans died at the Veterans’ Home in Holyoke after contracting the coronavirus in one of …
Read More Lawsuit Seeks to Recover $3M Invested in Louisiana Hurricane-Damage Lawsuits
A restoration contractor that helped finance an effort by McClenny Moseley & Associates to file thousands of hurricane-damage claims in Louisiana wants its $3 million investment back. Access Restoration Services US filed a lawsuit in a Texas state court in …
Read More Feds: Ohio Man Tried to Firebomb Ohio Church to Stop Drag Show
CLEVELAND (AP) – An eastern Ohio man told investigators that he tried to burn down an Ohio church because he wanted to prevent a drag show that was scheduled to take place there, federal prosecutors allege in newly unsealed charges. …
Read More Mississippi River Flooding Prompts Evacuations, Sandbagging in Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Some residents along the swelling Upper Mississippi River evacuated their homes this week while others scrambled Wednesday to stack sandbags in preparation for what forecasters say could be near-record flooding caused by the rapid melting …
Read More Suit Over Texas Woman’s Jail Death Settles for $7M
DALLAS (AP) – A private company that ran a Texas jail where a woman allegedly went blind following days of medical neglect before her 2019 death has agreed to a $7 million lawsuit settlement along with other defendants, her family’s …
Read More $1.6B Trial Starts Against Utility Over Fatal 2020 Oregon Wildfires
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A trial connected to a $1.6 billion class action lawsuit against utility PacifiCorp over the catastrophic Labor Day 2020 wildfires in Oregon started Tuesday in Portland. The fires in 2020 killed nine people, burned more than …
Read More Florida Senate Approves Amended Insurer Accountability Act, Removes Some Reporting
The Florida Senate has unanimously approved an amended version of the Insurer Accountability Act, removing some reporting requirements for property insurers. The amended bill would continue to bar insurers from altering adjusters’ estimates without detailing the changes. An earlier version …
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