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Arizona Settlement Reached with Parents Whose Son Was Killed by Officer
The parents of a man fatally shot five years ago by a Mesa police officer at an Arizona hotel has agreed to settle their legal claims against the city over their son’s death. The Arizona Republic reported that the city …
POSTED JUNE 15, 2021 9:34 PM |
New Mexico AG Opposes California’s Blocking of California Insurance Company’s Redomestication
New Mexico’s Attorney General has moved to intervene in a lawsuit in which the California Insurance Co.’s is fighting actions by the California Department of Insurance to block CIC’s redomestication to New Mexico. New Mexico Attorney General Herbert Balderas, Jr. …
POSTED JUNE 15, 2021 5:14 PM |
Explosion, Fire at Illinois Chemical Plant Prompt Evacuations
An explosion at a chemical plant in northern Illinois sparked massive fires that sent flames and huge plumes of thick black smoke high into the air Monday morning, prompting evacuations. Emergency crews rushed to the scene of the 7:30 a.m. …
POSTED JUNE 15, 2021 4:40 PM |
Jury Finds Wisconsin Auto Parts Seller Guilty of Age Discrimination
An internet-based auto parts seller in Madison, Wisconsin, violated federal law when it failed to hire a qualified job applicant because of his age, a jury has found. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said the jury found RockAuto …
POSTED JUNE 15, 2021 4:38 PM |
Increase in Homeowners Claims Spurs Higher Insurance Prices in Missouri
Severe weather trends and an increase in claims are impacting the price of homeowners insurance in Missouri, regulators say. A recent report issued by the Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance shows that homeowners insurance claims have increased at a …
POSTED JUNE 15, 2021 4:35 PM |
Vehicle Crashes into Guard Rail at Texas Racetrack, Injuring 8
Eight people were injured when a vehicle crashed through a guardrail and plowed into a crowd at a mud racing event in Texas. The crash happened at about 6:30 p.m. on June 13 at a racetrack in Fabens, Texas, about …
POSTED JUNE 15, 2021 4:30 PM |
Insurors Indemnity to Buy Colonial Lloyds, Expanding Residential Coverage
Waco, Texas-based Insurors Indemnity has signed a definitive agreement to purchase insurance carrier Colonial Lloyds, headquartered in Fort Worth, pending regulatory approval. Colonial Lloyds has been serving the Texas homeowners insurance market since 1981. Insurors Indemnity said it is positioned …
POSTED JUNE 15, 2021 4:15 PM |
New York City’s 1,000-Lawyer Law Department Targeted by Cyber Attack
New York City’s law department was been hit with a cyber attack that forced officials to take the 1,000-lawyer agency offline, but Mayor Bill de Blasio said he believes no data was compromised in the hack. “To this hour we …
POSTED JUNE 15, 2021 3:10 PM |
Washington City Paying $333K to Family of Man Shot in 2016
The City of Forks has paid $333,000 to settle a civil-rights lawsuit filed by relatives of a man who was shot and killed by police in 2016 after an officer allegedly escalated a welfare check into a deadly confrontation. The …
POSTED JUNE 15, 2021 2:45 PM |
Widow of New Mexico Police Officer Files Wrongful Death Suit
The widow of a New Mexico State Police officer fatally shot in the line of duty in February has filed a wrongful death lawsuit, asserting the agency failed to equip her husband. The Albuquerque Journal reported that Gabriella Jarrott filed …
POSTED JUNE 15, 2021 2:42 PM |
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