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Western U.S. Tsunami Damage Exceeds $50MillionTsunami waves following Japan's massive earthquake are estimated to have caused more than $50 million in damages in the Western United States, according to local officials. In Hawaii, Gov. Neil Abercrombie issued an emergency proclamation that will allow the state to seek federal a read more ... |
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Contractors & Builders Subcontractors Can't Hide from Workers' Compensation Insurance
Sound risk management necessitates that owners or general contractors contractually mandate workers' compensation coverage anytime an independent contractor or subcontractor is hired to perform work on their behalf. Subcontractors cannot hide behind statute in contract situations; workers read more ...
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TV Anchor Appeals Dismissal of Medical Malpractice Suit in Baltimore Lawyers for former CBS "Early Show'' anchor Mark McEwen have appealed the dismissal of his medical malpractice lawsuit. A federal judge in Baltimore threw out McEwen's lawsuit earlier this year. The 55-year-old McEwen suffered a massive stroke in November 2005 that h read more ... |
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States with High Homicide Rates Also Report More Traffic Deaths States with high homicide rates also tend to have higher rates of traffic deaths than other states, says a University of Michigan researcher.
In a new study in the current issue of the journal Traffic Injury Prevention, Michael Sivak of the U-M Transportation Resear read more ... |
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Study Says Increased WC Benefits Lengthens Claim Duration States that increase the maximum weekly benefit for workers compensation can expect to see temporarily total disability, injured workers making claims for longer, almost a week longer, according to a new study released by the National Council on Compensation Insurance, Inc. read more ... |
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AIG, Ex-CEO Greenberg Settle Disputes American International Group and former chief executive Maurice "Hank" Greenberg have reached an agreement to bury a long-standing, bitter legal battle and the insurer will turn over materials the former boss can use to write his memoir, as well as prized photographs and a Persian car read more ... |
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Death Not Caused by H1N1 Vaccine, Says World Health Organization About 40 people have died after being inoculated against H1N1 pandemic flu, but investigations so far show the fatalities were not caused by the vaccine, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.
The U.N. agency reaffirmed that the pandemic vaccine was safe an read more ... |
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Did Government Overpay to Bail Out AIG? Officials handling the multibillion dollar bailout of insurance giant American International Group, Inc. mismanaged an initial rescue attempt and may have overpaid other banks to wind down AIG's business relationships, a government watchdog says.
The Federal Res read more ... |
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