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2 03, 2022

People Moves: Pathpoint Names Blust Chief Risk Officer; Woodruff Sawyer Adds Urick in California

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Pathpoint Inc. named Ralph Blust chief risk officer and president. Blust oversees Pathpoint’s sales and underwriting operations teams. Blust has more than 35 years of insurance industry leadership. He was most recently chief executive officer of National Flood Services. Blust …

2 03, 2022

‘Injections, Injections, Injections’: Troubling Questions Follow Closure of Sprawling Pain Clinic Chain

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HANFORD, Calif. — On May 13 of last year, the cellphones of thousands of California residents undergoing treatment for chronic pain lit up with a terse text message: “Due to unforeseen circumstances, Lags Medical Centers will be closing effective May …

2 03, 2022

California Bar Investigates After Records Published Online

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The State Bar of California is investigating a data breach after learning that a website published confidential information about 260,000 attorney discipline cases in California and other jurisdictions. State Bar officials learned about the posted records on Feb. 24, the …

2 03, 2022

Analysis: Russian Ransomware Attacks on Ukraine Muted by Leaks, Insurance Exclusion

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Warnings that pro-Russian ransomware gangs would snarl networks in Ukraine and its allies have so far failed to materialize amid disarray among the criminal underworld often behind such attacks and fears insurers would not pay out. Conti, one of the …

2 03, 2022

Maine Mother Nears $10M Settlement Over Clinic Failure to Report Abuse

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The federal government has agreed to pay $10 million to a Maine woman after a medical clinic failed to tell her or the state about signs that her son had been abused, according to court records. The agreement between the …

2 03, 2022

Man Alleging Malicious Prosecution for Fatal Fire Sues Pittsburgh Detectives, Prosecutor

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A Pennsylvania man who spent nearly 14 years in prison for a deadly 1993 fire before winning a new trial and having the charges against him dropped has filed a federal lawsuit against a prosecutor and two former police officers …

2 03, 2022

Rochester Settles Wrongful Termination Claim by Ex-Police Chief

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Rochester’s ex-police chief La’Ron Singletary will receive $75,000 from the City of Rochester after he sued the city for wrongful termination last year, alleging former Mayor Lovely Warren fired him for refusing to lie during an investigation into the death …

2 03, 2022

Florida Comp Broker Says in Federal Suit that Competitor’s Lies Cost it Business

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Talking trash about a competitor may be as old as humanity. But a Florida-based workers’ compensation insurance broker is charging that some bad-mouthing by another broker cost it a long-standing relationship with major insurance carrier. Comp360 LLC, with headquarters in …

2 03, 2022

Arkansas Medical Supply Owner, CEO Indicted For Allegedly Conspiring to Defraud Workers’ Comp Insurers

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Both the former owner of a Rogers, Arkansas-based medical supply and billing company and its former chief executive officer have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in three separate conspiracies to defraud the U.S. government and …

2 03, 2022

BP Seeks to Appeal Kansas Town’s Lawsuit Over 2021 Gas Price Hike

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Energy giant BP is seeking to appeal a decision that allowed a small Kansas town’s lawsuit over soaring natural gas prices in February 2021 to proceed. BP, formerly known as British Petroleum, filed two documents last week that indicate it …