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15 03, 2021

Illinois Shipping Firm Cited, Fined $156K after Worker Suffers Severe Injuries

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An Illinois-based container shipping company faces proposed penalties of $156,038 after an employee suffered a leg amputation and crushed pelvis when he fell off and was then run over by a powered heavy-lift vehicle used to move and stack steel …

14 03, 2021

South Dakota AG Pleads Not Guilty to Fatal Crash Charges

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South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg pleaded not guilty in an initial court hearing for three misdemeanor charges he is facing for striking and killing a man with his car last summer. The Republican attorney general did not appear at …

15 03, 2021

Internet Law Protects Video Platform From Church’s Bias Claim, Court Rules

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Vimeo Inc. is immune to a lawsuit by a church whose account it deleted for promoting gay conversion, the federal appeals court in New York ruled, amid a battle over online speech. Church United and its president and founder, James …

15 03, 2021

5th Circuit Rejects ‘Legal Gotcha’; Says Insurer Must Pay for Harvey Damage

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While Hurricane Harvey dumped 60 inches of rain on the Houston area in August 2017, the authority that operates the Lake Conroe Dam opened the floodgates to release water at a rate almost equal to the flow over Niagara Falls. …

15 03, 2021

OSHA to Review COVID-19 Workplace Safety Enforcement Under Trump

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Federal workplace safety regulators said on Friday they will revisit several COVID-19 related safety investigations performed during the Trump administration as part of a wider effort to better protect workers from the pandemic. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration …

15 03, 2021

Video Surveillance Leads to Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges Against California Woman

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Veronica Catalina Cortes-Ambrosio, 53, of Madera, Calif., was charged on two felony counts of insurance fraud after allegedly lying about physical limitations from an injury at work in an attempt to receive undeserved workers’ compensation benefits. An investigation by the …

15 03, 2021

$1.4B Shortfall Threatens Houston Area Flood Control Projects

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Flood control projects approved by Houston area voters in 2018 in response to Hurricane Harvey are facing a $1.4 billion shortfall that could delay their completion, officials have announced. The projects in need of the most funding are in some …

15 03, 2021

Texas-Based BNSF Ordered to Pay $290K in Whistleblower Case

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Federal labor officials have ordered Fort Worth, Texas-based BNSF Railway Co. to pay more than $290,000 in back pay, damages and fees, and reinstate an employee after an investigation found the worker’s rights were violated under the Federal Railroad Safety …

15 03, 2021

Mississippi Supreme Court Orders Third Trial in Hyundai Wrongful Death Suit

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The Mississippi Supreme Court is ordering a third trial in a wrongful death case, years after a jury told Hyundai Motor Company to pay millions of dollars to families of three people killed in a 1995 car crash. In a …

15 03, 2021

Nearly 1 Month Since Winter Storm, Water Restored to Mississippi City

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Most people in Mississippi’s capital now have running water, more than three weeks after the majority of taps in the city of 161,000 went dry during a winter storm. Still, officials said Thursday that thousands will likely remain under a …