Southeast News
News for October 2008
October 31, 2008
- $7.5 Million Settlement Offered in North Carolina Plant Fire
- Legal Experts in Kentucky Mull Reopening Deadly 1977 Fire
- Kentucky Farm Bureau Deploys Guidewire ClaimCenter
- Mississippi to Get $2 Million in Disaster Funds
October 30, 2008
- Florida Approves Another Rate Decrease for Workers' Comp
- Alabama Governor Offers Reward in Jasper Arson
- Florida Insurance Fraud Case Lands Attorney in Prison
- Feds to Close Mississippi Disaster Office
- West Virginia Receives $3.1 Million for Disaster Relief
October 29, 2008
- AIG Settles North Carolina Injury Case for $18 Million
- Feds Levy $79,000 Fine against West Virginia Pool Maker
- Two Convicted in Katrina Fraud Case in Mississippi
- Tennessee: Computer Seller Misled Buyers
October 28, 2008
October 27, 2008
- Mississippi High Court Upholds Verdict in Hospice Death
- Officials in Mississippi City to Research Allowing Golf Carts on Streets
October 24, 2008
- Florida Supreme Court Overturns Workers' Comp Attorney Fee Limits
- Experts: Tire Rims from South Carolina Learjet Scarred Runway
- Feds Fine West Virginia Coal Operation $763K over Dust Hazard
- Cinders to Help Keep West Virginia Roads Safe
October 23, 2008
October 22, 2008
October 21, 2008
- Insurers' Study Warns on North Carolina Beach Plan Deficit
- West Virginia Identifies Miner Killed at Consol Mine
October 20, 2008
- Authorities Investigating South Carolina Home Fires as Arson
- Update: West Virginia Residents Appeal Denial of Class-action Lawsuit
- Southern Drought Creeping Northward to West Virginia
- Update: Alabama School Bus Seat Belt Study Hits Bumps
- South Carolina Residents Sentenced in Workers' Comp Scam
October 16, 2008
- A.M. Best, Insurers Concerned over Florida's Catastrophe Fund Capabilities
- Florida Regulator Orders Further Reduction in Workers' Comp Rates
- Fire Damages South Carolina Fire Station
- Mississippi Man Admits to Arson
- Fireworks Ignited at Tennessee Fireworks Store
- Kentucky University Fires Remain under Investigation
October 15, 2008
- South Carolina Seniors Complex Fire Ruled Arson
- Suspect Sought in String of Fires in Alabama
- North Carolina Insurance Investigators Thwart Alleged Auto Accident Ring
- Tennessee Lottery Sues 2 Companies over Software Error
- Tennessee-based Unum Bridges Language Gaps in Employee Benefits
- Student Sues after Losing Eye During Golf Practice
October 14, 2008
- 7 Miners Injured in West Virginia when Vehicle Derails, Crashes
- West Virginia Residents Asked to Shelter after Ammonia Leak
- Georgia Drought Persists Despite Rains from Hurricanes
- Fire Destroys Small Alabama Church
- Florida Families Left Homeless after Apartment Fire
October 13, 2008
- $90 Million Lawsuit Filed in Tennessee Fire that Killed 7
- Storage Fire Forces Kentucky Residents from Homes
- Lightning Hits Daytona Beach Apartment Complex
October 10, 2008
- 1 Person Killed in West Virginia Mine
- Insurer: Odds of Deer-vehicle Crashes Highest in West Virginia
- Florida Heeds Survey: Rising Energy Costs Could Increase Home Fires
October 9, 2008
- West Virginia Bar, Driver Ordered to Pay $400,000 in Damages
- Federal Report: Doomed South Carolina Jet on Fire before Stopping
- Feds Laud Firefighters in North Carolina Chemical Fire
- 3 Fires at Eastern Kentucky University Investigated
- Ike Cleanup in Kentucky will Last into Next Year
October 8, 2008
- West Virginia Insurance Commission Employee Info on Stolen Laptop
- Update: Mississippi Firm, Workers Spar in Court over Injuries
- Fire Destroys West Virginia Food Bank
- Taser Firm, Police Sued by Family of Dead South Carolina Man
October 7, 2008
- Mississippi Insurance Agent Claims Sentence too Harsh
- Fire in Kentucky Burns Daniel Boone National Forest
- Kentucky Employers' Mutual Lowers Workers' Comp Rates
October 6, 2008
October 5, 2008
October 3, 2008
- West Virginia Judge: No Group Lawsuit against DuPont over Water
- Federal Report Finds Violations at Most Georgia Nursing Homes
- Crack Found in Kentucky Bridge, Eastbound Truck Traffic Halted
- Attorney wants Darby Fine to Go to Kentucky Families
- Alabama Judge Stops 2-year System Employee Plan
October 2, 2008
October 1, 2008