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Apr 24 2024 // A lawyer for the military contractor being sued by three survivors of the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq told jurors Monday that the plaintiffs are suing the wrong people.“If you believe they were abused …...
May 21 2024 // California’s top state court on Tuesday will consider a labor union’s challenge to a ballot measure allowing app-based services such as Uber and Lyft to classify drivers in the state as independent contractors...
Oct 11 2024 // On an early August morning, a roofing contractor arrived at a Lafayette, Louisiana couple’s house and requested permission to inspect the home’s roof. The roofer’s arrival wasn’t unexpected.The...
Dec 18 2024 // It’s a question that has cropped up in state courts only on rare occasions: If the owner or officer of a subcontractor firm opts out of workers’ compensation coverage for himself, can he then sue the general...
Jun 11 2024 // A contractor cannot be the public adjuster on a claim and cannot advertise itself as an insurance claims negotiator if it does not hold an adjusters’ license, the Texas Supreme Court decided in a case that could give...
Nov 19 2024 // A construction industry captive insurer along with three construction contractors have filed a lawsuit alleging a massive New York fraud scheme involving staged workplace accidents and bogus workers’ compensation and...
Apr 4 2024 // The US Securities and Exchange Commission is asking publicly traded tech companies about their relationships with distributors and other business partners outside the US in a push to root out possible corruption, according...
Jan 26 2024 // A 16-year-old boy was using a walk-behind trencher on a job site in La Center, Washington to dig a channel for fence posts over the summer when he was dragged underneath the blade, causing injuries so severe that he lost...
Jun 17 2024 // A judge on Friday ordered a retrial over allegations that a Virginia-based military contractor contributed to the abuse and torture of detainees at Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison two decades ago.A civil trial...
Mar 7 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group. The construction industry faces a new set of challenges each year, and 2024 is no exception. Although 2023 saw a 19.7% surge[1] in spending for nonresidential...
Sep 2 2024 // A Skagit County was fined nearly $330,000 for exposing workers to crystalline silica dust from cutting, grinding and polishing stone countertops.The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries cited and fined A+...
May 17 2024 // Two Washington companies face a combined $650,000 in fines for violations in connection with a worker who died from asphyxiation after entering an apple storage facility where the oxygen had been removed from the air.The...
Nov 1 2024 // A military contractor accused of contributing to the abuse of detainees at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison two decades ago is again on trial in a federal courtroom after a long-awaited civil case earlier this year ended...
Sep 9 2024 // An underwater tunnel that passes beneath New York City’s East River sprung a leak last Wednesday after a city contractor mistakenly drilled a hole through it, sending streams of water into the heavily used passage as...
May 27 2024 // The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has determined that a Massachusetts roofing contractor again violated federal regulations for fall protections, following an investigation into how an employee fell...
Dec 16 2024 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department is seeking applications from contractors and evaluators to participate in the Strengthen Oklahoma Homes program (SOH).SOH provides Oklahoma residents with grants of up to $10,000 to...
Sep 6 2024 // The Iowa Insurance Division entered into a consent order with a Midwest roofing contractor on Sept. 5 following a June cease and desist order against contractors acting as unlicensed public adjusters.IID alleges that...
Oct 9 2024 // Cal/OSHA cited a farm labor contractor in Dixon for reportedly failing to protect its employees from heat illness.The inspection was opened in June after reports the employer allegedly fired farmworkers who left their work...
Feb 5 2024 // FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A second contractor said last Thursday that it has reached a $25 million settlement over its role in Flint, Michigan’s lead-contaminated water scandal.The class-action litigation agreement...
Mar 22 2024 // An Oklahoma City employer’s failure to follow federal safety procedures left a 30-year-old worker suffering fatal asphyxiation as they tried to make repairs inside a water tank at a McClain County wellsite in...