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Indiana State University Wins First Place in Selective Insurance Collegiate Competition

Mar 13 2020 // Indiana State University has won first place in Selective Insurance’s Collegiate Competition. Second place was claimed by Middle Tennessee University, while Appalachian State University placed third.The month-long,...

University of Kentucky Reboots Computer Network After Month-Long Cyberattack

Mar 10 2020 // A month-long attack on the computer networks at Kentucky’s largest university system prompted officials to conduct a major reboot of the networks Sunday, officials said.Officials believe the prolonged cyberattack was...

Cost Unclear as Ohio State Settles Suits Over Doc Abuse

Mar 9 2020 // Ohio State reached an unspecified settlement with nearly half of the roughly 350 men who say they were sexually abused decades ago by a team doctor who was jokingly known among some athletes by nicknames like “Dr....

New Mexico AG Sues Google for Collecting Personal Data of School Children

Mar 9 2020 // New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas filed a lawsuit against Google LLC alleging the tech giant is illegally collecting personal information from New Mexico school children under 13 in violation of the Federal...

Ex-Athletes Sue University of Michigan Alleging Sex Abuse by Doctor

Mar 6 2020 // Three former athletes at the University of Michigan have filed lawsuits against the school, alleging that a late doctor sexually assaulted them while the men were members of the football and hockey teams in the 1980s.The...

Fired Arizona State University Associate Athletic Director Files $1.5M Claim

Feb 28 2020 // A former senior associate athletics director at Arizona State has filed a $1.5 million claim against the university over his firing last December.David Cohen said in his claim – which is the precursor to a lawsuit –...

School Bus Crash in Upstate New York; Five Children, Two Adults Injured

Feb 26 2020 // Five children aged six to 17 and two adults were injured in a school bus accident Thursday about 60 miles northwest of New York City, according to state police.Troopers said a pick-up truck apparently rear-ended the...

Lawsuit Alleges University of Maryland Fed Gluten to Student with Celiac Disease

Feb 26 2020 // A student who has celiac disease says in a lawsuit that a Maryland state university deliberately served her food containing gluten.The lawsuit from Allegany County native Hannah Smith said the University of Maryland,...

New Mexico AG Sues Google for Collecting Personal Data of School Children

Feb 21 2020 // New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas has filed a lawsuit against Google LLC alleging the tech giant is illegally collecting personal information from New Mexico school children under 13 in violation of the Federal...

Missouri School District Sued for $2.4M Over Girl’s Arrest

Feb 21 2020 // A woman whose daughter was wrongfully arrested at a middle school is suing the Columbia school district and police department.Kandas Holmes-Barnes is seeking a total of $2.4 million from the Columbia Public Schools and the...

Ex-Student, University of Arkansas, Settle Rape Lawsuit

Feb 20 2020 // The University of Arkansas and a former student reached a settlement agreement in a lawsuit alleging school officials acted with “deliberate indifference” after she reported being sexually assaulted by another...

Tennessee Teen Kidnapped by Teacher Settles with School District for $650K

Feb 20 2020 // A lawsuit has been settled between a Tennessee school district and a former student who was kidnapped by a teacher when she was 15.Tad Cummins sparked a 39-day nationwide manhunt when he fled the state with the former...

RIMS Workshop at University of Southern California Drawing Broader Insurance Professional Audience

Feb 18 2020 // A risk professional is no longer merely someone who just focuses on protecting assets, according to Ward Ching, a managing director of the Western region at Aon.Ching not only sees a growing need for risk professionals to...

Iowa District to Pay $4.8M to Settle Suit Over Deadly School Bus Fire

Feb 18 2020 // A western Iowa school district will pay $4.8 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of 16-year-old girl who died in a 2017 school bus fire that also killed the bus driver.Riverside Community School District has...

Lawsuit Alleges Pennsylvania School District Knew About Lead, Asbestos Contamination

Feb 14 2020 // Current and former employees of a Pennsylvania school district claimed in a lawsuit filed Monday that officials knew for years that unsafe levels of lead and asbestos posed potential health risks for students and staff but...

California State University to Pay $240K to Settle Pro-Life Lawsuit

Feb 10 2020 // The California State University system and Cal State San Marcos agreed to pay $240,000 to settle a lawsuit challenging their refusal to use student fees to fund a pro-life speaker on campus, according to a newspaper report...

Michigan School District to Reinstate Employee, Pay $102.9K in Whistleblower Case

Feb 3 2020 // A school district in Michigan has been ordered to reinstate one employee and pay a total of $102,905.78 in back wages, damages and other compensation in a whistleblower case.The U.S. Department of Labor’s...

Selective Insurance Launches Agency Management Collegiate Competition

Feb 3 2020 // Teams of students from seven universities throughout the U.S. today begin a month-long collegiate competition in which they will run virtual insurance agencies in a computer-simulated environment.The competition, called...

2 Construction Workers Injured at University of Alabama Stadium

Jan 28 2020 // Two construction workers, participating in the renovation of Bryant-Denny Stadium at the University of Alabama, were injured Saturday when beams fell on a piece of equipment they were operating.Tuscaloosa Fire Rescue...

Truck, School Bus Collide in Arkansas, Injuring 9

Jan 23 2020 // Nine people were injured, including a child who was airlifted to a hospital, when a school bus and a dump truck collided Tuesday afternoon on a state highway in northeast Arkansas, authorities said.Arkansas State Police...