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North Carolina Lawmakers Approve School District Lawsuit Moratorium

Jul 24 2015 // School districts in North Carolina may soon be barred for five years from suing their counties over the amount of funding they receive under a new provision approved by the state Senate. The Senate passed on July 22 a bill...

Nevada School District to Settle Insurance Broker Suit for $1.65M

Jul 20 2015 // The Clark County School District in Nevada says it will pay a former insurance broker $1.65 million to settle a lawsuit that claimed the public agency ended the broker’s contract prematurely. Business Benefits Inc....

Missouri School District Settles Bullying Lawsuit for $300K

Jul 16 2015 // A federal lawsuit filed by the parents of a 14-year-old southwest Missouri boy who killed himself after being bullied at school has been settled for $300,000. The Joplin Globe reports the Carl Junction School District and...

24 Apartments Near University of Central Florida Destroyed by Fire

Jul 15 2015 // Fire officials say fire destroyed an apartment building at a complex near the University of Central Florida.It took about 60 firefighters to put out the fire at the Tivoli Apartments on the afternoon of July 12. Seminole...

Nevada School District to Settle Insurance Broker Suit for $1.65M

Jul 13 2015 // The Clark County School District in Nevada says it will pay a former insurance broker $1.65 million to settle a lawsuit that claimed the public agency ended the broker’s contract prematurely.The Las Vegas Sun...

Estate of Oregon Woman Killed by School Bus Files Lawsuit

Jul 8 2015 // The estate of a 43-year-old woman who was fatally injured when she was hit by a school bus as she crossed the street with her husband has filed an $8.7 million lawsuit. The Oregonian reported that Renee Bates and her...

Illinois’ Harper College, Zurich Team Up for Insurance Apprenticeship Program

Jul 6 2015 // A Chicago-area community college and a global insurance company are creating what they believe is the first-of-its-kind insurance apprenticeship program in the United States and one they hope will become an industry...

Students Sue University of California Over Sex Assault Claims

Jul 1 2015 // Three current and former University of California, Berkeley students sued the school on Monday, accusing administrators of not doing enough to investigate their sexual assault claims and hand out punishment.The three women...

National Hurricane Center, Florida University to Launch Hurricane Site in Spanish

Jul 1 2015 // The National Hurricane Center and Florida International University are launching a new Spanish-language website for hurricane preparation.The website will include information on hurricane science, residential mitigation...

Court: Iowa Universities Can’t Be Sued for Unpaid Insurance Fees

Jun 25 2015 // Iowa’s three public universities cannot be sued for allegedly refusing to pay their share into a state program that subsidizes insurance for Iowa residents who have health risks, the Iowa Court of Appeals has...

Illinois’ Harper College to Host Zurich’s Apprenticeship Program

Jun 18 2015 // A global insurance company is teaming up with a Chicago-area community college to create what they believe is the first-of-its-kind insurance apprenticeship program in the United States and one they hope will become an...

Florida Governor Signs State Insurance Licensing, Workforce Development Bill

Jun 18 2015 // The Florida Association of Insurance Agents (FAIA) is celebrating the passage of House Bill 1133, a bill it sponsored in cooperation with the Florida Department of Financial Services. Passed overwhelmingly by Florida...

Florida High Court Rules that Sovereign Immunity Applies to University Athletic Program in Death of Football Player

Jun 15 2015 // A private corporation that runs the University of Central Florida’s athletic program won’t have to pay $10 million to the family of a football player who died during practice, the Florida Supreme Court ruled...

Student Sues Montana University Over ‘Negligent’ Sex Offender Hire

Jun 9 2015 // A former student is suing Montana State University for hiring a convicted sex offender as a music professor, saying the school’s negligence allowed Shuichi Komiyama to manipulate and rape her. The Bozeman Daily...

Former Tennessee College Police Chief Files Discrimination Suit

Jun 9 2015 // The former Chattanooga State Community College director of police services has filed lawsuit claiming she was discriminated against by one of her former bosses and eventually fired on trumped up charges.The lawsuit says...

Florida Supreme Court: UCF Athletic Association Entitled to Sovereign Immunity

Jun 2 2015 // A private corporation that runs the University of Central Florida’s athletic program won’t have to pay $10 million to the family of a football player who died during practice, the Florida Supreme Court ruled...

Texas Lawmakers OK ‘Campus Carry’ Bill

Jun 1 2015 // Texas surged toward allowing concealed handguns in public college classrooms, dorms and buildings with a key Senate vote May 30, while much-watched legislative efforts to curb the rising costs of free college tuition for...

Son of Alabama Lawmaker Sues College Over Fraternity Hazing

Jun 1 2015 // A former Birmingham-Southern College football recruit who said he was hazed and injured while he was trying to join a fraternity has filed a lawsuit against the college and the organization.Jonathan Ford, son of Alabama...

Bill Allows Concealed Handguns on Texas College Campus

May 27 2015 // Texas lawmakers passed a bill allowing faculty and students to carry concealed handguns inside classrooms on public college campuses.The legislation, approved over opposition from university officials, prevents schools...

Montana University Professor’s Discrimination Case to Go to Hearing

May 19 2015 // A state Human Rights Bureau investigator concluded there was reasonable cause to believe Montana State University discriminated against a professor who sought a reduced workload last fall while he was recovering from...