All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 16 2013 // A Louisiana man will spend time in prison for lying about worker injuries at Tennessee Valley Authority nuclear facilities, allowing his company to collect $2.5 million in safety bonuses. A federal court news release said...
Apr 15 2013 // After defeating several attempts by Democrats to dial back the proposal, the Tennessee House last Thursday approved Republican Gov. Bill Haslam’s bill to change the way the state considers injured workers’...
Apr 3 2013 // Legislation that seeks to change the way injured workers’ claims are considered passed the Senate despite opponents who say it would reduce benefits and remove impartiality from the judgment process.The measure,...
Apr 1 2013 // As more Republicans give in to President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul, an opposition bloc remains across the South, including from governors who lead some of the nation’s poorest and unhealthiest...
Mar 29 2013 // Sevier County, Tennessee authorities estimate the loss in a wildfire earlier this month at about $12 million.The Mountain Press reported the figure includes only the value of the cabins destroyed or damaged in the March 17...
Mar 27 2013 // Unicoi County (Tennessee) Schools Director Denise Brown said she’s confident the cost of relocating an elementary school threatened by a sinkhole is covered by insurance.Brown told the Johnson City Press that the...
Mar 20 2013 // Tennessee lawmakers have advanced a workers’ compensation reform bill that could change how injured workers’ claims disputes are handled.Governor Bill Haslam has been looking to reform the state’s workers...
Mar 15 2013 // A proposal that would increase the fine for not wearing a seat belt by $40 is advancing in the Tennessee Senate.The measure sponsored by Republican Sen. Bill Ketron of Murfreesboro narrowly passed the Senate Transportation...
Mar 1 2013 // A former TVA contract safety manager wants to fire his lawyer as he awaits sentencing on a fraud conviction.The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported Walter Cardin told U.S. District Court Judge Curtis Collier at a hearing...
Feb 27 2013 // The Tennessee Supreme Court has reinstated a jury verdict against the management company of a Shelbyville assisted living center in a case involving the death of an 83-year-old woman. Records say Mable Farrar died after...
Feb 26 2013 // A Tennessee pastor said he cast out a parishioner’s demon, but a lawsuit contends that only the plaintiff’s tooth was exorcised.According to The Mountain Press, Andrew Byrd filed a $3.7 million lawsuit against...
Feb 22 2013 // As the nation continues to debate increasing safety in contact sports, Tennessee lawmakers are looking at legislation that would require schools and other organizations conducting youth athletic programs to adopt...
Feb 17 2013 // Tennessee won’t participate in a partnership with the federal government in establishing a health insurance exchange, Gov. Bill Haslam announced Friday.The Republican governor said in a letter to U.S. Health and...
Feb 14 2013 // A federal judge is scheduled to hear arguments on whether to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Gaylord Entertainment Co. seeking money for property damage to its luxury hotel and convention center, the Grand Ole Opry and...
Feb 7 2013 // Keystone Insurers Group (KIG) has added Union City, Tenn.-based agency Westan Insurance Group Inc. as its 19th franchise partner in the state. Westan Insurance Group has been a family-owned and operated independent...
Feb 6 2013 // Atlanta-based employee benefits agency Digital Insurance has acquired Tennessee’s Capital Benefits Group. It marks Digital’s first office in Tennessee. Terms were not disclosed. Capital Benefits Group, which...
Feb 4 2013 // The husband of a Nashville woman who died in last year’s fungal meningitis outbreak after receiving injections has sued the clinic that gave the shots.The Tennessean reported attorneys for Wayne Reed filed the...
Feb 1 2013 // Gov. Bill Haslam told participants in a school safety summit this week that the state is committed to doing what it can to provide better security at Tennessee schools.The event was organized to discuss current safety...
Jan 25 2013 // Tennessee is one of five states to receive a federal grant to establish an Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence.The center will be located at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and operated in cooperation with...
Jan 23 2013 // The Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation (OFIR) are warning Michigan drivers that they may have unknowingly purchased fraudulent automobile insurance certificates from an unlicensed individual reportedly issued...