It Figures

70

The number lawsuits alleging malpractice by a former West Virginia physician that Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corp. of America and a former subsidiary have agreed to settle. Dr. John A. King is a defendant in 124 medical malpractice lawsuits in West Virginia and two in Alabama. Each of the West Virginia lawsuits alleges the 49-year-old osteopath botched surgeries or otherwise harmed patients during his six months at the former Putnam General Hospital.

$420 Million

The amount a South Carolina textile company that closed after a train wreck and toxic chemical spill in 2005 wants Norfolk Southern to pay in damages, after a ruptured car carrying chlorine released a poisonous cloud over the mill town of Graniteville, S.C.

The accident killed nine people and injured 250. Equipment at Avondale Mills’ Graniteville facilities was covered with corrosive chemicals after the crash, and the company’s flagship canvas plant was locked down for safety reasons for eight days, attorney Michael Russ said.

$69,414

The amount a Marion, Ky., woman must repay after receiving and cashing disability benefit checks for almost four years after the insured’s death, according to Kentucky Office of Insurance. According to Lyon Circuit Court records, Tanya K. Moodie was named attorney-in-fact for Clara Ingram, a Kentucky Department of Corrections employee who received permanent partial disability benefits due to an injury covered under workers’ compensation. After Ingram’s death in 2000, Moodie collected and cashed Ingram’s benefit checks until August 2004, according to KOI officials.

72%

The rate increase Florida-based Foremost Insurance Group of companies filed on mobile homeowners’ insurance rates, according to the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation. Foremost insurers have over 20,000 mobile homeowners’ policies in Florida’s Polk County, constituting 68 percent of the market, the OIR reported.