Patricia Wells

A Colorado jury recently awarded $205 million to the parents of a 6-year-old girl who tragically died after falling from a ride at an amusement park. The incident happened in 2021 at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park in Glenwood Springs, where the young girl, Wongel Estifanos, fell roughly 100 feet from the Haunted Mine Drop ride. … Read more

Clancy Loorham stood waist-deep in the French Broad River, pulling out a broken piece of PVC pipe from the rocky bottom. When he peeked inside, he found a catfish looking back at him. Loorham and other volunteers have spent months cleaning up debris left behind by Hurricane Helene, which slammed through the North Carolina mountains … Read more

Donegal Insurance Group has decided to step away from its farmowners insurance business, and ECM Insurance Group will take over the renewal rights for this line of business starting in 2026. The deal covers Donegal’s farmowners policies in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, Ohio, and Indiana, involving about $8 million in farm-related premiums written by Southern Insurance … Read more

ACORD has named Chris Newman as the new chief executive officer of ACORD Solutions Group (ASG). Newman has been a key player at ASG since its early days and brings extensive experience running insurance operations across several regions, including North America, Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East. He has also held leadership roles in … Read more

A federal judge in California has given preliminary approval to a $1.5 billion settlement in a major class-action lawsuit filed by authors against the AI company Anthropic. This deal is the first of its kind in a series of lawsuits targeting tech giants like OpenAI, Microsoft, and Meta over the use of copyrighted works to … Read more

Liability claims in the United States are rising at an alarming rate, far beyond what traditional factors like inflation or medical costs can explain. A new study by Swiss Re points to changing jury attitudes and shifts in social views as major causes behind this surge, a phenomenon often called “social inflation.” Swiss Re’s 2025 … Read more

Families whose lawsuits claim that Tylenol or its generic versions caused autism in their children are asking a federal appeals court to reconsider after President Donald Trump recently advised pregnant women to avoid the painkiller. The appeals involve hundreds of cases that were dismissed last year due to a lack of solid scientific evidence connecting … Read more

An Ohio police officer is facing a federal lawsuit over the fatal shooting of a pregnant Black woman two years ago, with claims that he was not properly trained or supervised. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday, names Blendon Township and its police chief, tied to the August 2023 shooting of Ta’Kiya Young in a Columbus suburb … Read more

A court in Ohio has ordered Markham Machine Co. Inc. and its owner, James Markham, to pay back over $134,000 to their company retirement plan after breaking federal law. The U.S. Department of Labor brought the case, pointing out that the company failed to forward employee contributions and loan repayments meant for the retirement plan … Read more

Strong storms hit eastern Oklahoma on Tuesday afternoon, ripping part of the roof off a hospital in Sallisaw and forcing some patients to be moved for safety. The Northeastern Health System hospital had about nine patients evacuated after a section of its roof was torn away, causing water to leak into the building. Fortunately, no … Read more