Southeast News for March 2015
- Florida Foreclosure Rate Declines 35 Percent, Still Among Highest in Nation
- Atlanta Mayor Requests Dismissal of Former Fire Chief’s Lawsuit
- Lockheed to Settle Georgia Aircraft Plant Billing Dispute with Government for $2M
- West Virginia Governor Signs Scaled Back Version of 2014 Water Safety Law
- Controversial Ridesharing Legislation Makes it Through Georgia Senate
- North Carolina Jury Awards $18 million to Estate of Bus Crash Victim
- Georgia State Agencies Preparing for Medical Marijuana Law
- Personal Insurance Federation of Florida Releases TNC Legislation Guidelines
- Kentucky DUI Ignition Interlock Bill Heads to Governor
- Lawmakers Halt Medical Marijuana Efforts in North Carolina
- Main Street America Appoints Cox to Lead New Florida Region
- West Virginia Chemical Spill Settlement for Community Projects Dropped
- Duke Energy to Appeal $25M Fine by North Carolina Regulators
- A.M. Best Downgrades Ratings of Southern General Insurance Co.
- Texting While Driving Officially Banned in Mississippi
- Retooled Medical Marijuana Bill Gets OK from Georgia Senate
- North Carolina Scaffolding Accident Leads to 3 Worker Deaths
- Tennessee Lawmakers Pass Update to Guns in Company Parking Lots Bill
- Former Massey CEO Pleads Not Guilty to New Indictment in Mine Blast
- Florida Businessman Who Faked Death Arrested in North Carolina
- Georgia Tour Guides Move Forward with Free Speech Suit Against Savannah
- 7 Arrested in Georgia for Insurance Fraud in Staged Car Crash
- Georgia Senate Committee Approves Ridesharing Bill
- Main Street America Now Writing Surety, Fidelity Bonds in Mississippi
- Tennessee Hospital Patient Information Found in Public Recycling Bin
- South Carolina Court Rules Stripper Shot at Club Entitled to Workers’ Comp
- Florida Residents Arrested for PIP Fraud Following Staged Accident
- Kmart Asks Appeals Court for Trial Over Flooding in Mississippi Store
- Former Kentucky Mine Inspector Pleads Guilty to Bribery
- Florida Traffic Court Judges Dismiss 24,000 Red-Light Camera Cases
- North Carolina Governor Signs Air Pollution Mandate Change for Fracking
- A.M. Best Downgrades Ratings of Greenville Casualty Insurance Co.
- Tennessee Supreme Court to Create Business Court Pilot Project
- OneBeacon Technology Adds Nathan Martin as Vice President of South Region
- Citizens: Florida Policyholder Count Lowest Since Company Creation
- University of North Carolina Settles with Ex-Learning Specialist for $335K
- Duke Coal Ash Case Goes Before North Carolina Supreme Court
- Memphis Fund to Handle Pothole Claims
- Authorities Find 5 Barrels of Stolen Kentucky Bourbon in Thieves Backyard
- West Virginia Lawmakers Clear Legal Reform Compromise
- Former Freedom Owners Plead Guilty in West Virginia Chemical Spill Case
- Florida’s Citizens Now Accepting Alternative Mobile Home Valuation Tools
- Feds: $17.5M Tennessee Prescription Pill Ring Unprecedented
- West Virginia Governor Signs Controversial Coal Bill
- Brightway Insurance Adds Office in Jacksonville, Florida Area
- South Carolina Mayor’s Death Settlement Reduced to $10M
- Duke Energy Settles CEO Lawsuit for Nearly $150M
- Highway Fatalities in West Virginia Down 18 percent in 2014
- West Virginia Lawmakers Put Off Decision on Uber
- Mississippi River Could Reach Flood Stage by End of March
- The Norton Agency of Georgia Appoints Marks as VP Managing Partner
- North Carolina Fines Duke Energy $25M over Coal Ash Pollution
- Kentucky Lawmakers Tackle Details of $100M Tobacco Settlement
- Apex Insurance Combines with Public Risk Underwriters of Georgia
- North Carolina Lawmakers, Commissioner Support Insurance Rate Legislation
- North Carolina Legislators Approve Tougher Drunken-Driving Bills
- West Virginia Lawmakers Send Rollback of Chemical Spill Law to House Floor
- Group Requests Investigation Into Whether Florida Banned Climate-Change Terms
- Officials: Tractor-Trailer Hit by Train in North Carolina was Too Big for Highway
- Amtrak Crash in North Carolina Leaves at Least 55 Injured
- Tennessee Judge: Cap on Personal Injury Damages is Unconstitutional
- Mississippi Senate Passes Texting-While-Driving Bill, Governor Expected to Sign
- Florida-Based Harden Elects New Officers to Brokerage’s Board of Directors
- A.M. Best Downgrades Ratings of South Carolina Farm Bureau Group Members
- North Carolina Judge Grants Class-Action Status to Magistrates’ Pay Lawsuit
- Report: Florida Officials Banned From Saying ‘Climate Change’, ‘Global Warming’
- Consumer Advocate to Florida Lawmakers: Ridesharing Proposal ‘Hell-on-Wheels’
- Florida Ends Citizens Assessment Two Years Ahead of Schedule
- Proposed North Carolina Permit Rules Would Allow Duke Pollution to Continue
- West Virginia Governor Signs Comparative Fault Legal Reform Bill
- Transport Company Agrees to Restoration Plan After West Virginia Train Derailment
- Law Enforcement Initially Suspicious of North Carolina Gold Heist
- Tennessee Lawmakers Introduce Work Comp ‘Option’ Legislation
- Craft Breweries Victorious in Kentucky Beer Distribution Battle
- Mississippi Confirms Aldridge to Workers’ Comp Commission
- Georgia House Passes Ridesharing Regulation Bill
- Alliant Adds Staff to Florida-Based Construction Services Group
- Kentucky City Warns Homeowners Not to Rent to Travelers
- Armed Robbers Nab $4.8M in Gold Bars off Armored Truck on North Carolina Highway
- West Virginia’s Coal Country Split as New Law Pits Owners, Workers: Commodities
- Judge Halts Google Investigation by Mississippi Attorney General, For Now
- Crop Insurance Deadline Nears for West Virginia Farmers
- Hilb Group Acquires Florida-Based West Coast Insurance
- Georgia’s State Bank & Trust Acquires Boyett Agency, Creates Insurance Division
- Secret Service: Cybercrime ‘Skimming’ Cases on the Rise in North Carolina
- West Virginia Judges Approve $11.3M Settlement with Ex-Mountain State Students
- MedMal Direct to Expand Through Liberty Mutual Partnership
- Low Water Levels at Tennessee’s Boone Lake Concern Nearby Business Owners
- Florida Court: Proof Needed That Drivers Knew of Hit-and-Run to be Charged
- South Carolina Law Enforcement Looking for Killers of Chickens Worth $1.7M
- Florida Homeownership Suffered Steep Decline in Last Decade
- Update: Nashville Flood Protection Plan Must be Approved by City Council
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