West News for April 2012
- Southern Arizona Science Project Sparks Wildfire
- Colorado Wildfire Ambushed Crews, Surprised Residents
- 1000s Ticketed For Using Cellphones While Driving
- 18 Olympians Sue Over Alleged Misuse Of Names
- BNSF Railway Company Plume Trial To Begin
- Report: Deadly Reno Fire Likely Accidental
- Idaho City Police Department Settles Lawsuit
- Judge: Montana City Must Pay $3M Judgment To Insurance Company In Lawsuit
- Mercury: First Quarter Income Rose on Lower Losses
- New Mexico Widow Sues Utah Crematory, Claims Ashes Mix-Up
- Portland To Pay $250,000 For Mistakenly Arrested As Tagger
- Jury Finds Ford At Fault In Montana Crash Case
- Montana High Court Hears Hutterite Labor Case
- California Department of Insurance Wants to be ‘Liked’
- Bill To Align California With Dodd-Frank Passes Committee
- Deputy Sues Over Washington Police Dog Bite
- Idaho To Receive $85K In Medicaid Fraud Settlement
- GOP: Set Up Panel To Pay Colo. Wildfire Victims
- Northern California City Agrees To Pay $150K in Sex Harassment Suit
- Ship Owner Sues Pharmacists In 2007 San Francisco Bay Spill
- Leavitt Names Russ Senior Executive Vice President
- Court Blocks Injunction On California Green Fuel Standard
- Jury Says Doctor Negligent In Cerebral Palsy Case
- Metlife, California Reach Settlement Near $500M
- Defense Contractor Settles Complaint For $36.9M
- Cigna To Administer Montana Employee Health Plan
- Midwives Agree To $5M Deal in Birthing Center Lawsuit
- Family Of Girl Killed In Crash With New Mexico Doctor Sues
- Broker Gets 30 Years For Stealing From Elderly
- Education Board Stays With Insurance Requirement
- Idaho Texting Ban Kicks In July 1
- California State Fund Cancels Layoffs
- Arizona Man Sentenced in Insurance Forgery Case
- Montana GOP Candidates Embrace Insurance Industry Bills
- Family of New Mexico Girl Killed in Crash with Santa Fe Doctor Sues
- Associated General Contractors of California, Zurich Partner on Program
- Poll: Northwest Residents Rely on Vigilance to Protect Identities
- Honda Appeal Seeks To Overturn Woman’s Award
- Colorado Forest Service Faces Lawsuits Over Lower North Fork Fire
- Sunseri Joins Yates in Southern California
- SIAA Adds Nine in West
- Bell-Anderson in Pacific Northwest Names Tanta CFO
- Marijuana Training Proposal Faces Colorado House Test
- Woman Sues Couple, Aspen Skiing Co. Over Dog Bite
- After 21 Years in Prison, Freed Inmate Sues San Francisco
- Marijuana Club Files $3M Suit Against SoCal City
- Bimestefer Named President, GM for Cigna’s Mountain States
- Quake Tests Looks For Ways To Shore Up California Hospitals
- Earthquake Hazard in Washington To Be Studied
- J.D. Power: Auto Insurance Claims Satisfaction Drops
- C.M. Meiers Legal Battle Continues With New Allegations
- EPA Approves Eastern Idaho Superfund Cleanup Plan
- Eastern Arizona Forest Plans For Wildfire Recovery
- Alaska Legislature Passes Ban On Texting While Driving
- West Insurance Employment: California Job Market to Stay Soft
- BMW Recalling 2,800 Cars For Fire Risk
- Major Forest-Thinning Project In Tahoe Approved
- Bareno Joins Maverick in Southern California
- Replacement Costs Battle on the Road to Somewhere
- Fireman’s Fund Names Tobias Southern California Territory Sales Director
- UC, FBI Reach Settlement in Berkeley Raid Suit
- Meteorologist: Tornado Near Stockton, Calif. Not Unusual
- California State Fund Reports Drop in Net Premiums
- Insurance Industry Group Hosts Online Political Summit Friday
- Workers’ Class Action Against Brinker Can Proceed, In Part
- Washington Insurance Commish Kreidler Going for 4th Term
- New Website Launched for California Contractors Insurance, Resources
- Central Valley Calif. Grape Grower Sued By Workers
- Blue Cross in Mont., Idaho Buying Benefit Admin Company
- NAS Names Linhardt Senior Vice President of Claims
- Insurance Industry Charity Event to Focus on Education
- Martial Arts Fighter-Fireman Charged With Workers’ Comp Fraud
- Settlement Reached In Idaho Nuclear Project Lawsuit
- Mont. Woman Awarded $34M in Insurance Lawsuit
- Utah: 750K More Victims In Health Dept Data Breach
- Hawaii Critics Say Employer-Picked Doctors Unfair
- Colorado Casualty Names Brewer Regional VP for Denver Region
- Calif. Senate Panel Oks Coastal Conservancy Climate Change Plan
- Radioactive Particles Found On Idaho Lab Debris
- Fired Montana Blue Cross Official Files Lawsuit
- California Workers’ Comp Reform Taking Shape – Again
- EK Health Names Benner Chief Medical Officer
- Three Regional Insurance Executives Join The Buckner Co.
- Oregon Judge Dismisses Climate Change Lawsuit
- Colorado Driving Instructor Gets Six Months For Phony Tests
- Montana Jury Awards Damages In Landslide Lawsuit
- Utah Medical Records Breach More Extensive
- Mayer Brown Adds Woods As Partner And Global Co-Leader
- California Workers’ Compensation Bureau to Make Midyear Filing
- Xcel Blames Road Chemicals For Power Colorado Outages
- $13.6M Settlement OK’d With Nevada Freeway Contractor
- No Forecast Requests in 3 Days Before Colorado Wildfire
- NRC Chair To Visit Troubled California Nuke Plant
- $581K Study to Look At Safety On Las Vegas Strip
- Colorado Death After Emergency Wildfire Calls Questioned
- CEA and Red Cross Combine Forces to Raise Awareness
- Calls Show Residents Panicked Over Colorado Wildfire
- Fishermen Settle Suit With Pacific Seafood in Oregon
- Nevada Traffic Deaths Jump in 1st Quarter Of 2012
- The Hanover Furthers Its West Reach With New Pacific Region
- Brown & Brown of California Acquires D. Bezona & Company Assets
- Willis North America Adds Three to Personal Lines in California
- Colorado Wildfire Victims Returning to Homes
- Santa Fe Sues Aeropostale For Not Paying Living Wage
- Metrolink Trains Getting GPS-Based Safety Devices
- Judge Rules Lowe’s Suit Can Proceed Against Idaho
- Arson Blamed In Hawaii Fire That Killed 97-Year-Old Woman
- N. Idaho Train Derailment Blamed On Soggy Ground
- Colorado Sheriff Notes Problems With Fire Warnings
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