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A northern Indiana utility is facing a $1.1 million fine, the largest in state history, after state regulators cited it for natural gas pipeline safety violations and specified that the company cannot pass that cost onto its ratepayers. The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission cited the Northern Indiana Public Service Co. for instances of failing to locate or mark underground pipelines…

A diabetic patient claims he suffered a surgical wound infection after Saint Anthony's delayed his follow-up treatment by terminating his physician. Dennis Jarden filed a complaint Aug. 3 in the Madison County Circuit Court against OSF Healthcare System, doing business as OSF Saint Anthony's Health Center, and OSF Multi-Speciality Group, alleging institutional and medical negligence. According to his complaint, Jarden…

Wal-Mart must defend a claim that a lamp with a clamp caused a fatal fire, Chief U.S. District Judge Nancy Rosenstengel ruled on July 30. She denied motions to dismiss claims that the estate of Gina Breeze brought against Wal-Mart and lamp maker Bayco Products. She allowed a claim for punitive damages, finding the case permitted an exception from a…

The family of a man who was stabbed to death in February outside of a Chicago bar is suing the bar and the man charged in the killing, claiming the slain man was targeted because he was gay and is accusing the bar of not doing enough to protect him. Thomas Tansey, a Marine Corps veteran, is charged with two…

A Belleville tavern denies liability in a suit alleging a woman was hit in the head by an unsecured patio umbrella. Donna Jenkins filed the complaint May 13 in St. Clair County Circuit Court against Marco’s Tavern on Main Inc. According to her complaint, Jenkins claims she was legally on the property as an invitee on June 10, 2019, when…

A worker at an ArcelorMittal steel mill in northwestern Indiana died after he was struck by a vehicle, the company said. The man died July 21 after being hit by a coil tractor at the Indiana Harbor steel mill in East Chicago, ArcelorMittal spokesman William Steers said. The company and the United Steelworkers were investigating the fatality, he said. The…