St. Lucie County

Members of California’s Sikh trucking community say a deadly crash in Florida involving one of its own has led to a spike in anti-Sikh rhetoric.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said he wants information about how Harjinder Singh, who can't read road signs in English, was issued a commercial driver's license.

The Florida Highway Patrol said the truck driver, Harjinger Sing, entered the U.S. illegally from Mexico in 2018 and obtained a commercial driver's license in California.

Bad-faith cases involve questions about whether insurers have properly represented the interests of their policyholders, such as pursuing settlements.

Amid continuing political and legal battles about the insurance practice known as “assignment of benefits,” the Florida Supreme Court has agreed to take...