East News for March 2008 Democrat Savage Joins Race for Delaware Insurance Commissioner Connecticut Mayor Wants More Frequent Crane Inspections by State Vermont Mulls Lowered DUI Limit Progressive Opens Concierge Claims Center North of Philadelphia New Hampshire Woman Sues over Bogus Sex Site Profile Maine Doctor to Pay $1.9M for Botched Surgery in New York New York Playland Stresses Safety after Deadly Accidents Former Mass. Sen. Jacques Approved as Mass. Workers’ Comp Judge Maine Seeks Federal Waiver on Real ID Secure Driver Licenses N.H. Begins 15 Town Hall Meetings on Ways to Fight Underage Drinking Vermont Crash Victim’s Supporters Lobby for Stiffer DUI Laws New Jersey Weighs Mandatory Car Seat Belt Requirement High-Heeled Dash Contest Lands Connecticut Cop in Legal Trouble Carbon Monoxide Sickens Workers in New Jersey Mutual Marine Buys Professional Liability Book from Excel Vermont Supreme Court Upholds Fraternal Club Sex Bias Ruling Maine, N.H. Contractors Cited in Job Site Electrocution Renaissance Alliance Adds 1 Conn., 5 Mass. Insurance Agencies to Group Vermont Police: Property Management Co. Victimized Dozens New York Governor Reveals Past Marijuana And Cocaine Use Legal Claim Filed in Manhattan Crane Collapse That Killed 7 Maine Legislative Panel Weighs Statewide Building Code Virginia Offers Tech Shooting Victims’ Families $100K Each to Settle Insurer Cautions Mass. Drivers about Consumer Web Sites New York Consumer Groups Criticize Medical Malpractice Plan Mass. Construction Worker Charged with Workers’ Compensation Fraud Panel Recommends Changes to Improve Teen Driving in New Jersey Venus Joins Va.’s Johnson & Strachan Insurance; Dygve Promoted Critics Question Insurer Exemption from N.H. Consumer Protection Law Maryland Urged to Study If Hybrid Cars Pose Danger to Blind Pedestrians N.H. Lawyer Who Sought ‘Out-of-Court’ Settlements Convicted of Extortion New York Man Blames Speeding on Oreo Cookie A Slow Return to Normalcy at New York Crane Accident Site Va. Tech Says Security Costs Increased $10M Since Shootings Perjury Charge Leads to Review of New York Construction Sites Vermont’s Maple Sugar Makers Face Not-So-Sweet Vandalism 8 Intend to Sue over Giants’ Stadium Escalator Malfunction New Jerseyans Protest Designation of Superfund Site New Jersey Court: Bars Liable Even When Drivers Get Drunk Elsewhere Gov. Patrick’s Appointment to Mass. Workers’ Comp Board Delayed New Jersey Docs at Liability Risk from Insurer’s Insolvency Virginia Landfill Now One of Nation’s Most Hazardous Sites Maryland Senate Revives Ban on Cell Phones, Texting While Driving New Jersey Jury Awards $19M to Woman in Malpractice Case Pennsylvania Nuke Plant Makes $27.5M Settlement with Neighbors EPA Board Upholds Penalty against Gas Stations NGM’s Mass. Auto Insurance Plans Include FAIR Plan Discount Hundreds of Cranes Loom Over Dense New York City, Pose Constant Risk Marquis Agency Creates Transportation Group Conn. Bill Banning Credit Scores for Auto Insurance Dies in Committee New York Regulators Urge Homeowners to Buy Flood Insurance Clarke Appointed EVP of Willis of New York Connecticut Insurance Firm Owners Accused of Laundering $10M Mass. Insurers Seek 2.3% Workers’ Comp Hike; Hearing Scheduled High Metal Prices Spur Car-Towing Schemes in Pennsylvania R.I. Responds to Lead Paint Makers’ Appeal of Clean Up Verdict Connecticut Agents’ Group Elects New Officers AIG to Pay Record $9.1M Settlement to Pennsylvania Regulators New York Rescuers Search for 3 Still Missing after Crane Collapse Man Critically Injured in Fiery Connecticut Crash in 2005 Dies Vermont Officials Worry about Flooding Provost to Succeed Crouse as Chief Vermont Captive Regulator Virginia Updates Evacuation Plan Maine Fire Destroys Boatyard Building Family to Sue Madison Square Garden in Fatal DWI Crash Crews Search Rubble of Manhattan Crane Collapse That Killed 4 Maine Man Convicted of Drunk Driving for 10th Time New York Legislature Rejects Hikes in Insurance Law Fines New York’s Incoming Governor Says Transition Is Going Well Massachusetts Auto Insurance System Not Built for Long Drive, Says Fitch ATF Investigating $6M Pennsylvania Warehouse Blaze Massachusetts Suspends License of Oft-Sued Obstetrician New York Prosecutors Charge 11 in $6M Fake-Accident Insurance Scam Massachusetts Workers Comp Claims Costs Grew Rapidly, Study Finds Mass. Fire Marshal: Exploded Danvers Plant’s Chemicals Exceeded Limit Some in Connecticut Shook by Small Earthquake N.J.’s Palisades Insurance Acquiring National Atlantic, Proformance Connecticut Lawmakers Want Overhaul of Bail Bondsmen System Gorton’s Says Pills Found in Pennsylvania Fish Fillets Harmless Mass. Medical Society Pushes for Tort Reforms to Curb Insurance Costs Mass. AG Urges State Reject FAIR Plan Home Insurance Hikes Virginia Receives $260K Grant for Mine Safety Training GPS Tells Connecticut City to Sack 4 Fire Inspectors Mass. Officials: Drivers Can Opt Out of Current Auto Insurance Policies Connecticut DMV Employee Says Agency Fails Driver-Training Standards Appeal Likely in $1.75 Million New Hampshire Medical Malpractice Case Trump Construction Site in NYC Shut Down after Broken Glass Mauro to Lead East Coast Business Development for Alliant Insurance Compulsive Gambler Chases $20M Long-Shot Lawsuit against Casinos Virginia Passes Bill To Repeal Abusive Driver Fees Spitzer Redux: N.Y.’s Insurance Chief Dinallo Strikes Familiar Chord It’s Official: Kofman is New New Maine Insurance Commissioner Delaware Insurance Department’s Reed to Run for Commissioner Post Vermont Supreme Court: Workers’ Comp Benefit Doesn’t Bar Damage Suit Parents of R.I. ATV Crash Victim Urge Tougher Safety, Liability Laws Massachusetts Health Inspectors Order Indoor Water Park Closed Virginia to Charge Fee for Renewing Registrations at DMVs NYC Launches Campaign to Ensure Safe, Reliable Elevators Connecticut Lawmakers Weigh Stricter Teen-Driving Laws Maine Snowmobilers Told to Slow Down after Flurry of Fatalities Job Bias Claims Against Employers Up 9%– Biggest Rise in Years New Yorkers To Get Flood Notices Every Year Pa.’s Vanguard Mutual Fund to Pay $50K to Settle Race Bias Claim N.Y. Agents’ Group: Spitzer’s Fine Proposals Are Out Of Whack Not So Funny: N.Y. Slaps Comic Franken with $25K Workers’ Comp Fine Feds Say Former Willis Exec Should Forfeit $1.9M Home, Condo Mass. Jury Awards $14.5M in Surgery Malpractice Case ATF Investigating Blaze at Historic Pa. Building Connecticut River Communities Warned About Potential Spring Floods Vt. Workers’ Comp Rates To Drop Dinallo: N.Y. Needs Better Workers Comp Data Collection Maine County to Indemnify Handlers Who Bring Police Dogs Home Heavy Snow Taking Toll on Roofs in New Hampshire Artwork Stolen from Mass. Home in 1976 Resurfaces in R.I. Court Cricket Lighter Company to Pay $200K to End Pa. Suit Fraud Trial Starts for Owner of Truck in Fiery Conn. Crash N.J. Approves 2 Online Defensive Driving Courses Obama-Clinton Politics of Health Mandate Now Playing in Mass. N.H. Reports Progress in Curbing Underage Drinking Conn. Woman Pleads No Contest to Attempted Insurance Fraud N.J. Bill Would Require Liability Insurance for Boats East News Archives
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