Latest Massachusetts Headlines
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Massachusetts High Court Upholds Workers’ Comp for Utility Worker’s COVID
Apr 16 2025 // An insurer erred in denying workers’ compensation benefits to a utility worker who contracted COVID-19 while on the job, a job the state had deemed as “essential” during the pandemic. The insurer had...
Earlier Medical Event Does Not Shield Later Negligent Acts: Massachusetts High Court
Apr 1 2025 // The Massachusetts seven-year statute of repose for medical malpractice claims does not shield professionals against separate acts of negligent treatment that allegedly occurred in the years after a disputed medical event...
Massachusetts Probes Robinhood Again, This Time Over March Madness Betting
Mar 27 2025 // REUTERS EXCLUSIVE Massachusetts’ top securities regulator has begun an investigation into trading platform Robinhood’s decision to launch a prediction-markets hub that allows users to bet on the outcomes of a...
Alera Group Acquires Kaplansky Insurance Agency in Massachusetts
Feb 11 2025 // Needham, Massachusetts-based Kaplansky Insurance Agency has been acquired by the national financial services firm Alera Group. This new partnership brings more than 100 agents to add to Alera Group’s...
Diminished Value Not Covered by Standard Auto Policy, Massachusetts High Court Says
Jan 31 2025 // The Massachusetts standard auto policy does not require an insurer to pay inherent diminished value (IDV) to a claimant whose vehicle is damaged by one of its insureds. The Massachusetts Supreme Court in a 6-0 ruling has...
Worker Killed When House Under Construction Collapses in Massachusetts
Jan 29 2025 // A worker died Tuesday after a house under construction in Massachusetts collapsed. According to local police, Mario Diaz Obando, 29, of Fall River, died when the house being built on Vine Street in Weymouth collapsed. Diaz...
Kaplansky Insurance Buys 3 Massachusetts Agencies
Jan 21 2025 // Kaplansky Insurance has acquired two central Massachusetts insurance agencies and a third in the western part of the state. The agencies acquired are Buckley Insurance and Mobilio Insurance in Worcester and Pijar Insurance...
Damages Upheld for Man Whose Ex-Girlfriend Shared Nude Photo Without Permission
Jan 17 2025 // A Massachusetts man who sued his ex-girlfriend over her sharing an unflattering nude photo of him and accessing his personal online accounts without permission has had his $10,280 court award upheld. In December 2023, a...
Massachusetts to Hike Some Mandatory Auto Insurance Coverage Limits in 2025
Jan 10 2025 // Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey recently signed legislation increasing the minimum coverage limits of auto insurance for some mandatory coverages. These new limits will apply to policies issued or renewed on or after...
Massachusetts High Court Upholds $20 Million Verdict Over Leg Amputation
Jan 7 2025 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has upheld a $20 million jury award in a medical malpractice case that found three medical professionals caused a patient to have an above-the-knee amputation of his leg. In 2023, a...
After Steward Collapse, Massachusetts Aims to Prevent Future Health Care Failures
Jan 2 2025 // The Massachusetts Legislature approved a bill Monday aimed at closing loopholes in the state’s health care market regulatory process exposed by the collapse of Steward Health Care. The bill is also designed to...
Massachusetts Weighs Workers’ Comp Rate Hike to Correct for ‘Excessive’ 2024 Cut
Dec 18 2024 // Massachusetts workers’ compensation insurers have filed for a 7.1% increase in average rates for industrial classes beginning July 1, 2025 — the first rate increase since 2016. Why an increase in 2025? According to...
Massachusetts Charges 12 With Running $2.6 Million High-End Car Theft Ring
Dec 17 2024 // Massachusetts law enforcement officials report that 12 individuals identified as stealing 63 high-end vehicles totaling more than $2.6 million have been arraigned. Another individual related to the investigation has an...
Massachusetts Cites Burger King, Settles With Popeyes Over Labor Law Charges
Dec 6 2024 // Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell has issued citations against Northeast Foods LLC, a company which operates Burger King franchise locations across Massachusetts, for allegedly violating various state...
Massachusetts Police Charge Man With Intentionally Setting Brush Fires
Nov 19 2024 // A man was arrested on suspicion of intentionally setting brush fires in Massachusetts during a time of dry conditions that have led to blazes throughout the Northeast, police said Monday. Police said they arrested the...
Massachusetts Still Battling Brush Fires as Drought Conditions Persist
Nov 14 2024 // Massachusetts remains under a red flag warning as multiple brush fires continue to burn across the state. The warning issued by the National Weather Service indicates that the fires now burning are at high risk of...
Massachusetts Voters Allow Uber, Lyft Drivers to Unionize
Nov 7 2024 // Massachusetts voters on Tuesday approved a ballot measure that would allow ride-share drivers to unionize, becoming the first U.S. state to allow drivers for app-based companies like Uber and Lyft to do so. With 94% of...
Massachusetts Governor Urges Safety Amid ‘Unprecedented’ Fire Season
Nov 6 2024 // On Monday, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey joined Massachusetts fire service leaders in asking residents to refrain from outdoor activity that could cause or contribute to the state’s recent rash of brush and...
Massachusetts Reports 18 Brush Fires; Smoke Blankets Eastern Communities
Oct 30 2024 // Residents in parts of eastern Massachusetts woke to the acrid smell of smoke Monday as firefighters worked to extinguish several brush fires. The National Weather Service said on the social platform X that smoke was...
Crews Fight Large Brush Fire in Massachusetts; Separate Fire Kills 1
Oct 28 2024 // A woman died in an outdoor fire in Massachusetts at an encampment in Millbury on Saturday night and crews on Sunday were still fighting a large overnight brush fire in Salem as dry and windy conditions have raised the risk...
