Latest Massachusetts Headlines
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Massachusetts Crash Victim Sues Uber for $63 Million
Jan 26 2022 // A Massachusetts man seriously injured in a crash while a passenger in an Uber car is suing Uber and the driver for $63 million in damages. The suit accuses Uber of negligence in the hiring of the driver, who the complaint...
Initial Probe of Fatal Train Crash at Crossing in Massachusetts Cites Employee Error
Jan 26 2022 // Investigators are focusing on human error as the likely reason a train struck a car at a crossing in Massachusetts late last week, killing the 68-year-old driver. Roberta Sausville was killed Friday when her vehicle was...
One80 Acquires Workers’ Compensation Wholesaler PMC in Massachusetts
Jan 12 2022 // Specialty insurance broker One80 Intermediaries reported it has acquired PMC Insurance Group, a workers’ compensation wholesale broker and program manager based in Bedford, Mass. Terms of the deal were not...
MountainOne Acquires Cross Insurance Branch in Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Jan 5 2022 // MountainOne Insurance Agency, based in northwestern Massachusetts, has acquired the Cross Insurance agency branch in nearby Pittsfield. The company said in a news release that it plans to keep all of the Cross Insurance...
Massachusetts Care Facility Employers Fail to Comply With OSHA Subpoena
Dec 29 2021 // An October 21, 2021, decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ordered UHS of Fuller Inc. and UHS of Delaware Inc. to pay the U.S. Department of Labor $30, 515.63 in attorneys’ fees after...
Jury Awards $1.7M to Massachusetts Teacher Who Alleged Discrimination
Dec 14 2021 // A jury has found that school officials in Boston, Massachusetts, retaliated against a teacher for exercising his legal right to raise concerns about workplace discrimination without fear of retribution, awarding him $1.7...
Massachusetts Lawmakers Weigh New Regulations for Autocycles
Nov 29 2021 // Proposed regulations of autocycles will be on the schedule when Massachusetts state lawmakers hold a virtual public hearing Tuesday. An autocycle is a three-wheeled motor vehicle that meets federal safety standards for a...
Trial of Ex-Teacher in Massachusetts Charged with Assault on Student to Start
Nov 23 2021 // A former Massachusetts middle school teacher accused of inappropriately touching a student is scheduled to go on trial Monday. Jeffrey Knight, a former Cohasset Middle School teacher, faces multiple indecent assault and...
Operator of Boat That Crashed in Massachusetts, Killing One, Pleads Not Guilty
Nov 22 2021 // A businessman who was operating a luxury powerboat that crashed in Boston Harbor last summer, leaving one passenger dead and five others injured, has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter and multiple assault and...
Kaplansky Insurance Acquires Massachusetts’ Judith M. Flynn Agency
Nov 19 2021 // Kaplansky Insurance acquired Judith M. Flynn Insurance Agency Inc., located in Dorchester, Massachusetts. This deal serves as Kaplansky’s fourth acquisition of 2021 and 38th overall and contributes to its growth...
World Insurance Associates Acquires Massachusetts’ Pope Insurance Agency
Nov 18 2021 // World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) acquired Pope Insurance Agency Inc. of Plainville, Massachusetts, on October 1, 2021. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Pope Insurance Agency Inc. is a multi-line insurance...
Massachusetts Gig Worker Ballot Measure Backers Submit Signatures
Nov 17 2021 // Backers of a measure that asks Massachusetts voters to treat drivers for app-based companies like Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc as independent contractors rather than employees said on Tuesday they had gathered enough...
Massachusetts Study Finds Fatal Opioid Overdoses Rose Among Workers
Nov 10 2021 // Fatal opioid overdoses nearly doubled in recent years among Massachusetts workers, with the construction, farming and fishing industries among the hardest hit sectors, according to an updated study from the state...
Smith Brothers Insurance Acquires Massachusetts’ Oxford Insurance Agency
Nov 4 2021 // Smith Brothers Insurance, based in Glastonbury, Connecticut, has acquired Oxford Insurance Agency, an independent insurance agency in Oxford, Massachusetts. The transaction is effective November 1, 2021. The acquisition...
Massachusetts Construction Company Owner Pleads Guilty to Tax, Workers’ Comp Fraud
Nov 4 2021 // The owner of a now-defunct Peabody, Massachusetts, construction company pleaded guilty in connection with a scheme to defraud the IRS of payroll taxes and to defraud his workers’ compensation insurance carrier by...
Massachusetts Man Sentenced for Cheating Chicken Products Suppliers
Nov 4 2021 // A Massachusetts man who pleaded guilty to defrauding Texas chicken products companies out of $630,000 through a fake invoice scheme has been sentenced to more than four years in federal prison, prosecutors said. Yannick...
Insurer to Pay $625K to Settle Deceptive Practices Claims in Massachusetts
Nov 3 2021 // An insurance company has agreed to pay $625,000 to settle allegations that it used deceptive and illegal practices to sell health insurance plans to Massachusetts residents, the state attorney general’s office said...
Proposed Mass. Bill Limits Auto Claims Investigations, Shifts Payments to Insurers
Nov 2 2021 // A proposed bill was heard last month in the Massachusetts legislature that aims to place a time limit on auto insurance claims investigations and would make investigating insurers responsible for premium payments until the...
Massachusetts Health Network Hacked; Patient Information Exposed
Nov 2 2021 // A Worcester, Massachusetts, health care network says someone hacked into its employee email system, potentially exposing the personal information of thousands of patients. UMass Memorial Health notified patients earlier...
Publicis Loses Bid to Escape Massachusetts Opioid Marketing Lawsuit
Nov 1 2021 // A unit of French advertising company Publicis Groupe SA on Friday lost a bid to dismiss a lawsuit by Massachusetts’ attorney general claiming it helped OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP fuel the U.S. opioid...
