Latest Massachusetts Headlines
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City Reaches Settlement in Lawsuit Over Death of Opioid-Addicted Woman
Apr 9 2024 // Relatives of a Vermont woman whose obituary drew national attention for its candid and heart-breaking discussion of her opioid addiction have reached a settlement with some of the parties who were sued for allegedly...
Massachusetts Lawmakers Advance ‘Hot Work’ Oversight Bill
Apr 1 2024 // A decade after two firefighters died when they became trapped in a brownstone in Boston’s historic Back Bay neighborhood by a fire caused by sparks from welders working next door, the Massachusetts Senate passed a...
Member of Major Catalytic Converter Theft Crew Sentenced to More Than Three Years
Mar 20 2024 // A Springfield, Massachusetts man was sentenced last week in federal court in Boston for his role in a regional organized theft crew that stole catalytic converters from nearly 500 vehicles, robbed jewelry stores and stole...
NAIC Names Bay State Insurance Commissioner as CEO
Mar 19 2024 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners over the weekend announced Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Gary D. Anderson as the organization’s chief executive officer. Anderson will start leading the NAIC...
Residents Frustrated as $600K in Shore Protection Washes Away at Beach
Mar 15 2024 // A Massachusetts beach community is scrambling after a weekend storm washed away $600,000 in sand that was trucked in to protect homes, roads and other infrastructure. The project, which brought 14,000 tons (12,701 metric...
Massachusetts Couple Charged With $627K in Workers’ Compensation Fraud and More
Mar 15 2024 // A Hopkinton, Massachusetts couple has been arrested and charged in connection with separate schemes to defraud their workers’ compensation insurance carriers, the Small Business Administration (SBA) and their...
Massachusetts Appeals Denial of Federal Disaster Aid for Fall Flooding
Mar 14 2024 // Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey is appealing a decision of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to deny the state’s request for a major disaster declaration to support cities and towns battered by severe weather...
Health Aide Fired for Not Getting Vaccinated Entitled to Unemployment Benefits
Mar 7 2024 // An employee who was terminated because she would not comply with a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for religious reasons is entitled to unemployment insurance, the Massachusetts Supreme Court has ruled. The state’s high...
Six Charged in Alleged $1M Auto Insurance Claims Scheme in Massachusetts
Feb 27 2024 // Six people have been indicted in connection with the alleged filing of fraudulent insurance claims through their auto body repair business in Everett, Massachusetts. Four of the defendants were arraigned this week in...
Arbella Insurance Teams Up With Soccer’s New England Revolution
Feb 23 2024 // New England insurer Arbella Insurance Group has signed a partnership agreement with the New England Revolution soccer team for the 2024 and 2025 Major League Soccer seasons. As part of the sponsorship, Arbella is named the...
OSHA Seeks $306K Fine From Massachusetts Roofer for Alleged Fall Safety Violations
Feb 23 2024 // A Framingham, Massachusetts roofing contractor with a history of fall-related safety violations again exposed its employees to potentially fatal falls, this time to falls of up to 20 feet at a residential worksite in...
Business Moves
Feb 19 2024 // National Majesco, Decision Research Corp. Majesco, a cloud insurance software provider for the insurance business, acquired the Decision Research Corporation (DRC). DRC, based in Philadelphia-based, is a SaaS-based...
Citing Immunity Law, Judge Tosses Body Parts Theft Claims Against Harvard
Feb 13 2024 // A Massachusetts Superior Court judge has dismissed negligence, infliction of emotional distress and other claims against Harvard and the operators of its medical school’s anatomical gift program by relatives of...
State Troopers Arrested for Alleged Commercial Driver’s License Bribery Scam
Jan 31 2024 // Two current and two former Massachusetts State Police troopers are among six charged in connection with an alleged conspiracy to give passing scores to certain Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) applicants, including...
Massachusetts Hospital Faces Class Action Over Christmas Cyber Attack
Jan 23 2024 // A Massachusetts hospital that suffered a cyber attack in December has been hit with a class action lawsuit for its alleged failure to secure patients’ personal information. Anna Jaques Hospital in Newburyport...
37 Massachusetts Communities Qualify for State Disaster Aid for December Flooding
Jan 22 2024 // Thirty-seven Massachusetts communities damaged by flooding last year will be getting a share of $10 million in disaster relief funding, the governor’s administration said Saturday. The funding being released is from...
Robinhood Settles Massachusetts Regulators’ Trading Case for $7.5 Million
Jan 19 2024 // Online brokerage Robinhood on Thursday agreed to pay a $7.5 million fine and overhaul its practices to resolve allegations by Massachusetts’ securities regulators that it encouraged inexperienced investors to place...
Grubhub to Pay $3.5M to Massachusetts Restaurants for Overcharging During COVID
Jan 17 2024 // Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell announced a $3.5 million settlement Friday with the online food delivery service platform Grubhub. The settlement resolves a 2021 lawsuit brought by Campbell alleging Grubhub...
Massachusetts Hospital Wins COVID-19 Claim Under Disease Contamination Endorsement
Jan 12 2024 // A federal appeals court has ruled that a Massachusetts hospital is entitled to coverage for losses due to COVID-19 under a health care endorsement in its policy from Continental Casualty Co. The First Circuit Court of...
Massachusetts Hospital Still Recovering From Christmas Cyber Incident
Jan 3 2024 // A cyber incident that reportedly began on December 24 disrupted the electronic medical records system and caused a Massachusetts hospital to redirect ambulances to other hospitals on Christmas day. Anna Jaques Hospital in...
