Latest Massachusetts Headlines
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Massachusetts Man Awarded Damages in Suit Over Art Heist
Aug 26 2011 // A U.S. jury has found in favor of the plaintiff in a Massachusetts lawsuit filed in connection with a 1978 art heist. The jury awarded plaintiff Michael Bakwin more than $3.1 million in damages on Tuesday. The artwork was...
Massachusetts Judge Refuses to Quash Fatal Arson Evidence
Aug 24 2011 // A Massachusetts judge has rejected a plea to suppress evidence in the case of a Northampton man accused of setting 15 fires that left two men dead and damaged property and vehicles more than a year ago. Prosecutors allege...
Settlement Reached in 2006 Ink Plant Explosion in Massachusetts
Aug 15 2011 // Federal officials said they have reached agreement with the owners and a former operator of an inks and paint products manufacturing facility in Danvers, Mass., that exploded and burned in 2006 the day before...
State Agencies Not Exempt from Age Bias Claims, Says Mass. Court
Aug 11 2011 // The Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled state agencies aren’t exempt from age discrimination lawsuits, even when the discrimination is the result of a policy that doesn’t explicitly target older workers. The...
Massachusetts Agents Seek Ballot Measure to Ban Insurers’ Use of Credit Scores
Aug 4 2011 // Massachusetts independent insurance agents who oppose the use of credit scores, occupation and education level in auto insurance pricing by the insurance companies they represent are pushing to put a petition to ban such...
Group Wants to Repeal Key Part of Mass. Health Law
Aug 4 2011 // Anti-abortion activists are pushing a ballot question designed to repeal a key element of Massachusetts’ landmark health care law. Massachusetts Citizens for Life President Anne Fox said the question would end the...
Mass. Court Nixes Claim Over Obsolete Fire Protection
Aug 1 2011 // A Massachusetts restaurant owner who failed to upgrade his obsolete fire suppression system was not entitled to collect insurance money after a massive fire six years ago – and must return $15,000 advanced to him by...
People
Aug 1 2011 // Wholesaler Swett & Crawford has added Ricky Dawson to its casualty staff in New York. Dawson, who has a background in both insurance wholesale brokerage and underwriting, previously served as a wholesale broker with...
Judge Releases Mass. Agency from 9/11 Lawsuit
Jul 29 2011 // The Massachusetts Port Authority was dismissed as a defendant from the last pending wrongful death lawsuit related to the Sept. 11 attacks, leaving United Airlines and a security company facing a trial in which airport...
Rite Aid to Pay Mass. $2.1M for Overcharges
Jul 29 2011 // Rite Aid has agreed to pay $2.1 million in a settlement with the state attorney general’s office over alleged overcharges for prescription drugs under the workers’ compensation insurance system. Attorney...
Mass. Gun-Maker to Pay $600K in Gun-Death Lawsuit
Jul 28 2011 // A Massachusetts gun-maker has agreed to pay nearly $600,000 to the families of one man who was killed and another man who was wounded in a shooting involving a gun allegedly stolen from the company, a national gun-control...
Massachusetts Reports Decline in Drunk Driving Arrests
Jul 21 2011 // The state Registry of Motor Vehicles says the number of drunken driving arrests has declined in Massachusetts in the past five years. The agency’s numbers show there were 14,834 OUI (operating under the influence)...
Massachusetts Judge: Obsolete Fire-Suppression Means No Claims Paid
Jul 20 2011 // A Massachusetts restaurant owner who failed to upgrade his obsolete fire suppression system was not entitled to collect insurance money after a massive fire six years ago — and must return $15,000 advanced to him by his...
State Auto Drops R.I., Limits Coverage in Massachusetts
Jul 18 2011 // Ohio-based State Auto Insurance Cos. said it will cease writing coverage in Rhode Island and write only certain lines of business in Massachusetts. State Auto will continue to write business and farm insurance in...
State Auto Drops R.I., Limits Coverage in Massachusetts
Jul 5 2011 // Ohio-based State Auto Insurance Cos. said it will cease writing coverage in Rhode Island and write only certain lines of business in Massachusetts. State Auto will continue to write business and farm Insurance in...
Massachusetts Tornado Claims Surpass $140 Million
Jul 4 2011 // The financial toll from tornadoes that ravaged several Massachusetts communities has risen dramatically. The state’s Division of Insurance estimated that residents have filed 8,200 insurance claims totaling $140...
Massachusetts Family’s 9/11 Suit Questions Logan Airport’s Security
Jul 4 2011 // The family of a Massachusetts man killed in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks says in court documents that private security screeners at Logan International Airport were not made aware of the terrorist threat from...
Mass. Now Estimates Tornado Claims at $175 Million
Jun 30 2011 // Massachusetts insurance officials have updated estimates on insurance claims resulting from this month’s Western and Central Massachusetts tornadoes, with 9,500 claims totaling an estimated $175 million having been...
Massachusetts Obtains Credit Insurance Refunds for Customers
Jun 27 2011 // Massachusetts consumers who purchased credit unemployment insurance from Wesco Credit Insurance Co. will be getting premium refunds under a settlement obtained by state officials. Attorney General Martha Coakley’s...
Massachusetts Family’s 9/11 Lawsuit Blames Logan Airport Security
Jun 23 2011 // The family of a Massachusetts man killed in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks says newly released court documents show security problems at Boston’s airport the day of attacks are to blame for the man’s...
