Latest Pennsylvania Headlines
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Pennsylvania AG Launches Website for Reporting Data Breaches as Required by Law
Sep 20 2024 // Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry announced the launch of an online portal for companies and other entities reporting data breaches. The site is for reporting breaches impacting more than 500 Pennsylvania...
Propane Blast Levels Pennsylvania Home, Kills Woman and Injures Man
Aug 22 2024 // An explosion that leveled a home in northeastern Pennsylvania, killing a woman and leaving a man seriously injured, was apparently caused by a propane leak, state police said. The blast in Jefferson Township, near...
Hub Acquires Pennsylvania Commercial Lines Agency IMC
Aug 6 2024 // Global insurance brokerage Hub International Limited announced it has acquired Insurance Management Company (IMC). Located in Erie, Pennsylvania, IMC provides commercial insurance and risk management services to...
Pennsylvania Supreme Court to Review Stabbing Death Ruled Homicide Then Suicide
Aug 6 2024 // The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from the family of a Philadelphia woman whose 2011 stabbing death was initially ruled a homicide before the medical examiner switched it to suicide after police...
Pennsylvania Says U.S. Deal With Norfolk Southern Falls Short
Aug 5 2024 // Pennsylvania officials contend that a $310 million federal government settlement reached with Norfolk Southern Railway Co. over the 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio does not adequately meet the needs of...
Pennsylvania Task Force Urges Tax Breaks for Flood Damage, Mitigation and Insurance
Aug 5 2024 // Pennsylvania lawmakers should consider granting homeowners tax breaks for water damage expenses, mitigation and repair costs, and flood insurance premiums, according to a new state report. Those are several of the...
Judge Ends Uber Black Drivers’ ‘Futile’ Court Quest for Employee Status in Pennsylvania
Aug 2 2024 // Eight years of litigation, multiple court opinions, and two deadlocked trials are enough. A federal judge in Pennsylvania has put an end to what he says is “futile” litigation over whether Uber Black drivers,...
Utility Regulators Cite Natural Gas Company in Fatal 2021 Blast in Pennsylvania
Jul 30 2024 // State utility regulators have filed a complaint against a natural gas provider alleging safety violations in connection with an explosion in a central Pennsylvania borough that killed one person and injured several others...
Pennsylvania Shaved $98 Million Off Insurer Rate Requests in First Half of Year
Jul 22 2024 // The Pennsylvania Insurance Department (PID) reported that it has saved consumers $98.3 million in annual auto, home and other property/casualty insurance premiums in the first six months of 2024 through its review of...
Pennsylvania Task Force Urges Tax Breaks for Flood Damage, Mitigation and Insurance
Jul 8 2024 // Pennsylvania lawmakers should consider granting homeowners tax breaks for water damage expenses, mitigation and repair costs, and flood insurance premiums, according to a new state report. Those are several of the...
Pennsylvania Man Killed When Fireworks Exploded in His Garage
Jul 3 2024 // A man was killed when some fireworks exploded at his Pennsylvania home, state police said. Michael Cross, 55, of Union City, was working in his garage when the blast occurred around 10:15 a.m. Sunday in the Erie County...
Pennsylvania Lawmakers Advance Bill to Create Landslide Insurance Program
Jun 28 2024 // A bill to create a state landslide insurance program for homeowners in Pennsylvania has been advanced by a House committee. The House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee voted 20-5 to move the bill to the full...
Judge Cuts Bayer $2.25 Billion Roundup Verdict to $400 Million
Jun 5 2024 // A Pennsylvania judge on Tuesday slashed a $2.25 billion U.S. verdict against Bayer to $400 million for a Pennsylvania man who said he developed cancer from exposure to the company’s Roundup weedkiller. A jury in the...
Truck Driver Who Fatally Struck 3 Pennsylvania Highway Workers Fell Asleep at Wheel
May 14 2024 // A truck driver fell asleep at the wheel before striking a construction vehicle and killing three workers on the shoulder of a Pennsylvania highway in April, authorities said Friday. Pennsylvania State Police said the...
Pennsylvania to Ban Driver Cell Phone Use, Require Reporting of Traffic Stop Data
May 13 2024 // Pennsylvania will join the majority of states that ban motorists from handling a cell phone for almost any purpose while driving, as backers of the legislation hope to reduce distracted driving accidents and deaths after...
Vendor That Mishandled Pennsylvania Virus Data to Pay $2.7M in Whistleblower Case
May 9 2024 // A large staffing firm that performed COVID-19 contact tracing for Pennsylvania and exposed the private medical information of about 72,000 residents will pay $2.7 million in a settlement with the Justice Department and a...
Pennsylvania High Court to Decide If Workers’ Compensation Covers CBD Oil
May 3 2024 // A veteran Pennsylvania workers’ compensation attorney will soon have a chance to argue before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that his own use of cannabinoid oil (CBD oil) is covered by workers’...
Pennsylvania Court: No Coverage for Mother’s Distress Over Son’s Overdose Death
May 2 2024 // The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that Nationwide Property and Casualty is not obligated to defend its homeowner insureds against a wrongful death claim for emotional and mental distress brought by a mother whose...
Judge Orders Pennsylvania Utility Board to Produce Chocolate Factory Blast Records
Apr 19 2024 // Pennsylvania utility regulators must turn over inspection records to the National Transportation Safety Board as part of the federal agency’s probe into a fatal explosion at a chocolate factory last year, a federal...
Lawyers Want Ohio Residents to Wait for Details of $600M Derailment Settlement
Apr 12 2024 // The lawyers who negotiated a $600 million settlement with Norfolk Southern over that railroad’s disastrous 2023 derailment in Ohio want residents to talk with them before deciding the historic deal isn’t...
