Latest Pennsylvania Headlines
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Pennsylvania Zinc Plant Settles Pollution Lawsuit
Jan 4 2010 // The largest zinc producer in the United States and an environmental group have settled a federal lawsuit claiming the company polluted the Ohio River. Under the settlement with Clean Water Action, Horsehead Holding Corp....
Pennsylvania Sting Nets 24 Arrests for Auto Insurance Fraud
Dec 30 2009 // Twenty-four people, including 17 New York residents, six from New Jersey and one Pennsylvania resident, have been charged with insurance fraud and other related offenses after falsely claiming to be Pennsylvania residents...
Experimenting Workers Start Pennsylvania Candy Company Fire
Dec 21 2009 // Experimenting workers at a western Pennsylvania candy company started a fire that left one employee injured. The blaze broke out Thursday evening at the New Castle Candy Company. Fire officials say employees were...
$4.7M Settlement in Pennsylvania Convention Center Collapse
Dec 21 2009 // The authority that operates Pittsburgh’s David L. Lawrence Convention Center is getting $4.78 million from firms to settle claims over a floor collapse. In February 2007, a concrete slab crashed to a walkway about 30...
2009 P/C Insurance Mergers, Acquisitions Large and Small
Dec 20 2009 // Large insurers AIG, Farmers and The Hartford made moves in 2009, as did large brokers Marsh, Aon, Willis, Gallagher, Brown & Brown, Hub and Wells Fargo. So, too, did, many regional insurers and Main Street agencies....
Insurance Does Not Cover Shootings by Drunk Pennsylvania Doctor
Dec 18 2009 // The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a man’s drunkenness did not render his attempted shootings of a woman accidental and therefore did not trigger coverage under either his homeowners policy or his...
Erie, Pennsylvania Bans Cell Phone Use While Driving
Dec 18 2009 // Northwestern Pennsylvania’s largest city has banned hand-held cell phone use by those driving vehicles or riding bicycles. Erie City Council approved the measure this Wednesday. Mayor Joe Sinnott says he’ll...
Two Pennsylvania Insurance Agencies Merge
Dec 2 2009 // Pennsylvania insurance agencies, The Securus Group and The Dunlop Agency, have merged in a move they say is aimed at bolstering their market share in the Lehigh Valley and South Central regions of the state. The merged...
Best Downgrades Kingsway and Several Subsidiaries Ratings
Nov 25 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the issuer credit ratings (ICR) and senior debt ratings to “ccc” from “b-” of Canadian insurer Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFSI) and Kingsway America Inc. (KAI),...
Plea Deal Reached in Pennsylvania Steel Town Arson Case
Nov 24 2009 // A former assistant fire chief accused of setting two small fires in an arson-plagued steel town near Philadelphia has worked out a plea bargain freeing him from jail. A Chester County judge says the deal for Robert Tracey...
Pennsylvania Woman Can’t Re-Sue Ernst & Young for $103M
Nov 20 2009 // A federal appeals court says a western Pennsylvania woman isn’t entitled to a new trial on her claim that an accounting error by Ernst & Young cost her $103 million. The Pennsylvania Superior Court two years ago...
Insurance Agent Seeks GOP Nod in Pennsylvania Congressional Race
Nov 17 2009 // An insurance agent from Meadville, Pennsylvania says he’ll seek the Republican nomination for the 3rd Congressional District in northwestern Pennsylvania. Fifty-one-year-old Steven Fisher says he’ll challenge...
Pennsylvania Regulator to Fight Kingsway over Share Donations
Nov 17 2009 // The Pennsylvania Insurance Department said it will take legal action against Kingsway Financial Services Inc. over its attempt to divest Lincoln General Insurance Co. In a press release, the state’s insurance...
Pa. Court: Earlier Asbestos Settlement Has No Impact on New Suit
Nov 15 2009 // The estates of two men who died of asbestos-related lung cancer years after receiving a settlement for increased risks and fear of the disease can sue another manufacturer of the material under the so-called...
Scientists Reassure Pennsylvania Residents in Quake Swarms
Nov 13 2009 // Scientists have met with residents of a central Pennsylvania town to reassure them about the hundreds of tiny earthquakes the area has experienced over the past year. Charles Scharnberger, Millersville University professor...
Pennsylvania Landowner Blames Energy Drilling for Water Pollution
Nov 9 2009 // An Avella, Pennsylvania landowner is suing an energy company for polluting his soil and water in an attempt to link a natural gas drilling technique with environmental contamination. George Zimmermann, the owner of 480...
Suit over Western Pennsylvania Fire that Killed 4 Dismissed
Nov 2 2009 // A panel of judges has dismissed a lawsuit against a utility company for a western Pennsylvania fire that killed four people. Two Cambria County judges say Penelec, which cut off service days before the fire, can’t be...
Pa. Court: Earlier Asbestos Settlement Has No Impact on New Suit
Oct 30 2009 // The estates of two men who died of asbestos-related lung cancer years after receiving a settlement for increased risks and fear of the disease can again sue another manufacturer of the material under the so-called...
Arrests Made in Western Pennsylvania Arson Spree
Oct 29 2009 // Eight people have been arrested for more than a third of the 34 fires police say were intentionally set in the last two years in New Castle in western Pennsylvania. “Hopefully, we can rest a little easier now,...
Feds Propose $504K Fines for Pennsylvania Mine Operator
Oct 21 2009 // The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration is proposing $504,900 in fines against an eastern Pennsylvania coal mine operator for a miner’s death. Forty-five-year-old Robert Carey was killed on June 16, 2008,...
