Latest Pennsylvania Headlines
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N.Y. City to Adjust Reservoirs to Lessen Delaware River Flooding
Sep 27 2006 // New York City has agreed to periodically lower the water level in three of its upstate reservoirs in an attempt to ease flooding along the Delaware River, according to environmental officials. By leaving the reservoirs...
Figures
Sep 25 2006 // $18 to $106 The premium range that lower income single adults will pay a month for health care under a plan approved by the Massachusetts board drafting regulations for the state’s new health care law. Under the...
Pa. Roofing Firm Fined $100K in Worker’s Electrocution Death
Sep 10 2006 // A Pennsylvania roofing company faces federal workplace safety fines of $102,000 following the death of an employee who was electrocuted when his scaffold came into contact with a power line. Zeke & Son Roofing and...
Pa. Cites 46 High-Risk Dam Owners for Weak Emergency Plans
Sep 8 2006 // The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has issued notices of violation to the owners of 46 high-hazard dams that are operating without emergency action plans. Dams classified as high-hazard — meaning...
Flooded Pa. Homeowners Blame Spillover from N.Y. City Reservoirs
Sep 7 2006 // New York City’s thirst for drinking water is clashing with Anthony Harlacher’s desire not to be flooded. Harlacher, who has endured three major floods in two years, is spending tens of thousands of dollars to...
Pa. High Court Dismisses Insurer Appeal of $3.07M Award
Sep 5 2006 // The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by Erie Insurance Exchange of a judge’s order to pay $3.07 million to a customer who alleged that her claim was mishandled. In a January 2002 case, Luzerne...
Court: Pennsylvania agents have no duty to inspect flood risks
Sep 4 2006 // Insurance agents and insurers in Pennsylvania were breathing a sigh of relief following a court ruling that says agents do not have a duty to inspect all properties before binding or renewing flood insurance coverage. Had...
Declarations
Sep 4 2006 // No requirement “Although the court concluded that the commissioner has the authority to implement an assigned risk plan, the decision by no means requires her to do so.” James A. Ermilio, executive vice...
Pa. Agent Accused of Stealing Premiums to Gamble Online
Aug 31 2006 // Criminal charges have been filed against a Potter County, Pa. insurance agent who is accused of stealing more than $21,000 in insurance premiums from clients for online gambling and other personal uses, according to...
Pa. Jury Awards $895K in Delayed Cancer Diagnosis Case
Aug 22 2006 // A Pennsylvania jury has awarded $895,000 in damages to a woman whose doctor was accused of failing to diagnose her with breast cancer when the disease was at an early stage, forcing her to undergo surgery and...
Pa. Police Stop 1,000 in Anti-Drunk Driving Effort
Aug 22 2006 // Police have stopped about 1,000 vehicles and made 20 arrests in Pittsburgh as part of “Operation Nighthawk,” a regional campaign to crack down on drunken driving, police said. A joint force of Pittsburgh and...
Penn. Court: Brokers Have No Duty to Inspect Property for Flood Insurance
Aug 18 2006 // A national insurance trade said it supports the recent Superior Court of Pennsylvania’s decision in the case of Wisniski v. Brown & Brown Insurance Co., that ruled insurance brokers do not have a duty to inspect...
Oops…172 Pa. Driver’s Licenses Accidently Voided
Aug 17 2006 // A bureaucratic error led to the accidental cancellation of 172 Pennsylvania driver’s licenses this week, according to the state Department of Transportation. The licenses have been restored, but residents who...
Private Tipster Trips Up Slip-and-Fall, Says Pa. Fraud Unit
Aug 9 2006 // Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett has initiated criminal charges against a Lancaster County man in connection with an apparent “slip and fall” insurance fraud scheme. Corbett said agents with the...
Willetts Joins NSM Insurance in Pa.
Aug 3 2006 // Richard Willetts has joined NSM Insurance Group in Conshohocken, Pa. as the director of the Addiction Treatment Providers Insurance Program. Willetts has 12 years of experience with niche programs, focusing on addiction...
Pa. Firm Settles Salmonella Cases; Battles Among Insurers Next
Aug 1 2006 // The Pennsylvania-based convenience store chain Sheetz Inc. has settled all but a few customer lawsuits spawned by salmonella-tainted tomatoes sold at its stores two years ago. But complicated legal battles involving...
Flooding in Pennsylvania destroys 518 homes
Jul 24 2006 // The floodwaters that inundated parts of Pennsylvania last month destroyed at least 518 homes and affected another 7,100 homes and businesses, according to the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency. The preliminary...
News Currents
Jul 24 2006 // News Currents While states adopt seat belts laws, 29 still balk at motorcycle helmets In Illinois and Iowa, motorists can get tickets for not wearing seat belts. In Connecticut, they are prohibited from talking on cell...
Pennsylvania’s Two Biggest Health Insurers in Merger Talks Again
Jul 17 2006 // Pennsylvania’s two largest health insurers are discussing a possible merger, which could happen as early as September. Independence Blue Cross, based in Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh-based Highmark Inc. are part of...
Pa. Officials Settle 1995 Defamation Suit Against Newspaper
Jul 17 2006 // Two former West Chester, Pennsylvania city officials have settled a decade-long lawsuit against their local newspaper in a case that spawned a 2004 Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling that news media said eroded free press...
