Latest Pennsylvania Headlines
All the headlines from our Pennsylvania Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Pa. Roofing Firm Pleads Guilty in Electrocution of Worker
Aug 3 2007 // A Pennsylvania roofing company pleaded guilty to violating a federal workplace safety regulation in the case of a worker who was electrocuted as his scaffold came into contact with a power line. A representative of Zeke...
Pa. Man a Real Lightning Rod
Jul 31 2007 // Lightning can strike twice. Just ask Pennsylvania resident Don Frick. Frick said he survived his second lightning strike last Friday — 27 years to the day of his first — and emerged a bit shaken with only a burned...
Pa. Decides Now Not Time to Reduce State’s Medical Malpractice Coverage
Jul 23 2007 // There is not evidence of sufficient market capacity at the current time to mandate an increase in primary medical malpractice insurance limits in Pennsylvania, Deputy Insurance Commissioner Randy Rohrbaugh has ruled. He...
Pa. therapist not liable for patient’s car crash
Jul 23 2007 // A psychiatrist cannot be sued for a car crash caused by a patient, a Pennsylvania appeals court ruled. The Superior Court ruling upholds a decision written by a Blair County judge dismissing the lawsuit filed by Matthew...
PA. BILL LIMITS FARM OWNERS’ LIABILITY FOR HUNTING ACCIDENTS
Jul 23 2007 // A bill limiting Pennsylvania farmers’ liability for hunting accidents on their properties has flown through the House and Senate and been sent to Gov. Edward Rendell for signing. The measure was backed by...
Pa. bad faith claim costs $20 million
Jul 23 2007 // An insurer has agreed to pay $20 million in what is believed to be the state’s richest settlement of a bad faith claim. According to the plaintiff’s attorney, Robert Mongeluzzi of Saltz Mongeluzzi Barrett...
Pa. bill limits farm owners’ liability for hunting accidents
Jul 23 2007 // A bill limiting Pennsylvania farmers’ liability for hunting accidents on their properties has flown through the House and Senate and been sent to Gov. Edward Rendell for signing. The measure was backed by...
Declarations
Jul 23 2007 // ‘Unfunded’ mandate “Here in New Hampshire, we pride ourselves on being frugal, and here in New Hampshire, we pride ourselves on respecting the privacy of our neighbors. We are not about to be coerced into...
Oregon’s Ario tapped to be Pennsylvania commissioner
Jul 23 2007 // Oregon’s Department of Consumer & Business Services announced that Insurance Administrator Joel Ario will be leaving the Beaver State to become Pennsylvania’s insurance commissioner. As the insurance...
Bankruptcy and D&O Claims Settlements
Jul 23 2007 // Ever since “entity coverage” became a part of the standard directors’ and officers’ policy, bankruptcy courts have wrestled with the question of whether D&O policy proceeds are property of the...
Pa. State Agencies Back in Operation After Budget Deal Struck
Jul 12 2007 // Thousands pf Pennsylvania state employees including those in the state insurance and motor vehicle departments were back on the job Tuesday after a one-day shutdown. The employees were called back to work after a tentative...
Pa. Government in Partial Shutdown
Jul 9 2007 // Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell late Sunday ordered a range of state government services shut down and placed about a third of the state workforce on indefinite unpaid furlough after frantic last-minute negotiations failed to...
Bill Limiting Pa. Farm Owners’ Liability for Hunting Accidents On Gov.’s Desk
Jul 5 2007 // A bill limiting Pennsylvania farmers’ liability for hunting accidents on their properties has flown through the House and Senate and been sent to Gov. Edward Rendell for signing. The measure was backed by...
Insurer Reported to Pay $20 Million to Settle Bad Faith Claim in Pa.
Jul 2 2007 // An insurer has agreed to pay $20 million in what is believed to be the state’s richest settlement of a bad faith claim. According to the plaintiff’s attorney, Robert Mongeluzzi of Saltz Mongeluzzi Barrett...
Oregon’s Ario tapped to be Pennsylvania commissioner
Jul 2 2007 // Pennsylvania Gov. Edward G. Rendell has nominated Joel Scott Ario, the chief insurance regulator for the state of Oregon and a former consumer advocate, to serve as Pennsylvania’s insurance commissioner. As the...
Pa. Hospitals Report Surgery Errors Caught Every Day But Many Occur
Jun 28 2007 // Pennsylvania hospitals reported making serious mistakes in the operating room — using the wrong procedure, operating on the wrong body part or even the wrong patient — 174 times during a 21/2 year period, according to...
Psychiatrist Not Liable for Patient’s Car Accident, Pa. Court Rules
Jun 26 2007 // A psychiatrist cannot be sued for a car crash caused by a patient, a Pennsylvania appeals court ruled. The Superior Court ruling upholds a decision written by a Blair County judge dismissing the lawsuit filed by Matthew...
Pa. Lawmaker Seeks to Stop Insurers’ Use of Credit Scores
Jun 19 2007 // A Pennsylvania legislator has introduced a bill that would prohibit insurance companies from using credit scores to help determine how much customers pay for car insurance. “It’s a tool the insurance industry...
Oregon Administrator Ario Moving to Pennsylvania
Jun 14 2007 // Joel Ario, administrator of the Insurance Division in the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS), confirmed he is leaving Oregon to accept the position of Insurance Commissioner for...
Oregon’s Ario Tapped to be Pennsylvania Insurance Regulator
Jun 13 2007 // Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell has nominated Joel Scott Ario, the chief insurance regulator for the state of Oregon and a former consumer advocate, to serve as Pennsylvania’s insurance commissioner. As the...
