East News for August 2016
- Pennsylvania’s Henderson Brothers Hires Grealish as a Consultant
 - New Jersey High Court Rules in Favor of CGL Coverage for Subcontractor Faulty Workmanship
 - New Hampshire Encourages Proper Coverage for College Students This Fall
 - Fire Destroys 19th Century Massachusetts Farmhouse
 - Governor Cuomo Reviewing Bill to Establish Fines for New York Airbnb Users
 - Lawsuit Filed After Railing Collapse Injures 17 at New Jersey Snoop Dogg Concert
 - Judge Grants Uber’s Request to Put New York Price Fixing, Arbitration Lawsuit on Hold
 - Woman Dies After Falling 35 Feet From Zip Line Ride at a Delaware State Park
 - Metal Theft Remains an Expensive Problem for Insurance Industry
 - New York’s Crystal & Co. Hires Ackley as Client Consultant
 - Massachusetts Hospitals Saw a 60% Increase in Medical Errors Last Year
 - Connecticut Working to Improve Farm Safety After E. Coli Outbreak at Local Farm
 - New Jersey Supreme Court Rules Paralyzed Waterpark Visitor Can Proceed with Gross Negligence Suit
 - Starr Companies Expands with Nashville, Pittsburgh Offices, Leaders
 - New Day Underwriting Managers of New Jersey Hires Giquinto to Real Estate Group
 - New Jersey Catholic School Settles Sexual Abuse Allegations for $1.9M
 - Rhode Island Fire Marshal Offers $5K Reward for Information on July Arson Fires
 - Massachusetts-Based Landy Insurance Lands Certified Bookkeepers Group Account
 - Lockton Hires Mercer’s Bailey for Washington D.C. Office
 - Vermont Law Tightens Regulation for Consumer Litigation Funding Companies
 - Lesbian Sues New Jersey Catholic School Claiming Discrimination Over Firing
 - Connecticut Man Awarded $10K in Police Brutality Suit
 - Girl Bitten by Camel at Virginia Safari Park Gets $155K Settlement
 - Wells Fargo Insurance Hires Marsh’s Hahn in New Jersey
 - Former Delaware Administrative Officer’s Defamation Suit To Move Forward
 - Deceased Patient’s Family Sues U of Vermont Medical Center for Malpractice
 - Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing $1.4M from Pennsylvania Employer
 - Lockton Hires Russell for Philadelphia Team
 - Massachusetts Tax on Ridesharing to Go to Taxis, Infrastructure
 - Brown, Holmes & Milliken of Maine Hires Freeman
 - Massachusetts Restaurant Owner Sentenced to Four Years for Insurance Fraud
 - Pennsylvania Councilman to Resign Amid Insurance Fraud Charges Following 2014 Crash
 - New Jersey Manufacturer Faces $56K in Fines for 10 Workplace Safety Violations
 - Massachusetts-Based PMC Insurance Hires Keenan
 - Boston Insurance Brokerage’s Lynch Heads Opening of D.C. Office
 - Guidewire to Acquire Massachusetts Software Firm FirstBest
 - New Jersey’s Holman Insurance Services Acquires Risk Partners
 - New York’s Columbia University Faces $100M Lawsuit for Mismanaging Retirement Plan
 - Defamation Lawsuit Against Rolling Stone Magazine Likely Set For Trial This Year
 - New York Judge: Hedge Fund Head’s $100M Defamation Claim Better Suited for Bahamas
 - Penn State’s Sandusky Blames Lawyer’s Advice for Child Abuse Conviction
 - Foul Ball Lawsuit Against Pittsburgh Pirates to Move Forward
 - Connecticut’s Smith Brothers Hires Cellucci from Cross Insurance
 - Maine Denies Progressive’s Appeal to Raise Premiums for Older Drivers
 - Lawsuit Over ‘Creepy’ Letters Sent to New Jersey Couple Will Move Forward
 - Pennsylvania Law Requiring Rear-Facing Car Seats Takes Effect
 - New York Court Rules in Favor of Injured Electrician Seeking Recovery From Employer
 - Cross Insurance of Maine Hires Hersey
 - New York’s VALE Insurance Adds DeRose to Transactional Team
 - Independent Insurance Agents of New York Promotes MacConnell
 - Fire Destroys Delaware Diner, Pharmacy
 - 32 People, 3 Corporations Charged in Pennsylvania Auto Theft, Insurance Fraud Ring
 - Delaware Passes Ridesharing Regulations
 - Wells Media Group Names Blosfield Insurance Journal East Editor
 - GEICO Set to Expand Western New York Operations, Add 600 Jobs
 - A.M. Best Revises Outlook to Negative for New York-Based Lancer Insurance
 - Maine Natural Gas Company to Pay $307K for Safety Violations
 - Connecticut Man Faces Prison for Role in Over 50 Staged Accidents
 - New York Woman Faces 5 Years in Prison for Stealing $492K from Employer
 - New York Warns Against Selfies While Driving
 - Boston Brownstone Fire Causes $1M in Damage
 - Maryland-Based Schinnerer Appoints Castillo to Director of Risk Management
 - 6 Vehicles Destroyed in New Jersey Scrapyard Fire
 - Massachusetts Motorist Injures 5 in Series of Accidents
 - Kirchhofer Named VP of Fidelis Group Holdings’ Marine Division in New York
 - NSM Forms Joint Venture with Massachussetts-Based ABRY Partners, AIG
 - 7 Injured in Connecticut House Explosion
 - Connecticut Supreme Court Denies Wife’s Emotional Distress Workers’ Comp Claim
 - Connecticut High Court Blocks Injury Suit Against Contractor
 - Insurer Hires Firm to Resume Work at Hartford Stadium
 - NYC Officer Charged with Insurance Fraud
 - Virginia Insurance Bureau Opposes Anthem-Cigna Marriage
 - JLT Re Hires Woolstenhulme in Philadelphia
 - Sandy Spring Insurance Acquires The Advantage Group in Maryland
 - OSHA Cites Massachusetts Firm for Chemical Explosion
 - New York Regulator Has ‘Significant Concerns’ About Anthem-Cigna Merger
 - Massachusetts, New Hampshire Nonprofit Insurer Sues Over Federal Assessment
 - Boston Police Chief Disappointed Ridesharing Bill Lacks Driver Fingerprinting
 - Hartford Archdiocese Wins Sex-Abuse Insurance Case
 - Element Risk Management Acquires Singleton Insurance in Pennsylvania
 - New Hampshire Town Wary of ‘Peeping Drones’
 - New York City Pays $2.7M in Autistic Teen’s Death
 - New York AG Charges Engineering Firm with Doctoring Sandy Claims Reports
 - Massachusetts Lawmakers Pass Ridesharing Bill
 - Driver’s Response to GPS Turns Car On End
 - New Jersey Sisters Awarded $9.5M for Boat Accident
 
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