East News for April 2023
- Massachusetts Hospital Lacked Workplace Violence Protections, OSHA Judge Finds
 - New York’s Yellow Cab Drivers Can’t Sue City Over Uber, Lyft Impact on License Values
 - Maine Is Latest State to Make To-Go Cocktails Permanent
 - Family of Crash Victim Settles With Basketball Coach, Syracuse University
 - Virginia School: Workers’ Comp Bars $40M Suit by Teacher Shot by 6-Year Old
 - New York Lawyers, Doctor Sentenced in $31 Million Trip-and-Fall Insurance Fraud
 - Pennsylvania High Court Addresses When Stacked Coverage Waiver Is Not Needed
 - Massachusetts High Court Opens 27,000 Drunk Driving Cases to Reconsideration
 - Driver Charged in Fatal Apple Store Crash Pleads Not Guilty
 - How Former Columnist’s Civil Lawsuit Alleging Sex Assault by Trump Reached Court
 - Connecticut Landlord to Pay $400,000 for Tenant Harassment
 - Pennsylvania Hospital Wins Second Shot at Equitable Relief in Medical Malpractice Case
 - New York Woman Pleads Guilty to $27K in False Claims for Aquatic Treatments
 - Tornado, Small Earthquake Hit Upstate New York
 - DC Health Link Data Breach Blamed on Human Error
 - Connecticut High Court Affirms Ruling Denying State Troopers’ PTSD Claims
 - New Jersey Sues 8 Pollution Sites to Force Cleanups
 - Risk Strategies Acquires JW Surety Bonds of Pennsylvania
 - Fuel Truck Fatal Crash Sparks Fire on Major Connecticut Highway Bridge
 - Maine Unhappy With Railroad’s ‘Good Faith’ Cleanup of Train Derailment Site
 - Virginia Family Reaches $5M Settlement Over Park Police Shooting
 - Delaware Legalizes Recreational Marijuana Despite Governor’s Disapproval
 - Washington Commanders Employees Ask NFL for Protection From Snyder Lawsuits
 - FBI: Fire That Damaged Cambridge Church Probed as Arson
 - Two Charged With Setting Philadelphia Fire That Killed Firefighter for Insurance Money
 - Sin or Crime? Inquiry Targets Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Handling of Child Sex Abuse
 - Parents and Schools Face Increase Scrutiny After Shootings
 - Plaintiffs ‘Shocked’ as Judge Ends Hartford Police Consent Decree Imposed in 1973
 - People Moves: Landy Agency Hires McNamara for Marketing/Sales; XPT: S&H Adds March, Specialist Adds Martincich
 - Workers’ Comp Takes Bite Out of Employee Right to Sue Third Party: Pennsylvania High Court
 - Hub Acquires Brady Risk Management of New York
 - Manhattan Parking Garage Collapse Kills 1, Injures 5
 - New York Names InnSure to Manage Clean Tech Insurance Innovation Project
 - Small Town Debates Students’ Pastry Mural. Is It Art or Zoning Violation?
 - 4 Penobscot Indians Accuse Maine Priests of Sexual Abuse
 - Judge Allows Roberto Clemente Jr. Agency Fraud Claim Against Allstate
 - A Look Back at Boston Marathon Bombing Insurance Claims
 - Thieves Grab Hundreds of Thousands of Dimes From Parked Truck
 - Cleanup Underway After Freight Train Derailment, Fire in Maine
 - Insurers Balk at Coverage for Firm Accused of Delivering Damaging Biofuel to Customers
 - Train Carrying Hazardous Materials Derails in Rural Maine
 - Police Say No Known Threats to Boston Marathon on 10th Anniversary of Bombing
 - Here Come the Trademark Judges to Protect Yankees’ Superstar Judge
 - Hub Acquires Weiss-Schantz Agency in Pennsylvania
 - Maryland Gov. Moore Signs Bill to End Time Limit in Child Sex Abuse Lawsuits
 - Two New Jersey Police Chiefs Facing Charges
 - Robot Dog. Stolen Car Tracker. Security Cone. New York Police Go High-Tech
 - Update: 100% of New Jersey Forest Fire Contained
 - For Arrested Ringleader, Stealing Catalytic Converters Is Full-Time Job, Police Say
 - World Insurance Acquires TJ Woods Agency in Massachusetts
 - Latest E-Bike Fire in New York City Kills 2 Children
 - Boston Physical Therapist Pleads Guilty to Role in Insurance Fraud
 - Wrongful Death Suit Claims Chocolate Factory Ignored Warning Before Deadly Blast
 - Man Admits Role in Catalytic Converter Theft Ring in Connecticut
 - Mother Sues Maine School Over Keeping Teen’s Gender Transition Private
 - Mother of 6-Year-Old Who Shot Teacher Indicted
 - Court Finds Insurer’s Evidence Insufficient to Support Subrogation Suit
 - Fire Damages 114-Year Old Cambridge Church After Easter Services
 - Massachusetts Grapples With Letting Judges Order Mental Health Care
 - Maryland Lawmakers Approve Bill to Remove Time Limit on Child Sex Abuse Suits
 - Driving School Owner Pleads Guilty to License Bribery Scheme
 - Students Flunk Test for Class Action Over Covid Cutbacks by University
 - Lead Paint Testing Firm Executives Accused of Marketing Faulty Devices
 - Victims Question If Baltimore Church Sex Abuse Report Is Complete
 - Connecticut Woman Shot by Officer Receives $1.1 Million Settlement
 - Patriot Growth Acquires Petschauer Insurance of New York
 - Two Contractors to Pay $1.24 Million to Resolve Fraud in Whittier Bridge/I-95 Project
 - Massachusetts Approves 10.2% Workers’ Compensation Rate Cut
 - Maryland AG Report Chronicles Decades of Child Sex Abuse and Church Cover-Up
 - 2 Killed in Construction Trench Accident at New York’s JFK Airport
 - Court Cancels Time Inc. Insurance for $4.9 Million Subscription Offer Settlement
 - University Faces Class-Action by Students Over COVID Campus Lockdown
 - Risk Strategies Acquires May, Bonee & Clark of Connecticut
 - Virginia Teacher Shot by 6-Year Old Sues School Officials for $40 Million
 - Market Basket Owner Accuses Chubb of ‘Lowballing’ and Risking Further Liability
 - People Moves: AXIS Appoints Watt as Claims Officer Officer; Security Mutual Hires Cavanaugh as Commerical Lines Underwriter
 - EEOC Civil Rights Suit Accuses New York Pizzeria of Harassing Transgender Cook
 - Registry Worker Pleads Guilty to Taking Money in Driver’s License Scam
 - City of Buffalo Sues Kia and Hyundai Over Auto Thefts
 
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