East News for August 2023
- Forklift Operator Dies in Accident at Boston`s Logan Airport
- New York AG: Trump Should Be Found Liable For Bank, Insurance Fraud, Even Before Trial
- Connecticut Adds Cancer Presumption to Firefighters’ Workers’ Compensation
- One80 Intermediaries Acquires Transportation Agency GMI Insurance
- Vassar College Hit With Lawsuit Alleging Discrimination Against Women in Pay, Promotions
- Yale University Settles Suit Over Treatment of Students with Mental Health Issues
- People Moves: MMG Adds Clukey; Carl Joins Alliant in Philadelphia
- Parents of Maine Teen Who Died on School Hiking Trip File Suit
- Maine Police Say Driver on Drugs Swerved Off Road, Hit 4 Troopers
- New Hampshire Workers’ Compensation Rates to Drop 14% in 2024
- OSHA Orders Vermont Firm to Rehire Environmental Whistleblower, Pay Damages
- Student Pilot, Instructor Killed in Maine Plane Crash Identified
- Appeals Court Blasts Insurer’s Conduct in Denying Claim Over Insured’s Conduct
- Historic Rhode Island Hotel Damaged in Blaze to Be Torn Down; Cause Under Investigation
- Employee Impersonators Scam $2M from Pennsylvania Banks’ Customers, Officials Say
- Drug Retailer Rite Aid Prepares to File for Bankruptcy Over Opioid Lawsuits: WSJ
- Pennsylvania Court Says State Police Must Show How They Monitor Social Media
- ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ Show Went On Despite Flooding of Theater
- Five Hurt, One Critically, When Wall Collapses at Construction Site
- Rite Aid to Implement Safety Plan for Employees on Handling of Bloodborne Hazards
- Saint-Gobain to Close New Hampshire Plant Blamed for PFAS Water Contamination
- NHTSA Shifts Gears, No Longer Opposes Massachusetts’ Vehicle Data Access Law
- Woman Admits Bribing State Employee to Issue Driver’s Licenses Without Road Test
- Employer Hosting Golf Outing Not Liable for Drunk Driver, Pennsylvania High Court Says
- Insurer Berkley Wants Judge in Virginia to Toss $5.8M Jury Verdict Over Mold Claim
- Virginia Judge Says Medical Malpractice Law Does Not Apply to Sexual Abuse Claims
- Weather Service Confirms Five Tornadoes Hit New England Last Week
- Cause Still Unknown in Pennsylvania House Explosion That Killed 6
- New York Knicks Sue Toronto Raptors Alleging Stolen Scouting Reports
- Residents Vow Court Fight Over ‘Inadequate’ New Jersey Toxic Site Settlement
- Starbucks Told to Pay $2.7M to Fired Manager On Top of $25M Jury Award
- Judge Tosses Erie Lawsuit Over Maryland’s Handling of Redlining Allegations
- Court Nixes Suit Over New Jersey Gun Liability Law, Says Challengers ‘Jumped the Gun’
- Rare New England Tornado Damages Homes, Floods Roads, Topples Trees
- Fire Tears Through Historic Block Island Hotel Off Rhode Island Coast
- Large Ice Chunk Fell From Sky and Damaged House in Massachusetts
- Buffalo Shooting Lawsuits Claim Social Media, Gun Firms, Parents Enabled Killer
- Philadelphia Police Change Account of Shooting of Driver After Viewing Video
- Bacteria in Raw Shellfish Linked to 4 Deaths
- New Jersey Home Blast That Killed 4 Was Caused by Explosive Materials in the House
- Landlord Not Liable for Murder at Nightclub, Massachusetts Supreme Court Says
- Study Suggests Links Between Fracking and Asthma, Lymphoma in Children
- Woman Sues Food Emporium After Prosciutto Slip ‘n Fall
- Homeowners Had Issues with Hot Water Tank Before Deadly Blast in Pennsylvania
- New York City Pension Plans Seek to Dismiss Lawsuit Over Fossil Fuel Stakes
- People Moves: Fred C. Church Names Hart Personal Lines Manager; Ames & Gough Appoints Hilliard
- Shipping Firm Fined $2.25M for Discharging Oily Bilge Off Rhode Island
- Little League World Series Removes Bunk Beds in Wake of Player’s Head Injury
- Insurer Argues Baltimore Not Covered for Employee’s Sexual Abuse of Minors
- New Jersey Supreme Court Backs Catholic School in Firing of Unwed, Pregnant Teacher
- Boston Man Hopes His Civil Rights Suit Bankrupts White Supremacist Group
- 42,000 Vermonters Affected by MOVEit Data Breach
- New York Workers’ Compensation Fund Returned $585 Million to Employers
- Four Dead, Another Missing After Blast Destroys 3 Structures in Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia Archdiocese Settles Child Sex Abuse Claim for $3.5 Million
- Jury Awards $35M to Family of New York Man Who Died After Being Beaten by Police
- Connecticut School District Has Recouped Half of $6 Million Lost in Cyber Attack
- NHTSA Probing Fatal Tesla Crash in Virginia, Adding to Investigations
- Boston Financial Adviser Sentenced After Defrauding Older Victims of Annuity Funds
- 5 Killed in Pennsylvania When RV Blows Tire, Crashes into Tractor-Trailer
- Zurich American Off the Hook on Harvard’s Legal Costs in Affirmative Action Case
- Judge Tosses Lawsuits Filed Over NYC’s Strict Rules on Short-Term Rentals
- Verisk Beats Expectations with Q2 Earnings
- NFP Buys Hafetz & Associates in New Jersey
- Delaware’s Navarro Warns Producers Not to Blame DOI for Higher Premiums
- New Hampshire Insurers, Agencies Must Report When Producers Are Fired
- Powerful Storm System Kills Two, Leaves 1M Without Power in South, East Coast
- Four New Offshore Wind Power Projects Planned for New Jersey Shore
- Connecticut, Other States’ Lawmakers Have a Lot of Questions About AI
- 3 Killed After Charter Bus Collides with Vehicle in Pennsylvania
- Mass. Police Must Reinstate 7 Who Refused to be Vaccinated, Arbitrator Says
- Pennsylvania PUC Approves $1M Settlement Over Gas Explosion That Leveled Home
- New Jersey House Fire That Killed 4 Ruled an Accident
- Commercial Property Loans Are So Unappealing Banks Trying to Dump Them
- NY Lawmakers Vow to Block Property Insurers from Asking About Subsidized Tenants
- Social Media Influencer Facing Riot Charges After Mayhem Breaks Loose in NYC
- Fed Appeals Court Upholds CT Law That Ended Religious Vaccine Exemption
- Vermont’s Flooded Capital Ponders Rebuild With an Eye on Climate Change
- Carlyle Group CEO: Could Broaden Insurance Invest, Despite Re Volatility
- Acturis Enters U.S. Market with Acquisition of Broker Buddha
- Pennsylvania Socialite, Convicted of Millions in Insurance Fraud, Dies at 71
- Class Action Targets Grocery Delivery Firm for Alleged Unpaid Wages
- AP Review Reveals Problematic Dams in US, But Some States’ Data Not Released
- Verisk Beats Wall Street Expectations on Q2 Earnings Report
- Thermo Fisher Settles with Family for Taking Woman’s Cells 70 Years Ago
- Trump Immune From Suit for Election Comments Made in Office
- ‘Fundamental Fairness’ Favors Lender’s Claim to Fire Insurance Funds After Foreclosure
- Connecticut High Court Denies Immunity for First Responder Causing Car Accident
- Massachusetts Physical Therapy Clinic Owner Sentenced for $7M Auto Insurance Fraud
- Car Injures 10 People Near Grand Central Terminal, New York Fire Department Says
- New Hampshire Governor Signs Pet Insurance Standards Into Law
- Uber-Backed Group to Reboot Gig-Worker Ballot Initiative in Massachusetts
- Syracuse Catholic Diocese Settles $100 Million in Sexual Abuse Claims
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