East News for April 2022
- Markets/Coverages: Home Insurer Hippo Expands to New York State
- TPA’s Quick Denials of First Responders’ Workers’ Comp Claims Draw Penalty
- Cross Insurance Acquires Humphrey, Byfield Agencies in Coastal Massachusetts
- Maine’s Long-Time Chamber of Commerce Leader Stepping Down
- New York Giants, Jets Urge Court to Reject Deception Suit
- New Hampshire Restaurants Pay $890K to Settle Back Wages Claims
- New York’s Top Court Overturns $16.5 Million Talcum Powder Cancer Verdict
- Massachusetts Man Sues City Alleging Race Factored in Wrongful Arrest
- Maine Legislature Adjourns Without Taking Vote on Tribal Sovereignty
- Virginia AG to Probe NFL’s Commanders Over Financial Wrongdoing Allegations
- Supreme Court Lets Virginia School Continue Controversial Admissions Policy
- Maryland Officer Won’t Be Prosecuted in Fatal Shooting
- People Moves: Henderson Brothers Promotes 2; Resilience Adds Aon’s Thompson
- A Decade After Murder Conviction, Civil Trial Begins in Death of Virginia Lacrosse Player
- Massachusetts Approves 3.5% Workers’ Compensation Rate Decrease
- New Vermont Law Permits Lawsuits Seeking Medical Monitoring for Toxic Exposure
- Maine Attorney General Finds 4 Officers Justified in Using Deadly Force in 2 Incidents
- Maine Court Rules Intertidal Zone Belongs to Beachfront Owners
- The Hartford Partners With Earthwatch on Pollinator Program
- OSHA Cites Roofing Firm as ‘Severe Violator’ of Worker Safety Rules
- Auto Insurance Industry to New York: Get Rid of Photo Inspection Requirement
- Former eBay Executive to Plead Guilty to Cyberstalking Massachusetts Couple
- Feds Accuse Virginia Towing Firm of Illegally Selling Military Service Members’ Cars
- Massachusetts: First State Top Court Gives Industry a Win in Covid-19 Claims Case
- Hilb Group Acquires Vermont’s Paige & Campbell and Taylor Palmer Agencies
- Judge Approves $34M Settlement Over PFOA Contamination of Vermont Community
- New York Times Sues Defamation Plaintiff Under Expanded Anti-SLAPP Law
- New Jersey Diocese Reaches $87.5M Settlement with Sex Abuse Claimants
- NFL’s Washington Commanders Deny Financial, Workplace Misconduct Allegations
- Virginia Woman Bitten by Snake Endures Complex Disability, Financial, Legal Effects
- People Moves: Risk Strategies Adds deRosa, Massi; Frederick Mutual Promotes Price, White; MEMIC HIres 3 Underwriters
- New Jersey to Begin Sales of Recreational Cannabis on April 21
- Maryland Authorizes Remote Rather Than On-Site Reviews of MGAs
- Container Ship Stuck for a Month in Chesapeake Bay Finally Refloated
- Jury Convicts Massachusetts Agency Owner Quinn of Stealing Disability Benefits
- Lawsuit Challenges Reinstatement of Philadelphia’s Mask Mandate
- ATV Is Not a Farm Vehicle Covered Under Homeowner’s Policy, Virginia Court Rules
- Maine Lawmakers Advance Bill Granting Tribes Sovereignty
- Relation Insurance Grows in East, Acquiring Ex-Nationwide Agency in Connecticut
- People Moves: SAN Group Welcomes Fornari; Alliant Hires Aon’s Hiller in Pennsylvania
- Affidavit of Merit Not Needed in Vicarious Liability Claims, Rules New Jersey High Court
- Rhode Island to Get $15M in Pollution Settlement With Energy Companies
- One80 Acquires New York-Based Marine Wholesaler Seacoast Specialty
- People Moves: MEMIC Appoints Fongemie; Mulready Joins Hartford’s Navigators; Falcon Risk Hires 3 Leaders
- Global MGU Victor Enters Reinsurance, Acquiring Rhode Island Firm RTSC
- Arbitrator Clears Police Officers Who Pushed Buffalo Protester But Lawsuit Continues
- Philadelphia to Restore Indoor Mask Mandate Amid Covid Case Surge
- World Insurance Expands in New Jersey with Acquisition of J. Stine Agency
- Amended Class Action Wants NFL’s Giants, Jets to Drop ‘New York’ From Names
- Maryland Legislature Tackles Family Leave, Taxes, Climate, Marijuana, Cybersecurity
- As Sea Levels Rise, Can Chesapeake Bay’s Tangier Island Survive?
- Vermont Opioid Deaths Rose 33% to Record in 2021
- No-Fault Auto Insurance Lead Fraudster Sentenced to 7 Years for Bribery
- Denial of Restaurants’ Claim Upheld in First Covid-19 Ruling by a New York Appeals Court
- Maine Lawmakers Move to Phase Out PFAS
- Hub International Buys Maryland Broker Marketing Management Associates
- Maine Jury Sides With Newspaper Over Police Officer Defamation Case
- Baltimore Gains State Court Edge It Sought in Climate Change Suit Against Big Oil
- Alex Jones Shows Up for Sandy Hook Deposition
- Maryland Passes Paid Family Leave Program Bill
- Pennsylvania Approves 6.25% Workers’ Compensation Cost Cut
- New York Man Wrongly Convicted of Arson Finally Vindicated After 40 Year Fight
- New Hampshire Transparency Law Leads to Release of List of Cops With Infractions
- Grounded Tanker Ever Forward to Be Unloaded Before Next Refloat Try
- Police Investigate Allegations of Women’s Rugby Team Hazing at Vermont University
- Massachusetts Firms Owe Treble Damages for Delayed Wages, State’s High Court Says
- Delaware Man With 9 DUI Arrests Charged With Number 10
- 10 Startup Tech Firms Qualify for New York’s Innovation Lab 2022
- People Moves: MacKinnon Joins Union Mutual; Gilbert Agency in Massachusetts Adds Monti
- New Hampshire High Court Limits Landowners’ Recreational Use Immunity
- Maryland Will Vote on Legalizing Cannabis in November
- Virginia School Allowed to Use Disputed Admissions Policy During Appeal
- Rhode Island Regulator Dwyer Named to Financial Stability Oversight Council
- Judge Invalidates Massachusetts Investment Advisor Rule in Win for Robinhood
- Parents of Teen Shot on Bridge Sue Pennsylvania State Police, District Attorney
- Vermont Jury Awards $5.25M to Florida Woman Impregnated by Own Fertility Doctor
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