East News for October 2024
- Federal Court Upholds New York’s Ban on Guns in Sensitive Places
- Judge Affirms $16.7K in OSHA Penalties Against New York Roofing Contractor
- Trick or Treat? Lawsuit Alleges Some Hershey Candy Wrappers Contain PFAS
- New York Reduces Workers’ Compensation Assessment Rate for 2025
- Ship Owner in Baltimore Bridge Collapse Blames Maryland, Others in Liability Case
- Allstate, Roberto Clemente Agency Settle Racial Bias, Fraud Dispute
- King Risk Partners Acquires Connecticut’s Suzio Insurance
- New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Rates to Drop 6.9% for 2025
- Massachusetts Reports 18 Brush Fires; Smoke Blankets Eastern Communities
- AI Weapons Scanners in NYC Subway Found Zero Guns in Month Test
- Where’s the Meat? Lawsuit Claims Subway Sandwich Skimps on Filling
- Judge Approves Healthcare Advisor’s $1.5M Data Breach Settlement
- Lawsuit Alleges Child Sexual Abuse of WWE ‘Ring Boys’ in Maryland
- Homeowners Insurance Does Not Cover Cryptocurrency Theft, 4th Circuit Affirms
- Crews Fight Large Brush Fire in Massachusetts; Separate Fire Kills 1
- US Nuclear Regulator Begins Review on Three Mile Island Restart
- Connecticut Declares State of Emergency, Burn Ban Due to Severe Fire Conditions
- Lawsuits Claim Children Were Sexually Abused in Pennsylvania Juvenile Facilities
- Jury Awards Family $5.4M, Says Coach’s Actions Caused Son’s Suicide
- Title Insurer Settles Kickback Charges With District for $500K
- Parents of Student Disciplined for Using AI Sue School
- Maryland Lawmakers Approve Caps on High-Cost Prescription Drugs
- Tracking Web Users Does Not Violate Wiretap Law, Massachusetts High Court Rules
- Gas Leak Kills 2 in Home Previously Busted for Illegal Marijuana Operation
- Former Propane Worker Charged in Virginia House Blast That Killed Firefighter
- Penn State to Pay $1.25M to Resolve Claims of Cybersecurity Non-Compliance
- 80% of Residents Say New York City Is Unprepared for Climate Risks
- Risk Strategies Adds Blaisdell Insurance to Benefits Practice in New England
- Firefighter Killed Responding to Connecticut State Park Fire
- Connecticut Obtains Settlement Over Data Breach Affecting Webster Bank Customers
- Former IT Worker Used Secret Company to Take $6.7M From United Way
- Unison Risk Advisors Adds Avondale as First to Join Its Non-Retail Division
- Trump Sued for Defamation by Exonerated ‘Central Park Five’
- Town’s Highway Supervisor Not Exempt From Liability for Crash
- Manhattan’s The Vessel, Closed After Suicides, Reopens With New Safety Features
- Meta Must Face Massachusetts Social Media Addiction Lawsuit
- Boston Subway Car That Derailed Was Going 36 mph in 10 mph Zone
- OSHA: Waterproofing Contractor’s Safety Failures Led to Worker’s Crushing Death
- Four Charged In $10 Million No-Fault Insurance Fraud Scheme
- Judge Tosses Philadelphia Eagles and 76ers Covid Loss Cases
- Worker Injured While Drunk on the Job Wins Claim Approval
- People Moves: RT Specialty Promotes Kochmer, Jackson and Fagan
- Pennsylvania’s Enders Insurance Joins Unison Risk Advisors
- New York Updates Financial Services Cybersecurity Regulation to Address AI Risks
- Court Finds Ambiguity But No Bad Faith by Insurer in Bible App Data Claim
- Jury Awards $30 Million to Woman Injured During C-Section
- Pennsylvania Contractor Ordered to Pay $85K Owed to 6 Workers on Federal Projects
- State Says Exiting Steward Health Lacks Required Insurance for Employees, Physicians
- Jury Says J&J Must Pay $15 Million to Man Who Claims Talc Caused His Cancer
- Vermont Approves Union Mutual Affiliation With N&D Group
- New Jersey Transit Light Rail Crash Kills Operator; 23 Passengers Hurt
- Blaze That Killed Two Baltimore Firefighters in 2023 Ruled Accidental
- Delaware Workers’ Compensation Rates to Drop 8.4% and 9.2%
- New York Mets Hit With Class Action Alleging Biometric Privacy Violations
- Pilot Dies in Crash of Replica WWI-Era Plane During Upstate New York Airshow
- Ex-New York Fire Chief Pleads Guilty to Accepting Bribes to Speed Inspections
- Second Umpire Sues MLB, Alleges Retaliation for Sexual Assault Complaint
- Delaware High Court Rescues Insurance Agency’s Malpractice Suit Against Law Firm
- Firefighters Still on Site More Than Week After Incinerator Trash Fire
- EPA Proposes $4.2M Settlement Related to 2019 Explosion at Philadelphia Refinery
- Executive Stole $4.8 Million From Compensation Program for Children Injured at Birth
- Insurance Broker Caught Pocketing $137K Commissions by Forging Policy Applications
- Citi Pushes Back on New York’s Online Fraud Suit: We’re Not ‘Bad Guys’
- No Sovereign Immunity for Virginia City or Truck Driver In-Between Garbage Pick-Ups
- American Water Reports Cyber Incident; Shuts Down Customer Portal
- Leader of Crew That Stole 500 Catalytic Converters Worth $2 Million Sentenced
- Baltimore Unveils Details of $45M Opioid Litigation Settlement With Walgreens
- People Moves: Walsh Joins Lockton as New England Market Leader
- Karen Read Seeks Delay in Wrongful Death Civil Lawsuit Until Murder Trial Is Done
- Couple Seriously Injured in Uber Crash Blocked From Court by Uber Eats Terms
- Pennsylvania Supreme Court Yanks Dentist’s COVID Insurance Coverage Win
- Massachusetts Governor Healey Names Caljouw as Insurance Commissioner
- Maryland Approves $2.75 Million Settlement in State Police Discrimination Case
- Lawsuit Filed Over Road Rage Shooting by Off-Duty Police Officer
- Massachusetts Man Charged With Defrauding Home Repair Insurance Provider
- AssuredPartners Acquires Halstead Agency of Massachusetts
- Maryland Governor Aims to Reduce Vacant Properties in Baltimore by 5,000
- 1 in 10 Tri-State Properties at High Flood Risk: New York Fed
- Virginia School Board Settles With Teacher Fired Over Trans Student’s Pronouns
- AM Best Revises Outlooks to Negative for Farmers Insurance of Flemington
- Vermont Diocese Files for Bankruptcy With No Insurance Left for Past Abuse Claims
- Employer, Workers’ Comp Insurer, Survivor Join Baltimore Bridge Collapse Litigation
- After Firefighting Foam Spill, Maine Water Tests Below Danger Level
- Jury Awards $24M to Pennsylvania Man Injured in Botched Spinal Surgery
- Delaware’s Workers’ Compensation Claims Cost Grew 3% a Year: WCRI
- Jury Awards $300M to 3 Women Over Alleged Sex Abuse by Virginia Doctor
- Connecticut Workers’ Compensation Costs to Drop Again in 2025
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