East News for June 2024
- A Potential Atlantic Hurricane Is About to Clash With a Cloud of Saharan Dust
 - No Workers’ Comp for Employee Injured When Vehicle Crashed Through Her Office Wall
 - Gunmaker Smith & Wesson Must Comply With New Jersey Subpoena
 - Pennsylvania Lawmakers Advance Bill to Create Landslide Insurance Program
 - New Hampshire Sues TikTok Alleging Consumer Protection Violations, Harm to Kids
 - Massachusetts Orders 14.6% Cut in Workers’ Compensation Rates
 - Maryland Governor Names Hatchette Interim Insurance Commissioner as Birrane Retires
 - Connecticut Firefighters Sue DuPont, 3M, Honeywell Over Allegedly Contaminated Gear
 - Former Maryland State Employee Indicted in Theft, Insurance Fraud Cases
 - Grocery Store Chain Settles Suit Alleging Sexual Harassment, Disability Discrimination
 - Dali Cargo Ship Leaves Baltimore for Virginia, Nearly 3 Months After Bridge Collapse
 - People Moves: Kelly, Cochrane and Gagne Join King Insurance; Alliant Adds Wimsatt
 - New York Issues Guidance for Insurers on Insuring Affordable Housing
 - New Hampshire Weighs Suspension of Trucker Found Not Guilty in Deadly Crash
 - New York County to Pay $1.75 Million to Family of Man Killed by Police in 2011
 - Scheffler, Climate Protesters, Lightning Strike at Travelers Golf Championship
 - Maine Doctor Convicted on Multiple Counts of IIlegally Distributing Opioids
 - New York Enacts Law to Limit ‘Addictive’ Social Media Feeds for Kids
 - Dali Crew May Leave But Must Be Available for Probe Into Baltimore Bridge Collapse
 - Driver Who Blamed Injury on Rushing to Finish Schedule Fails to Deliver Evidence
 - Bridge Collapse Attorneys for Baltimore Want to Keep Dali Crew From Returning Home
 - New York’s Equal Rights Amendment Restored to November Ballot
 - Heat Wave Sweeps Across Midwest and Northeast, Bringing Safety Measures
 - Massachusetts 911 System Restored After Outage Caused by Firewall, Not Cyber Attack
 - Federal Court Won’t Intervene in Erie Insurance Tiff With Maryland Regulator
 - New York Sexual Abuse Claimants Want Courts to End Case Backlog
 - Historic US Ship in Philadelphia in Search of New Home After Rent Dispute
 - 13 People Rescued From Syracuse Home That Collapsed
 - Uninsured Roofing Firm Owner Sentenced for Attempted Cover-Up of Workplace Death
 - AM Best Revises Outlooks to Stable for Philadelphia Contributionship Group
 - New Jersey Insurance Executive, Political Power Broker Charged With Racketeering
 - This Week’s Travelers PGA Event Attracts Top Golfers; Proceeds Go to Charities
 - Jersey Shore Police, Pols Weigh Holding Parents Responsible for Kids’ Rowdy Behavior
 - Investigators Say Tanker Spilled Gas in Crash That Destroyed I-95 Bridge in Philly
 - City in Upstate New York Restoring Systems Disrupted by Cyber Incident
 - Vacant Commercial Property Owners Face Sidewalk Liability: New Jersey Supreme Court
 - Judge Orders Retrial of Civil Case Against Contractor Accused of Abuse at Abu Ghraib
 - Vermont Governor Vetoes Data Privacy Bill As Too Hostile to Business, Nonprofits
 - Judge Blasts Liberty Mutual in Declaring He Will Not Disqualify Because He’s an Insured
 - Poor Maintenance, Pilot Error Cited in Fatal New Hampshire Plane Crash
 - SEC Charges AI-Based Startup With ‘Old School Fraud Using New School Buzzwords’
 - OSHA Cites Contractor 32 Times in 4 Months for Alleged Deadly Fall Hazards
 - Insurance Broker Witness at Menendez Bribery Trial Faced Tough Cross-Examination
 - Major Defense Contractor Accused of Discriminating Against Older Workers
 - Employee Who Was Trapped in Elevator Denied Workers’ Compensation Benefits
 - People Moves: Ames & Gough Adds Risk Strategies’ McGrath and Markel’s Stanchina
 - Massachusetts Town Loses $446,000 in Cyber Attack
 - Fatal House Explosion in Virginia Blamed on Man Igniting Gasoline
 - As Demand for Food Delivery Skyrockets So Do Complaints About Drivers
 - Port of Baltimore Channel Reopens Fully to Commercial Maritime Traffic
 - Police Say No Charges Will Be Filed in Lobster Monster Truck Crash
 - Massachusetts High Court Reverses, Says Uber Can Force Paralyzed Rider to Arbitrate
 - Reuters: Walmart Opposes New York Plan to Add Panic Buttons to Stores
 - Baltimore Reaches $45 Million Opioid Settlement with Allergan
 - Real Nut Case: Ice Cream Maker Sued Over Lack of Actual Pistachios
 - Witness Testifies on Seeking Sen. Menendez’s Help on Insurance, Trucking Probes
 - Rhode Island Lawmakers Pass Bill Requiring Safe Storage of Firearms
 - Maine’s Biggest Water District Sues 18 Manufacturers Over Forever Chemicals
 - Massachusetts Drivers Lose Second Bid for Class Certifications Over Lost Resale Value
 - Student Pilot’s Solo Cross-Country Flight Crashed In Connecticut Campground
 - Ex-Prosecutor Settles Defamation Suit Against Netflix Over Central Park Five Series
 - Maryland Governor Requires All State Agencies to Submit Climate Change Plans
 - New York Readies Bill Giving Parents Some Control Over Kids’ Social Media Feeds
 - Tornadoes Touch Down Across US, Killing Toddler in Michigan and Injuring 5 in Maryland
 - Rhode Island Bars Auto Insurers From Hiking Rates on Widows and Widowers
 - Should Judge Recuse Himself From Case Involving His Own Insurer?
 - Private Equity Firm Invests in Injured Worker Case Manager Allegiant Medical Care
 - State Work-Release Prisoner Killed in Blast While Welding Fuel Tank
 - Lobster Monster Truck Gone Airborne Topples Utility Poles, Injuring Spectators
 - Hub Acquires Vermont’s Essex Agency
 - NSM Acquires Reinsurance MGA Strategic Underwriters International
 - Hospital Not Liable in Nurse’s Sexual Battery Against Patient
 - Judge Cuts Bayer $2.25 Billion Roundup Verdict to $400 Million
 - Orchestrator of $60 Million New York Auto Insurance Fraud Gets 10 Years in Prison
 - Gang Member Who Led Violent Takeover of Fire Restoration Industry Sentenced
 - New Hampshire Won’t Reinstate License of Trucker Acquitted in Deadly Crash
 - University to Pay $9 Million Over Campus Shooting That Killed 3, Wounded 2
 - RiverStone Acquires Electric Insurance; Plymouth Rock Gets Renewal Rights
 - Medical Cannabis User Fired After Failing Drug Test Appeals Denial of Job Benefits
 - Vermont Is 1st State With Law Requiring Oil Companies Pay for  Climate Change Damage
 
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