East News for March 2022
- Work to Free Container Ship Stranded in Chesapeake Bay Continues
 - Connecticut’s Bradley Airport Website Hit by Cyberattack
 - Sandy Hook Families Reject Alex Jones Cash Settlement Offer
 - Baltimore, Businesses Settle for $3.5M Over Freddie Gray Unrest
 - New York Insured’s Lies About Pool Voided Coverage for Apartment Building Fire
 - Coterie Insurance Expands Small Business Offerings to Massachusetts
 - New Hampshire Police Officer Fails in Bid for Qualified Immunity for Truck Driver Arrest
 - Court Eyes Appeal Over Mentally Ill Inmate Put in Solitary in Delaware
 - Judge Dismisses Case Over High-Frequency Trading Led by Providence, Boston Pension
 - No Doctor’s in the House. Johns Hopkins Engineers Building Robot Surgeon.
 - New Hampshire Seeks Insurer for Voluntary Family Medical Leave Plan
 - Trucker in Maine Fatal Crash Says Other Vehicle, Not Netflix, Distracted Him
 - Construction Worker Killed in Collapse of Boston Parking Garage Under Demolition
 - Disabled Kids Allowed to Seek Modification of Virginia Mask Rule for Schools
 - Judge Upholds $2M Verdict in Boston Police Gender Discrimination Suit
 - Court Dismisses Washington Post Reporter’s Discrimination Lawsuit
 - In 7-Eleven Case, Massachusetts High Court Rules Franchisees Can Be Employees
 - Alex Jones Fails to Show Up for Sandy Hook Families’ Lawsuit Deposition
 - Pepperidge Farm Resumes Baking After Fire at Connecticut Facility
 - AM Best Upgrades Subsidiaries of New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance
 - Hilb Group Acquires New Jersey’s E.B. Cohen Insurance
 - Court Denies Insurer Use of Multiple Exclusions to Dodge Defending Insured
 - Rhode Island Doctor Faces More Allegations by Labor Department
 - Long-Running Love Canal Suits Get May Court Date
 - ProSight Specialty Rebrands as Coaction
 - Virginia Governor Signs ‘Squatted Truck’ Ban Into Law
 - New York Medical Malpractice Insurer EmPRO to Enter New Jersey
 - Related Claim Exclusion Doesn’t Require ‘Fundamentally Identical’ Actions in Delaware
 - New York Expands Opioid Settlement Board
 - Rhode Island Reaches $107M Opioid Settlements With Teva and Allergan
 - Fatal Crash Drives Maine to Address Gap in License Suspension Process
 - Massachusetts Dairy Firm Resumes Plant Operations After Cyber Attack
 - Insurance Executive Pattwell Named to Head New Jersey Casino Reinvestment Agency
 - Operator Announces Plan to Refloat Ever Forward Ship Stuck in Chesapeake Bay
 - Massachusetts Governor Wants to Expand Mental Health Services, Lower Drug Costs
 - New Jersey High Court Says Public Has Right to See Internal Report on Police Director
 - New York Enacts Expanded Anti-Harassment Workplace Laws
 - Maine Farmers Seek $100M Plan to Tackle PFAS Contamination
 - Investor Ancora Wants Massachusetts Software Firm Everbridge to Explore Sale
 - Maine Rights Panel Finds Senior Facility Discriminated Against Transgender Woman
 - Maryland’s Hershberger Insurance Agency Joins Ensurise Network
 - Year After Ever Given Ship Blocked Canal, Ever Guard Runs Aground in Chesapeake Bay
 - Virginia Lawmakers Approve Relaxing Ban on Facial Recognition Technology
 - University’s Governmental Immunity Extends to Parking Lot, Maine Supreme Court Rules
 - Rhode Island AG Sues 4 Landlords Over Lead Poisoning Hazards
 - Exxon Mobil Loses Bid to Stop States’ Climate Change Probes
 - New Hampshire Directs Federal Funds to Help Homeowners Pay Mortgage, Insurance
 - Trial Against Teva Begins in Rhode Island Multibillion-Dollar Opioid Case
 - New Hampshire Ex-Police Officer Settles With Driver in Assault Case
 - Maine Lawmakers Advance Bill Regulating Corporate Use of Biometric Data
 - Judge Declines to Delay Ruling Against Virginia School System’s Admissions Policy
 - Connecticut Eyes Study of Youth Sports Safety After Hockey Player’s Death
 - Connecticut, UK Sign ‘Insurtech Corridor’ Partnership
 - Delaware Senate Passes Bill Requiring Paid Leave
 - Long-Time Maine Insurance Regulator Cioppa to Retire April 1
 - Massachusetts School Employee Denied Remote Work Files Complaint
 - New Jersey City Votes to Halt Licenses of Gas Stations Tied to Russia’s Lukoil
 - Taxi Driver Shot by Off-Duty Officer Settles With New York County for $2M
 - Brother, Sister Charged in $124 Million Cryptocurrency Fraud
 - Keystone Adds New Jersey’s Strategic Insurance Partners
 - People Moves: IAT Group Welcomes CNA’s Bendick; NFP Adds WTW’s Clarke to Energy Team
 - Maryland Apartment Complex Explosion, Fire Ruled Accident
 - Rhode Island Supreme Court Rules ‘Civil Death’ Law for Inmates Is Unconstitutional
 - GM Financial to Pay Massachusetts $1.8M Over Alleged Delays in GAP Insurance Refunds
 - Maine Ski Lift Accident Could Have Been Worse
 - Vermont Court Sides With Ambassador Insurance in Allocation of Asbestos Losses
 - Eastern Insurance Acquires Michals Agency in Massachusetts
 - ‘No Contest’ Plea Doesn’t Trigger Criminal Exclusion in Home Policy: Connecticut Court
 - Vermont Police Continue Probe Into 36-Car Pileup
 - New Jersey Initiates Controlled Burns to Lessen Fire Risk in Pinelands
 - Element Risk Management Acquires Pennsylvania’s Ross Insurance
 - Israeli Ice Cream Maker Sues Ben & Jerry’s for Damages Over Boycott
 - Judge Rejects New York’s Bid to Dissolve NRA But Allows Lawsuit to Proceed
 - Maryland Weighs Measures to Enhance State, Local Government Cybersecurity
 - Truist Opens Insurance Services Unit with Close of Kensington Title Agency Acquisition
 - Delaware Regulator Urges Ban on Gender-Based Auto Insurance Rating
 - Maine Farmers Want Ban on ‘Forever Chemical’ Sludge in Fields
 - Virginia Governor Vetoes Policing Oversight Bill
 - District of Columbia Regulator Expands Internships to Gallaudet Students
 - Connecticut’s Trager Reznitsky to Add States After Buying P/C Unit of Stronghold Insurance
 - Rochester Settles Wrongful Termination Claim by Ex-Police Chief
 - Man Alleging Malicious Prosecution for Fatal Fire Sues Pittsburgh Detectives, Prosecutor
 - Maine Mother Nears $10M Settlement Over Clinic Failure to Report Abuse
 - Vermont Town’s Voters Asked to Allow ATVs on Roads to Connect Trails
 - Tear-Gassed Protesters Settle Lawsuit Against Richmond Police
 - Supreme Court Denies Christian College’s Ministerial Exception From Lawsuit… for Now
 
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