East News for October 2023
- Delivery Worker’s PTSD Claim Against Five Guys and Maintenance Firm to Go to Jury
- 7 Firms Settle With EPA Over Alleged Underground Storage Tank Violations
- Risk Strategies Acquires Philadelphia Area’s Fairmount Benefits
- A Decade After Superstorm Sandy, 2 Major Flood Control Projects Begin in New Jersey
- Lawyers Argue Over Workers’ Compensation for Teacher Shot by 6-Year-Old
- Member of Crew Tied to 490 Catalytic Converter Thefts Pleads Guilty
- EPA Urges Ban on Chemical Cited in ‘Civil Action’ Movie About Massachusetts City
- Liberty Mutual Announces 850 Additional Layoffs
- Employee Receives $44K for Vermont Employer’s Retaliatory Firing
- A Second Baltimore Firefighter Has Died After Battling Rowhouse Fire
- People Moves: New Hampshire Promotes Nyhan to Deputy Insurance Commissioner
- New Jersey Man Admits Role in Interstate Luxury Car Theft Ring
- Suit by Teacher Shot by 6-Year-Old Student Asks If Workers’ Compensation Is Enough
- Courts Find ‘How Many Apartment Units Are There?’ Is an Ambiguous Question
- RMS Brokerage Acquires Clancy & Clancy in New York
- Choice Financial Group Acquires SIA Insurance in New Jersey
- New York Fed to Present Research on Impact of Extreme Weather Events
- New York Roofing Contractor Ordered to Provide Fall Protection for Workers
- Judges Ask Why Trump Waited Years Before Claiming ‘Presidential Immunity’ in Defamation Case
- People Moves: Allen Joins MEMIC Leadership Team; Bogdanovich Joins Alliant in Maine
- Theft of 2 Million Dimes Linked to Truck Cargo Robbery Spree
- Pennsylvania Restaurant to Pay $269K for Illegal Pay Practices, Child Labor Violations
- Two New York Hospitals Resume Admitting Emergency Patients After Cyberattack
- Philadelphia Reports Cyber Incident Affecting Email
- New York Requires Kids’ Camps to Search National Sex Offender Database Before Hiring
- Gallagher Acquires New York’s Rosenzweig Agency
- Target Store Not Liable in Drip-and-Slip Case
- Asbestos Wrongful Death Claim Allowed Against Employer as Workers’ Comp Exception
- Cyberattack on 2 New York Hospitals Forces Ambulance Diversions
- Baltimore Firefighter Killed, Four Others Injured Battling Rowhouse Fire
- 4 Cows Killed in Truck Rollover Crash in Connecticut; Another 6 Euthanized
- Pfizer to Pay $2M to Settle Alleged Gender Bias in Compensation at New York City Office
- Blast Reported Aboard Small Cruise Ship in Portland Harbor
- Alex Jones Must Pay $1.1 Billion of Sandy Hook Damages Despite Bankruptcy: Court
- New York’s Lawley Acquires Connecticut’s Shoff Darby Agency
- Family Alleges Negligence, Discrimination in Lawsuit Over Autistic Prisoner’s Death
- Maryland Medical Waste Incinerator Fined $1.75M for Exposing Public to Biohazards
- New York Attorney General Sues Crypto Firms Gemini, DCG, Genesis for Alleged Fraud
- Uber Driver Must Face Injury Claim for Picking Up Passenger 2 Feet From Curb
- Coast Guard Opens Inquiry Into Fatal Collapse of Mast on Maine Schooner
- Baltimore Archdiocese Suspends Monk Who Paid to Settle Sex Harassment Complaint
- Asleep at Wheel: When a Medical Emergency Does Not Negate a Driver’s Negligence
- Virginia School Bus Crash Injures 12 Children and Driver
- People Moves: Fawcett Named Maryland Associate Commissioner for P&C
- Justice Department Launches Probe of Trenton Police Department
- Bronx Contractor Cited For Excavation Hazards After 2 Deaths at JFK Airport
- Report on Virginia Beach Mass Shooting Stresses Training for Police, Fund for Victims
- Former Washington NFL Player Denied Workers’ Compensation for Hip
- New York Plant Transfers Spent Nuclear Fuel to Dry Cask Storage
- New Jersey High Court to Hear E-Scooter Rider’s Bid for No-Fault Auto Benefits
- Rutter’s Stores Pays $1 Million for Payment Card Data Breach
- Sailing Vessel That Suffered Broken Mast, Killing Passenger, Had Previous Incidents
- 70-Year-Old Man Settles With Catholic Diocese Over Sex Abuse Suffered at Age 8
- Memorial Honors 1911 Factory Fire Deaths That Galvanized Push for Workplace Safety
- Maryland’s Morgan State University to Build Wall Around Campus Following Shooting
- People Moves: Maryland Insurance Administration Names McEvoy, Promotes Sexton; Plymouth Rock Appoints Malaret
- Medical Costs for Injured Workers in Delaware Fell During Pandemic: WCRI Study
- Connecticut High School Player Dies During Football Practice
- Media Entrepreneur Wants to Unite Young Activists with Power Brokers to Make Social Media Safe
- New York Bills Seek to Protect Kids From Social Media’s Mental Health Harms
- Delaware Workers’ Compensation Rates to Fall 7% and 11% in December
- Maryland Teens Ages 14-15 Killed in Crash Involving Stolen Kia Fleeing Traffic Stop
- Virginia Family Sues School System for $30M Over Student’s Sexual Assault
- Businesses in Vermont`s Flood-Damaged Capital Rebuilding Slowly
- World Insurance Acquires Trucking Specialist Oakwood/Insure Big Rig of New Jersey
- Its Basketball Players Are Not Employees, Dartmouth College Argues
- Aon Estimates Losses From September Flooding in New York City Area
- Mast Snaps Aboard Historic Maine Schooner, Killing 1 and Injuring 3
- Connecticut Governor Says Police Retirements Not Driven by Ticket Probes
- Amtrak Train Crash into Car in Vermont Kills Driver, Injures Passenger
- New Jersey Attorney General Opens Inquiry Into Fatal Crash Involving Nadine Menendez
- New Hampshire Helicopter Crash That Took Pilot’s Life Is Under Investigation
- OSHA Fines Pennsylvania Candy Factory for Not Evacuating Before Fatal Explosion
- Families Blame Faulty Vehicle for Ship Fire That Killed Two New Jersey Firefighters
- People Moves: Jaipuriyar and Kotlyar Join MEMIC IT Team
- New Jersey Insurance Agent, Contractor Arrested on Workers’ Compensation Fraud Charges
- New Jersey Town Sues to Overturn State’s ‘Woefully Inadquate’ Toxic Waste Deal
- Erie Insurance Takes Its Case Against Maryland Regulator to Appeals Court
- Bankruptcy Judge Denies Survivors’ ‘Hopeless’ Bid to Sue Rockville Diocese Insurers
- Pepco to Pay $47M Toward Cleaning Up Anacostia River and $10M in Penalties
- Trump Civil Trial Day 3: Trump Appeals Pre-Trial Ruling; Judge Chides Lawyers
- New York City Subway Flood-Protection Projects Behind Schedule, Audit Says
- People Moves: Risk Strategies Adds Bussiere; Pie Insurance Appoints Foglietta as CFO; Palisades Expands Leadership Team
- Subcontractors Working Too Close to High Voltage Power Lines Draws OSHA Action
- Army Officer Pepper-Sprayed During Traffic Stop Seeks New Trial Against Police
- Nooses Found at Construction Site Lead to Lawsuit Against Amazon, Contractors
- Pennsylvania Borough Settles Lawsuits Over Shooting at High School for $11M
- Injured Worker Compensated in Rhode Island Barred From Suing in Massachusetts
- Eli Lilly Settles New Jersey Whistleblower Allegations Over Manufacturing Practices
- Trump Trial on Business Fraud Charges to Begin Today in New York
- New York Drying Out After Soaking by Record Rainfall
- Fire Destroys Jamie Wyeth Paintings, Damages Historic Buildings in Maine
- Baltimore Archdiocese Files for Bankruptcy As State Ends Shield Against Old Claims
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