East News for November 2022
- Lawyer Calls Fatal Car Crash Into Apple Store ‘100% Preventable’ in Announcing Suit
 - Maryland’s Smith Island Commits to Rebuilding Community, Rejecting Buyouts
 - Report on Deaths of Workers at Veterans Hospital Finds Protocols Not Followed
 - Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty in Physical Therapy Insurance Scam
 - Hilb Group Acquires Sharpline Brokerages of Pennsylvania
 - Auto Dealer’s Insurer Not Liable for Auctioneer Employee’s Crash That Killed 5
 - Two Rescued After Plane Crashes Into Power Lines, Causes Outages in Maryland
 - Parents Sue Carmaker Over Crash of Stolen Kia That Killed 4
 - Proposed Settlement Bars Financing Firm From Victim Compensation Funds
 - Maryland AG Overrules Past Racially Discriminatory Opinions
 - City of Baltimore Sues Big Tobacco to Recover Costs of Cigarette Litter Damage
 - Wildfire Mitigation Plan Would Cut 2.4 Million New Jersey Pinelands Trees
 - Agency Partnerships: SAN Group Adds Woodland Agency of Massachusetts; Vermont’s Barrett Agency Joins Renaissance
 - New York Expects Lifting of Deadline to Bring Wave of Claims by Adult Sex Abuse Survivors
 - Supreme Court Nixes Virginia School Board Appeal of Sex-Assault Case
 - Takeaways from Our Conversation with New York State Insurance Fund Director
 - New York Permitting Out-of-State Adjusters to Expedite Snowstorm Claims
 - Washington Commanders Settle Season Ticket Claims With Maryland
 - Insurers Told Expunged Crimes Off-Limits as New York Licenses First Cannabis Shops
 - Maine Retreats on Ban on Sales of Pre-Rolled Medical Marijuana Products
 - Residents Await Fix for Pennsylvania Methane Leak
 - Student Killed, More Than 2 Dozen Injured in Brandeis University Bus Crash
 - Maryland Condo Explosion That Injured 14 Linked to Suicidal Resident
 - Biden Declares Emergency for Snowed-In New York Counties
 - Report: 158 Priests in Baltimore Accused of Abusing 600 Victims Over Decades
 - Massive Snowfall Buries Western and Northern New York
 - U.S. Opens Civil Probe of Worcester Police Over Excess Force, Racial and Gender Bias
 - United Airlines to Pay Buddhist Pilot $305K to Settle Religious Discrimination Claim
 - New York Declares State of Emergency as Upstate Braces for Intense Snowstorm
 - New Hampshire Body Shop Owner ‘Winging’ Own Case Beats State Farm in High Court
 - Hilb Group Acquires Maryland’s Vinton Insurance Services
 - NFP Acquires Philadelphia Staffing Firm Juno Search Partners
 - Insurer FM Global Upheld in Firing of Longtime Executive Who Claimed Age Bias, Retaliation
 - Trump Firm’s Longtime CFO, Still on Payroll, Testifies on Tax Scheme at Fraud Trial
 - Relation Insurance Buys Garrity Agency in Massachusetts
 - Judge Approves $56M Settlement Over COVID Deaths in Veterans’ Home in Massachusetts
 - Jury Adds $2.5M in Damages to Rape Verdict as Filmmaker Haggis Vows to Appeal
 - Lawyers Barred From Madison Square Garden Score Partial Victory
 - District’s AG Sues Commanders’ Snyder,  NFL, Goodell Alleging They Deceived Fans
 - OSHA Cites Massachusetts Roofing Company for Fifth Time
 - PennDOT Faces Wrongful Death Suit Over Open Ditch Hit by Motorcyclist
 - World Insurance Acquires JR Tallman in Massachusetts
 - Brown University Criticizes ACLU Statement on Women’s Sports Case
 - 2 Contractors Face $690K OSHA Fines Over Mezzanine Collapse, Asbestos at Boston Plant
 - Judge Orders Alex Jones to Pay $473M More to Sandy Hook Families
 - Jury Orders Filmmaker Haggis to Pay $7.5M in Rape Lawsuit by Publicist
 - Jury Awards Massachusetts Police Detective $4M in Sex Discrimination Lawsuit
 - Acrisure Buys New York Technology Services Firm Homefield IT
 - Chubb Agrees to Defend Basketball Hall of Fame Against Unlawful Funding Claims
 - Prosecutors Oppose Release of Alleged Restoration Extortion Gang Leader
 - Beware of Foraging Bears in Hyperphagia Dealing With Acorn Shortage
 - New York Proposes Changes to Financial Services Cybersecurity Regulation
 - New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Rates to Drop 6.1% for 2023
 - Sandy Hook Families Urge Substantial Punitive Damages for Jones
 - Ambac Acquires New Jersey Commercial Auto MGU and Marine Broker
 - Brown & Brown Dealer Services Buys Connecticut Auto Dealer F&I Firm
 - World Insurance Acquires CDR Group in Connecticut
 - Rochester Diocese $55M Sex Abuse Settlement Does Not Include Insurance Amount
 - Massachusetts AG Finds More Drug Overcharges in Workers’ Compensation
 - Cause of Sickness Affecting 48 at Pennsylvania Charter School Still Unknown
 - Black Medical Worker Awarded $3 Million in Maine Racial Discrimination Case
 - Alex Jones Defamation Trial Enters Punitive Damages Phase
 - Lithium Battery Fire in Manhattan High-Rise Injures 38 Residents
 - Chubb, Hudson Upheld in Denying Insurance to Couple Accused of Delaying Son’s Murder Case
 - Judge in New York Fraud Trial Orders Independent Monitoring of Trump Organization
 - Progressive Off the Hook for Hospital Costs Where Auto Insured Wouldn’t Cooperate
 - NFP’s Alerity Acquires CIC Group in Buffalo
 - People Moves: Broker Newfront Names Leaders in Boston; Tweedy Joins Integris
 - CBS, Former CEO to Pay $9.75M to Settle New York Probe of Handling of Misconduct
 - Missed Deadline Costs Harvard $15M in Insurance for Admissions Policy Defense
 - Alliant Acquires New Jersey’s Trivedi Capacity Associates and Risk Purchasing Group
 - Jury Sides With New Jersey Police in $10M Suit by Family of Man Who Died After Arrest
 - Uber Can’t Force Massachusetts Crash Victim to Arbitration
 - School Resource Officers Remain Popular in Maryland as Safety Tops Concerns
 - New Jersey Lawmakers Advance Bill Limiting Gun Carry, Requiring Liability Insurance
 - 19th Person Indicted in Scheme Using Stolen IDs to Defraud Rideshare Companies
 - New York High Court: Insured’s ‘Mutual Mistake’ Argument Came Too Late
 - State Inspector Cites Regulatory Lapses in Fatal New York Limo Crash
 
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