East News for April 2025
- People Moves: Dorn Named to Maryland Insurance Administration Post
 - Three Rhode Island Men Charged in Theft of Thousands of Catalytic Converters
 - Church Agency Denied Exemption for Nixing Married Gay Employee’s Insurance
 - New Jersey Wildfire 75% Contained; Crews to Remain on Scene Until ‘Significant’ Rain
 - Warner Bros Fends Off Superman Copyright Lawsuit Ahead of New Movie
 - New Hampshire Settles Second Youth Center Abuse Case for $4.5M
 - FAA Delays Traffic to Newark Airport After Equipment, Staffing Issues
 - New Jersey’s Jones Road Wildfire Now 65% Contained
 - Vermont Takes Over Medical Liability Insurer CARE RRG Facing $35.4M Judgment
 - New York High Court Unleashes Expanded Liability for Pet Owners
 - Heavily-Forested New Hampshire Enters Wildfire Season
 - NJ Wildfire Update: 50% Contained; High Spread Risk Today; Suspect in Custody
 - People Moves: Virginia’s Workers’ Comp Commission Names Two Deputy Judges
 - New Jersey Sues RealPage, Claiming Collusion With Landlords Drives Up Rents
 - Why New York and New Jersey Are at Risk of Spring Wildfires
 - Two Sentenced for Roles in Catalytic Converter Theft Ring
 - Wife of Former US Sen. Bob Menendez Convicted in Bribery Scheme
 - Baltimore City School District Reports Cyber Incident
 - Update on New Jersey Wildfire: Suspect Charged With Arson
 - Maryland Slashes Damages Amounts Allowed in Child Sex Abuse Cases
 - Jury Again Finds NY Times Not Liable in Sarah Palin Defamation Case
 - Update on New Jersey Wildfire: 30% Contained, Evacuation Orders Lifted
 - Lawmakers Urge FAA to Address Safety Issues at Washington Airport After Incidents
 - People Moves: Vermont Mutual’s Clark Named Io International Group Post
 - People Moves: Falcon Risk Services Appoints Coppola as Head of Management Liability
 - Easter Sunday Fire in Crowded Home in Queens, NY, Takes 3 Lives
 - NJ Accuses Messaging App Discord of Exposing Kids to Violent Content, Predators
 - Ryan Specialty to Acquire USQRisk Holdings
 - Multiple Security Failures? Arsonist Faced Little Resistance as Governor and Family Slept
 - Starkweather & Shepley Acquires New Jersey’s AiK2 Insurance Services
 - Gov. Hochul’s Proposed Regulatory Changes to Workers’ Comp Treatment
 - New York’s Delayed Retail Worker Safety Act Goes into Effect June 2
 - Uber Spends Six Figures on Ads in Latest NY Insurance Reform Push
 - New Hampshire Regulates Use of Technology in Auto Claims, Property Underwriting
 - AM Best Revises Outlooks to Negative for Virginia’s Loudoun Mutual Insurance Co.
 - New York Inspector Uncovered $2.7 Million in Workers’ Compensation Fraud in 2024
 - Truck Driver Acquitted in Bikers’ Deaths Sentenced for Prior Impaired Driving Charge
 - NTSB Faults ‘Failure’ in Training Before Deadly Newark Cargo Ship Fire
 - People Moves: Samsom Named Commissioner of Vermont Financial Regulation
 - Weather May Have Contributed to Plane Crash That Took 6 Lives of Family, Partners
 - Massachusetts High Court Upholds Workers’ Comp for Utility Worker’s COVID
 - Connecticut Supreme Court Won’t Hear Alex Jones’ Appeal of $1B Sandy Hook Verdict
 - Ex-State Trooper to Plead Guilty to Falsifying Commercial Driver’s License Scores
 - Delaware Fines Liberty Mutual $300K for Advertising Discounts Not Offered in State
 - Cabot Creamery Butter Recalled Over Fecal Bacteria Contamination
 - FAA Grounds Helicopter Company After Fatal New York Crash
 - Allstate Agent Can Be Sued Over Nonrenewal of ‘Grandfathered’ Flood Insurance Policy
 - New York Attorney General Urges Congress to Bolster Crypto Regulations
 - Deadly Crash Raises Questions About Safety of New York’s Helicopter Tours
 - New Jersey Neighborhood Fire That Killed 2 Girls Apparently Started in Their Home
 - NYC Tourist Helicopter Crashes in Hudson River, Killing Six
 - Pennsylvania Approves Workers’ Compensation Loss Costs Drop of 8.67%
 - New Hampshire PFAS Case Sent Back to State Court
 - If a Tree Falls on a House, Is the City Liable?
 - $5 Million Recovered for Union Hit by Spoofed Email
 - Army Adjusts Safety Policy, Reduces Flights at DC Airport Following January Collision
 - After Decades of Abuse Complaints, New York Pediatrician Ordered to Pay $1.6 Billion
 - Marsh McLennan Agency Acquires Pennsylvania’s Arthur Hall
 - Jazz Pharma to Pay $145 Million to Settle Narcolepsy Drug Antitrust Case
 - Singer Sues Metropolitan Opera Over Her Dismissal After Giving Birth
 - ‘CJ’s Death Was Completely Avoidable,’ Say Parents Suing Bucknell Over Son’s Death
 - Gov. Moore Swears In Executive Team Including Insurance Commissioner Grant
 - People Moves: NFP Names D’Agostino Senior Vice President
 - Maine’s United Insurance Acquires Barresi Financial
 - Judge Nixes Gender Bias Claim by Woman Denied Job as Top Pastor of Black Church
 - New Jersey Law Targets ‘Near Crime Wave’ of Retail Theft
 - People Moves: Plymouth Rock Home Names Zygmunt Chief Operating 0fficer
 - Maryland Lawmakers Send Bill Limiting Sexual Abuse Liabilities to Governor
 - Maine Approves 9.6% Decrease in Workers’ Compensation Costs
 - Staffers Face Allegations Related to Abuse of Pennsylvania Charter School Students
 - Pennsylvania Woman Charged With Filing Claim on Barn Pulled Down by TV Show
 - People Moves: The Hanover Creates COO Position, Names Lavey to the Job
 - Six Injured After Truck Crashed Into Building and Pedestrians in Boston
 - Fire Kills a New York Cat Sanctuary Founder and 100+ Rescued Felines
 - MEMIC Recognizes Three NE Agencies for Service to Policyholders
 - Huge AI Data Center Planned for Pennsylvania Coal Plant Site
 - Macy’s to Claw Back Executive Bonuses Due to Accounting Scandal
 - Suspended Driver Facing Multiple Charges in Brooklyn Crash That Killed Mom, Kids
 - AM Best Reviews Westminster American Following Return of Previous Owner
 - Earlier Medical Event Does Not Shield Later Negligent Acts: Massachusetts High Court
 - Virginia Bill Requires Speed Limiting Devices on Reckless Drivers’ Cars
 - $90 Million Settlement Reached Over Deadly 2018 New York Helicopter Crash
 - Ex-FDNY Chief Gets 20 Months Over Bribes to Expedite Inspections
 
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