East News for August 2025
- New Vermont Law Halts Public Funds for Religious Schools. Is Litigation Ahead?
- Husband and Wife Insurance Agents Charged With $700K Fraud Scheme
- Vermont Seeks Federal Disaster Declaration for July Rainstorm Damage
- Telecom Outage Halted Arriving Flights at Newark Airport, FAA Says
- Human Screwworm Case Poses No Risk to Agriculture, Says USDA Official
- Judge to Approve Syracuse Diocese’s $176M Bankruptcy Plan
- Wife Sues Hospital Over Husband’s Death From Legionnaires’ Disease
- Man Staged Theft of His Own Vehicle for Insurance Money
- Federal Appeals Panel Upholds Connecticut’s Assault Weapons Ban
- States Say Trump Order Halting Wind Projects Defies Explanation
- New York Central Park Managers Support Eliminating Horse-Drawn Carriages
- Philadelphia Airport Reopens a Runway With System to Stop a Runaway Plane
- Maryland Screwworm Patient Recovered; Ranchers Criticize CDC Secrecy
- False Reports of Campus Shooters Led to Lockdowns at Universities
- Federal Officials to Take Over Inspections When Boar’s Head Plant Reopens
- 21 Hospitalized After Bus Carrying Junior High Football Team Crashes Near Pittsburgh
- Tour Bus Rollover Kills 5 on Highway in Western New York
- Waymo Gets Green Light to Test Robotaxis in Manhattan and Brooklyn
- NFL Boosts Security at Offices Following Shooting That Killed 4 Last Month
- New Jersey Compensation Bureau Back Online After Cyber Incident
- Two Workers Sue Over New York City Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak
- Baltimore Channel Reopened After Ship Explosion Near 2024 Bridge Collapse
- Hurricane Erin to Menace Eastern US Beaches Into the Weekend
- Montpelier Flood Mitigation Plan Calls for Removing Dam, Restoring Floodplain
- Pennsylvania Finally Gets Its $200M Slice of Insurance Association’s Surplus Pie
- Court Says Immunity Shields Former New York AG From Malicious Prosecution Claims
- Court Invalidates Maryland Digital Ad Tax for Blocking Tech Firms From Telling About It
- Connecticut House Fire Kills 2 Adults and 2 Children, Injures 5 Others
- Fatal Explosion at 110-Year Old U.S. Steel’s Plant Raises Questions About Its Future
- New York Marijuana Shops Sue State Over Mistaken Openings Too Close to Schools
- CVS Not Covered by Insurance for Opioid Lawsuits, Delaware Supreme Court Rules
- Insurance Agent Earned Town’s Trust. But Officials Say He Ran a $95M Ponzi Scheme.
- People Moves: Insurance Women Chapter Forms in Western Massachusetts
- Gas Valve Failure May Have Led to Fatal US Steel Plant Explosion
- New York City Reports 4th Person Has Died After Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak
- People Moves: Chieppo Joins Mechanic Group; Foster Named Chair of NY Workers’ Comp Board
- Wanted: Tesla Autopilot Operators. $25-$30/Hour. Plus Family-Building.
- Son Cashed Mom’s Workers’ Compensation Checks After She Died
- Brightstone Specialty Acquires RMS Hospitality and Fortis Risk
- Philadelphia Police Officer Wins Delayed Workers’ Compensation Claim for PTSD
- Plymouth Rock Adds Bass, Brooks to Independent Agency Leadership
- Aon’s NFP Acquires New York’s Pilot Benefits Group
- How Responders Rescued Steel Plant Workers; Search for Cause of Blast Underway
- People Moves: The Hanover Appoints Mitchell; MEMIC Promotes Kelley
- New York AG Sues Zelle, Claims Lax Security Led to $1 Billion Consumer Fraud Losses
- Owner Sentenced, Fined $1.2M for Workers’ Comp Scheme Uncovered After Tragedy
- TWFG Insurance Acquires New York’s Angers & Litz Associates
- US Steel Plant Hit by Deadly Blast Has History of Accidents
- Men Collecting Workers’ Comp Caught Coaching Soccer, Flipping Cheesesteaks
- ‘Data-Driven’ Workers’ Compensation Writer Pie Insurance Enters Connecticut
- Chemical Safety Board to Investigate Fatal US Steel Facility Explosion
- 2 Dead, 10 Injured After US Steel Plant Explosion Near Pittsburgh
- Neo-Nazi Leader Sentenced for Planned Maryland Power Grid Attack
- FAA Proposes to Extend Newark Airport Flight Cuts Until October 2026
- Jacob’s Pillow Cancels Remainder of Season After Employee Dies in Work Accident
- Columbia University Hack Affected 870,000 People, Included Some Health Data
- Double for Trouble: ID Theft Victim Awarded Both Treble and Punitive Damages
- Two Adults and Four Children Perish in Maryland House Fire
- Smith Brothers Acquires Moscato & Associates
- ALKEME Acquires Innovative Insurance Group
- People Moves: Kingstone Appoints Patten CFO
- Trenton Diocese Withdraws Lawsuit Against Insurers Over Sex Abuse Coverage
- 13 Charged in Pennsylvania With Selling Luxury Autos Stolen From Florida
- Massachusetts Ambulance Firms to Pay $6M to Settle False Billing Charges
- People Moves: ISNE Names Chamberlain to Succeed Ruhl
- Federal Judge Upholds Rhode Island’s Gun Permit System for Open Carry
- New Hampshire Approves 6.1% Workers’ Comp Rate Cut for 2026
- Hartford Flood Relief Program Gets $4.7 Million More to Meet Demand
- Owners of Ship That Crashed Into Baltimore Bridge Sue Vessel’s Builder Hyundai
- Delay in Upping Its Claims Offer Could Cost AIG, Federal Appeals Court Says
- Hacked Columbia University Data Includes Banking Numbers, GPAs
- Rotten Wood, Poor inspections Led to Deadly Maine Schooner Mast Collapse
- Four Gabriel House Residents Sue Over Assisted Living Facility’s Deadly Fire
- Chemours, DuPont, Corteva Settle New Jersey PFAS Claims for $875 Million
- No Major Impact Reported as Small Earthquake Shakes New Jersey-New York Area
- In Commuters’ Wurst Nightmare, Hot Dog Spill Shuts Highway
- Assisted Living Facility Where 10 Died in Fire Was Cited for Mistreatment
- Hearings Into Fatal Helicopter-Plane Crash in DC Reveal ‘Layers of Deficiencies’
- NY and NJ Flash Flood Threats Recede as Weather Stabilizes
- Demolition Begins on Last Pieces of Baltimore’s Collapsed Key Bridge
- CNA’s $120M Contribution Finalizes Rochester Diocese Claims Fund
- Two Men Charged with Staging Car Crashes for Insurance Money in New York City
- Uber Says New York City Courier Rule ‘Singles Out’ Immigrant Workers
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