East News for November 2023
- New York Governor Seeks Federal Disaster Aid for Downstate for September Floods
 - Banker Behind Big Loans to Trump’s Company Testifies For His Defense
 - Massachusetts Climate Strategy Brings Together Its 78 Coastal Communities
 - 50,000 New York Drivers Face License Suspension If They Don’t Submit Vision Test
 - Maryland County Sued for $16 Million Over Death of Pet Dog Shot by Police
 - Historic Merger in New York: Bailey Place to Acquire Tanner Ibbotson
 - Woman Sues Restaurant Claiming She Found Piece of Human Finger in Chopped Salad
 - People Moves: Falvey Group Names Nasso; Gibbons Joins Iroquois in New England;  RCM&D Adds Dignan
 - Lawsuit Blames Negligence by Plant Owner, HVAC Contractors for Cannabis Worker’s Asthma Death
 - Sandy Hook Families Offer to Settle Alex Jones’ $1.5 Billion Debt for $85 Million
 - Title Insurer to Pay New York $1 Million Penalty Over 2019 Data Breach
 - $1.3 Billion Lottery Winner Sues for $100K Damages Over Identity Disclosure by Mom
 - Rhode Island’s Thompson Insurance Fills New HQ
 - New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Rates to Fall 3.9% for 2024
 - FBI Closes Probe of Car Wreck at Niagara Falls Bridge, No Indication of Terrorism
 - Foxx Latest Celeb Named Under Now-Expired Sexual Assault Law
 - Bank Will Offer Accommodation to Employee With Anxiety Disability
 - New Jersey Supreme Court: Workers’ Compensation Covers Commuting Employee’s Car Crash Injury
 - New Jersey Blaze lnjured 8 Firefighters and Displaced a Dozen Residents
 - Best Agency to Work For – East Bronze Winner: Deland, Gibson Insurance Associates
 - District Police Combating Car Thefts and Carjackings With Dashcams and AirTags
 - School District and Satanic Temple Reach Agreement Over After School Satan Club
 - Gallagher Acquires New York’s Hughes Insurance Agency
 - New York Contractor Faces $522K in OSHA Penalties for Exposing Workers to Fall Hazards
 - Bill Cosby Accuser Files New Lawsuit Under Expiring New York Survivors Law
 - New Law Lets New York Auto Insurers Waive Photo Mandate Starting Next May
 - Supreme Court Won’t Hear Delaware’s Captive Insurance Documents Battle With IRS
 - New York Law That Opened Window for 2,500 Sex Abuse Suits Is Expiring
 - Citigroup Managing Director Sues Over Sexual Harassment
 - Best Agency to Work For – East Silver Winner: Levitt-Fuirst
 - Atlantic City Investigates Boardwalk Fire That Damaged Facade of Resorts Casino
 - Best Agency to Work For – East Gold Winner: National Church Group Agency
 - Cannabis Industry Reports First Worker Death From Asthma Attack
 - NYU Langone Doctor Sues Over Firing for Posts Backing Israel
 - New York Governor Hochul Proposes Limousine Safety Bill
 - Fifth Member of Catalytic Converter Theft Crew Pleads Guilty
 - OSHA Faults  Pharmaceutical Manufacturer in Massachusetts Plant’s Fatal Explosion
 - In Pennsylvania, Workers’ Compensation Now Pays for CBD Oil Treatment
 - Two More Former NBA Players Convicted of Defrauding Players’ Health Plan
 - Trump Lawyers Focus on Accountants in Fraud Trial
 - After Fire Kills 3, New York City Says Businesses Must Do More to Ensure e-Bike Safety
 - State Lawsuit Blames PepsiCo’s Plastic Packaging for Public Nuisance in Buffalo Area
 - Connecticut Approves 10% Rate Reductions for Workers’ Compensation for 2024
 - Manhattan Real Estate Brokerages Sued for Inflating Commissions
 - Trump Asks for Mistrial in New York Civil Fraud Case
 - People Moves: WTW Appoints Messinger to Financial Institutions; Integris Names Canales-Perry to Claims
 - Are Expensive Judicial Races the New Normal in Pennsylvania After High Court Campaign?
 - Man Charged With Arson for New York Race Track Fire That Killed Dozens of Horses
 - Virginia School System Says Former Student’s Sex Assault Lawsuit Is a Fraud
 - American Coastal, Once Affiliated with UPC, Has Buyer for Interboro in New York
 - Columbia University and Hospital Plan $100M Fund for Hadden Sex Abuse Survivors
 - Judge Upholds $24M Award in Suit by Employee With Social Anxiety Disorder
 - Fraternity and Bar Sued Over 2021 Death of University of New Hampshire Student
 - File Transfer Data Breach Affected 1.3M People, Maine Reports
 - GE Settles Claims a Massachusetts Plant Sold Improperly Inspected Parts to Army, Navy
 - Maine’s Ending Limits on Child Sex Abuse Suits Is Unconstitutional, Church Tells Court
 - Jury Awards $1.2 Million to De Niro’s Former Assistant in Gender Discrimination Lawsuit
 - Risk Strategies Acquires New York’s Prince Associates
 - Court Revives Retaliation Claim by Syracuse University Student Who Reported Sexual Assault
 - Democrats Preserve Majority With Win in Pennsylvania Supreme Court Race
 - Judge Trims U.S. Lawsuit Accusing Drug Distributor of Fueling Opioid Epidemic
 - Virginia Governor Declares State of Emergency Over Wildfires
 - Frederick Mutual Exiting Personal Lines; Signs Renewal Deal With Farmers of Salem
 - Gallagher to Buy Evans Bank Insurance Operations in Western New York for $40 Million
 - Liberty Brokers Acquires Massabni Insurance in Maryland
 - Baltimore Officers’ Fatal Shooting of Armed Man Under Investigation
 - People Moves: Keller, Lynn Join MEMIC; Berisha, Vandermyde Join Rokstone Marine; Rossi Heads Flood Committee
 - Honeycomb Insurance, Using Tech to Bypass Property Inspections, Expands to Virginia
 - Maryland Mechanic Sentenced for Filing $223,000 in False Claims for Auto Repairs
 - Fatal Fire in Maine Under Investigation
 - Off-duty US Park Police Unintentionally Shot Fellow Officer in Virginia, Police Say
 - Boston Begins Requiring Contractors to File and Vow to Implement Site Safety Plans
 - New York No-Fault Fraudster Pleads Guilty, Agrees to Pay $40M in Restitution
 - Plumbing Supply Firm Fights Sales Reps’ Court Award of $3.2M Overtime Wages
 - New Jersey Man Charged With Arson and Insurance Fraud Tied to Home Fire
 - Supreme Court to Hear Free Speech Complaint by NRA Against New York Regulator
 - Gas Explosion Injures 10 at Building North of New York City
 - Son Eric Testifies in Trump Civil Fraud Trial He Relied on Accountants
 - Judge Rules Virginia Teacher Shot by Student Can Proceed with $40 Million Lawsuit
 - Evertree Adds Virginia’s Prosper Insurance to Acquisitions
 - Company Charged in 2018 Blast That Leveled Home and Injured 3, Including 4-Year-Old
 - Uber Settles New York State Claims Related to Unemployment Benefits for Drivers
 - Lawmakers Advance Bill to Increase Transparency of Pennsylvania’s Universities
 - Uber to Pay $290M, Lyft $38M to Settle New York Wage Theft Claims
 - New York Secures $13.75M From Title Insurer for Illegal No-Poach Agreements
 - Harvard Claims Marsh Is to Blame for Its Loss of $15M in Coverage for Admissions Fight
 - Spending Passes $17 Million in Pennsylvania Supreme Court Race
 - Bank Completes Sale of Eastern Insurance to Gallagher
 - Trump Siblings to Testify in New York Civil Trial
 - New York State Distributes $190M in Opioid Settlement Funds
 - Actor Robert De Niro Tells Jury That Ex-Assistant’s Lawsuit Is ‘Nonsense’
 
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