East News for March 2022
- Work to Free Container Ship Stranded in Chesapeake Bay Continues
- Connecticut’s Bradley Airport Website Hit by Cyberattack
- Sandy Hook Families Reject Alex Jones Cash Settlement Offer
- Baltimore, Businesses Settle for $3.5M Over Freddie Gray Unrest
- New York Insured’s Lies About Pool Voided Coverage for Apartment Building Fire
- Coterie Insurance Expands Small Business Offerings to Massachusetts
- New Hampshire Police Officer Fails in Bid for Qualified Immunity for Truck Driver Arrest
- Court Eyes Appeal Over Mentally Ill Inmate Put in Solitary in Delaware
- Judge Dismisses Case Over High-Frequency Trading Led by Providence, Boston Pension
- No Doctor’s in the House. Johns Hopkins Engineers Building Robot Surgeon.
- New Hampshire Seeks Insurer for Voluntary Family Medical Leave Plan
- Trucker in Maine Fatal Crash Says Other Vehicle, Not Netflix, Distracted Him
- Construction Worker Killed in Collapse of Boston Parking Garage Under Demolition
- Disabled Kids Allowed to Seek Modification of Virginia Mask Rule for Schools
- Judge Upholds $2M Verdict in Boston Police Gender Discrimination Suit
- Court Dismisses Washington Post Reporter’s Discrimination Lawsuit
- In 7-Eleven Case, Massachusetts High Court Rules Franchisees Can Be Employees
- Alex Jones Fails to Show Up for Sandy Hook Families’ Lawsuit Deposition
- Pepperidge Farm Resumes Baking After Fire at Connecticut Facility
- AM Best Upgrades Subsidiaries of New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance
- Hilb Group Acquires New Jersey’s E.B. Cohen Insurance
- Court Denies Insurer Use of Multiple Exclusions to Dodge Defending Insured
- Rhode Island Doctor Faces More Allegations by Labor Department
- Long-Running Love Canal Suits Get May Court Date
- ProSight Specialty Rebrands as Coaction
- Virginia Governor Signs ‘Squatted Truck’ Ban Into Law
- New York Medical Malpractice Insurer EmPRO to Enter New Jersey
- Related Claim Exclusion Doesn’t Require ‘Fundamentally Identical’ Actions in Delaware
- New York Expands Opioid Settlement Board
- Rhode Island Reaches $107M Opioid Settlements With Teva and Allergan
- Fatal Crash Drives Maine to Address Gap in License Suspension Process
- Massachusetts Dairy Firm Resumes Plant Operations After Cyber Attack
- Insurance Executive Pattwell Named to Head New Jersey Casino Reinvestment Agency
- Operator Announces Plan to Refloat Ever Forward Ship Stuck in Chesapeake Bay
- Massachusetts Governor Wants to Expand Mental Health Services, Lower Drug Costs
- New Jersey High Court Says Public Has Right to See Internal Report on Police Director
- New York Enacts Expanded Anti-Harassment Workplace Laws
- Maine Farmers Seek $100M Plan to Tackle PFAS Contamination
- Investor Ancora Wants Massachusetts Software Firm Everbridge to Explore Sale
- Maine Rights Panel Finds Senior Facility Discriminated Against Transgender Woman
- Maryland’s Hershberger Insurance Agency Joins Ensurise Network
- Year After Ever Given Ship Blocked Canal, Ever Guard Runs Aground in Chesapeake Bay
- Virginia Lawmakers Approve Relaxing Ban on Facial Recognition Technology
- University’s Governmental Immunity Extends to Parking Lot, Maine Supreme Court Rules
- Rhode Island AG Sues 4 Landlords Over Lead Poisoning Hazards
- Exxon Mobil Loses Bid to Stop States’ Climate Change Probes
- New Hampshire Directs Federal Funds to Help Homeowners Pay Mortgage, Insurance
- Trial Against Teva Begins in Rhode Island Multibillion-Dollar Opioid Case
- New Hampshire Ex-Police Officer Settles With Driver in Assault Case
- Maine Lawmakers Advance Bill Regulating Corporate Use of Biometric Data
- Judge Declines to Delay Ruling Against Virginia School System’s Admissions Policy
- Connecticut Eyes Study of Youth Sports Safety After Hockey Player’s Death
- Connecticut, UK Sign ‘Insurtech Corridor’ Partnership
- Delaware Senate Passes Bill Requiring Paid Leave
- Long-Time Maine Insurance Regulator Cioppa to Retire April 1
- Massachusetts School Employee Denied Remote Work Files Complaint
- New Jersey City Votes to Halt Licenses of Gas Stations Tied to Russia’s Lukoil
- Taxi Driver Shot by Off-Duty Officer Settles With New York County for $2M
- Brother, Sister Charged in $124 Million Cryptocurrency Fraud
- Keystone Adds New Jersey’s Strategic Insurance Partners
- People Moves: IAT Group Welcomes CNA’s Bendick; NFP Adds WTW’s Clarke to Energy Team
- Maryland Apartment Complex Explosion, Fire Ruled Accident
- Rhode Island Supreme Court Rules ‘Civil Death’ Law for Inmates Is Unconstitutional
- GM Financial to Pay Massachusetts $1.8M Over Alleged Delays in GAP Insurance Refunds
- Maine Ski Lift Accident Could Have Been Worse
- Vermont Court Sides With Ambassador Insurance in Allocation of Asbestos Losses
- Eastern Insurance Acquires Michals Agency in Massachusetts
- ‘No Contest’ Plea Doesn’t Trigger Criminal Exclusion in Home Policy: Connecticut Court
- Vermont Police Continue Probe Into 36-Car Pileup
- New Jersey Initiates Controlled Burns to Lessen Fire Risk in Pinelands
- Element Risk Management Acquires Pennsylvania’s Ross Insurance
- Israeli Ice Cream Maker Sues Ben & Jerry’s for Damages Over Boycott
- Judge Rejects New York’s Bid to Dissolve NRA But Allows Lawsuit to Proceed
- Maryland Weighs Measures to Enhance State, Local Government Cybersecurity
- Truist Opens Insurance Services Unit with Close of Kensington Title Agency Acquisition
- Delaware Regulator Urges Ban on Gender-Based Auto Insurance Rating
- Maine Farmers Want Ban on ‘Forever Chemical’ Sludge in Fields
- Virginia Governor Vetoes Policing Oversight Bill
- District of Columbia Regulator Expands Internships to Gallaudet Students
- Connecticut’s Trager Reznitsky to Add States After Buying P/C Unit of Stronghold Insurance
- Rochester Settles Wrongful Termination Claim by Ex-Police Chief
- Man Alleging Malicious Prosecution for Fatal Fire Sues Pittsburgh Detectives, Prosecutor
- Maine Mother Nears $10M Settlement Over Clinic Failure to Report Abuse
- Vermont Town’s Voters Asked to Allow ATVs on Roads to Connect Trails
- Tear-Gassed Protesters Settle Lawsuit Against Richmond Police
- Supreme Court Denies Christian College’s Ministerial Exception From Lawsuit… for Now
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