80 Attorneys for Pennsylvania-based Sheetz convenience stores and scores of customers sickened during a salmonella outbreak two years ago have settled more than 80 lawsuits in recent weeks and agreed to delay a filing deadline in hopes that dozens of …
News Currents While states adopt seat belts laws, 29 still balk at motorcycle helmets In Illinois and Iowa, motorists can get tickets for not wearing seat belts. In Connecticut, they are prohibited from talking on cell phones. And in New …
The floodwaters that inundated parts of Pennsylvania last month destroyed at least 518 homes and affected another 7,100 homes and businesses, according to the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency. The preliminary damage figures are almost certain to grow as investigators continue …
You don’t need to conduct any kind of sophisticated market research in order to understand the effects of New Jersey’s 2003 auto insurance reform law. Just drive down the New Jersey Turnpike, where you can’t miss seeing billboards advertising national …
When the family of Milena Del Valle, who was killed when part of the Big Dig tunnel ceiling crushed the car she was riding in, gets around to filing a wrongful death lawsuit, that suit is expected to trigger legal …
The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. has been arguing for years that it is improper for the New York Department of Motor Vehicles to include ads from automobile insurers, such as GEICO, when it mails out drivers’ …
HRH, Thilman & Filippini Insurance broker Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Co. agreed to buy substantial assets of Thilman & Filippini, L.L.C., a Chicago-based insurance agency and brokerage firm with 2005 gross revenues of approximately $24 million. The operation will become …
Virginia targets dogs, underage drinking Owners of dangerous dogs face tougher penalties and adults who serve booze to underage guests are targeted under new state laws that took effect July 1 in Virginia. The dog-mauling death of 82-year-old widow Dorothy …
The biggest increases are in store for coastal Cape Cod, where the Fair Plan has become the leading property insurer rather than the insurer of last resort as intended. News Currents Last summer when the Massachusetts Fair Plan, the state’s …
In a May 2006 news release, AXA Art Insurance announced it was offering a $100,000 reward for credible information leading to the location, recovery and return of seven Milton Avery paintings that were reported missing while en route from Boca …
