Latest Delaware Headlines
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Narragansett Bay Insurance Expands into Delaware, Maryland
Oct 2 2020 // Narragansett Bay Insurance Company (NBIC) began writing property and casualty insurance in Delaware and Maryland, effective Oct. 1, 2020. The two states mark the seventh and eighth states where the company provides...
A.J. Gallagher Alleges Alliant’s Poaching ‘Playbook’ Has Cost It Employees, Clients
Sep 25 2020 // California-based insurance broker Alliant is again being sued over an alleged poaching scam, this time by rival Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Gallagher claims Alliant, with assistance and capital from its private equity...
Three Injured in Public Transit Bus Crash in Delaware
Sep 17 2020 // Three people were hurt when a public transit bus broke through a fence and a retaining wall, then landed in a parking lot after crashing into at least two other vehicles. The News Journal reports that a DART bus crashed...
Delaware Joins List of States and Localities Suing Big Oil
Sep 14 2020 // Delaware has joined the list of state and local governments that have sued the petroleum industry in an attempt to hold oil producers accountable for costs related to climate change. The attorney general’s office...
McDonald’s Alleges Ex-CEO Duped Directors, Seeks to Claw Back $37 Million Severance
Aug 31 2020 // McDonald’s Corp. told a judge that ex-CEO Steve Easterbrook lied about four alleged sexual relationships with subordinates to dupe directors into letting him leave with stock awards as part of his severance. The fast...
Anbang, Andy Bang, $1 Trillion in Claims. Ritz-Carlton Mystery Gets Its Day in Court.
Aug 24 2020 // When a 26-year-old Uber driver walked into a California deeds office two years ago, it was the real-estate equivalent of a butterfly flapping its wings and causing a tsunami half a world away. Hired by an elderly Chinese...
Weather Service Says Delaware Tornado Set Distance Record
Aug 11 2020 // A single tornado cut a record 29-mile swath of damage through Delaware as Tropical Storm Isaias pelted the mid-Atlantic region with high winds and heavy rains earlier this week, according to the National Weather...
Delaware Issues Insurance Reminders After Tropical Storm Isaias
Aug 7 2020 // Tropical Storm Isaias produced tornado activity, heavy rain and flooding, hail and strong winds throughout Delaware, causing significant destruction in several Delaware communities, according to a press release issued by...
Officials Say Delaware Fire Caused $400K in Damage, Displaced Six
Aug 5 2020 // Authorities are investigating a fire in Delaware that heavily damaged a home and displaced six people. Five adults and one child fled from the home in Wilmington early Sunday morning when the blaze erupted, the State Fire...
Delaware Urges Residents to Prepare for Tropical Storm Isaias
Aug 4 2020 // As Tropical Storm Isaias approaches Delaware, residents are urged to prepare for dangerous winds of more than 55 miles per hour and up to six inches of rain. Storm surges, localized flooding, tree damage, power outages and...
Man Arrested in Connection with Delaware Church Fire Causing $250K in Damages
Jul 29 2020 // A Delaware man has been accused of setting multiple fires inside a church sanctuary. The Delaware State Fire Marshal’s office arrested Thomas Loftis III in connection with the blaze that erupted at Reach Church, news...
Delaware Judge Upholds Dismissal Call in Softball Injury Lawsuit
Jul 27 2020 // A Delaware judge has refused to overturn her decision to toss a lawsuit by a paralegal who said he was targeted for retaliation after being injured while playing on his law firm’s softball team and filing a...
Fire Marshal Says Delaware Church Fire Causing $250K in Damages Was Arson
Jul 23 2020 // A fire inside the sanctuary of a Delaware church was started by an act of arson, authorities said. State Fire Marshal Chief Deputy Robert Fox said multiple fires were started inside Reach Church, in Glasgow, news outlets...
Judge Sanctions Mountaire in Delaware Wastewater Lawsuit
Jul 6 2020 // A Superior Court judge has ordered an Arkansas poultry processing company and two Delaware subsidiaries to pay more than $28,000 in sanctions for repeatedly refusing to provide information to plaintiffs suing the company...
Delaware to Close Bars in Beach Towns Due to Virus Outbreak
Jul 2 2020 // Bars in certain Delaware beach towns will close ahead of the Fourth of July holiday to limit the spread of the coronavirus, the state’s governor said. The new order from Delaware Governor John Carney announced...
Judge to Schedule Trial in Delaware Day Care Death Lawsuit
Jun 24 2020 // A Delaware couple who filed a wrongful death lawsuit after their infant son died at a home day care center has lost a bid to have a judge rule in their favor without a trial. Carlita and Charles Laws argued that they were...
Delaware Insurance Commissioner Shares Reopening Reminders
May 27 2020 // The Delaware Department of Insurance is sharing reminders with business owners regarding important measures to take as phased reopenings begin and providing resources to enhance worker and customer safety. Insurance...
Retaliation Claim Against Delaware Law Firm Over Softball Injury Nixed
May 22 2020 // A judge has dismissed a lawsuit against a Delaware law firm filed by a paralegal who claims he was targeted for retaliation after being injured while playing on the law firm’s softball team and filing a...
Delaware Teen Charged with Setting Fire at Elementary School
May 19 2020 // Authorities in Delaware have arrested a 14-year-old boy accused of intentionally setting fire to a structure at an elementary school, causing damage estimated at $80,000, according to the State Fire Marshal’s...
Delaware Company Offers Reward for Arrest in Restaurant Fire
May 13 2020 // The owners of a bayside restaurant in Delaware are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a suspect responsible for setting fire to the eatery last month, according to the development...
