Latest Massachusetts Headlines
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Massachusetts City’s Pension Fund Lost $3.5M in Email Scam
Feb 16 2022 // An employee of Quincy’s pension fund wrongly sent $3.5 million in a wire transfer in February 2021 in response to a scam email and the funds have not been recovered. The Public Employee Retirement Administration...
Massachusetts Firms at War Over Oprah’s ‘Favorite’ Waffles
Feb 15 2022 // Waltham, Massachusetts-based pretzel maker Eastern Standard Provisions managed to get its pretzels on Oprah Winfrey’s “Oprah’s Favorite Things” list in 2019 and that led to a boom in business. Last...
Lemonade Now Offering Its Pet Insurance in Massachusetts
Feb 15 2022 // Digital insurer Lemonade has expanded its pet insurance into the state of Massachusetts, marking the 37th state where it’s available. The pet policies cover dogs or cats. According to the insurer, Massachusetts has...
Massachusetts Town’s Former Police Officer Alleges Sexual Orientation Discrimination
Feb 10 2022 // A former Brimfield, Mass. police officer has filed a lawsuit claiming the town’s board members discriminated against him when they chose not to reappoint him as the town’s only patrolman because of his sexual...
Massachusetts Senate Weighs Bill to Lower Prescription Drug Prices for Patients
Feb 9 2022 // A bill aimed at addressing the increasing costs of prescription drugs is scheduled to come up for a vote in the Massachusetts Senate this week. The legislation would establish a process for identifying drug price...
World Insurance Acquires J.K. Olivieri Agency in Massachusetts
Feb 8 2022 // Broker World Insurance Associates reports it acquired J.K. Olivieri Insurance Agency, Inc. of Middleboro, Massachusetts, on December 1, 2021. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. J.K. Olivieri Insurance Agency was...
Massachusetts Excludes Supplemental Workers’ Comp From Retirees’ Formula
Feb 7 2022 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has clarified that a retirement board should not consider sick leave or vacation benefits that an injured employee received as a supplement to workers’ compensation payments...
Massachusetts Lawmakers Advance Internet Data Privacy Bill
Feb 7 2022 // A bill that would grant Massachusetts residents what supporters describe as fundamental internet privacy rights — including greater control over their personal information — is making its way through the...
Man Injured in 2019 New Hampshire Motorcycle Crash Sues Massachusetts Registry
Feb 1 2022 // A Massachusetts man severely injured in a 2019 crash in New Hampshire that killed seven members of his motorcycle club has filed a lawsuit against the Massachusetts Registrar of Motor Vehicles for allegedly failing to...
Video Leads to Firing of Massachusetts Fire Official on Injury Leave
Jan 31 2022 // A Massachusetts mayor has fired a top fire official out on injury leave after he was captured on video lifting heavy equipment. New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell said Tuesday that Deputy Fire Chief Paul Coderre Jr. was...
Massachusetts Crash Victim Sues Uber for $63 Million
Jan 26 2022 // A Massachusetts man seriously injured in a crash while a passenger in an Uber car is suing Uber and the driver for $63 million in damages. The suit accuses Uber of negligence in the hiring of the driver, who the complaint...
Initial Probe of Fatal Train Crash at Crossing in Massachusetts Cites Employee Error
Jan 26 2022 // Investigators are focusing on human error as the likely reason a train struck a car at a crossing in Massachusetts late last week, killing the 68-year-old driver. Roberta Sausville was killed Friday when her vehicle was...
One80 Acquires Workers’ Compensation Wholesaler PMC in Massachusetts
Jan 12 2022 // Specialty insurance broker One80 Intermediaries reported it has acquired PMC Insurance Group, a workers’ compensation wholesale broker and program manager based in Bedford, Mass. Terms of the deal were not...
MountainOne Acquires Cross Insurance Branch in Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Jan 5 2022 // MountainOne Insurance Agency, based in northwestern Massachusetts, has acquired the Cross Insurance agency branch in nearby Pittsfield. The company said in a news release that it plans to keep all of the Cross Insurance...
Massachusetts Care Facility Employers Fail to Comply With OSHA Subpoena
Dec 29 2021 // An October 21, 2021, decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ordered UHS of Fuller Inc. and UHS of Delaware Inc. to pay the U.S. Department of Labor $30, 515.63 in attorneys’ fees after...
Jury Awards $1.7M to Massachusetts Teacher Who Alleged Discrimination
Dec 14 2021 // A jury has found that school officials in Boston, Massachusetts, retaliated against a teacher for exercising his legal right to raise concerns about workplace discrimination without fear of retribution, awarding him $1.7...
Massachusetts Lawmakers Weigh New Regulations for Autocycles
Nov 29 2021 // Proposed regulations of autocycles will be on the schedule when Massachusetts state lawmakers hold a virtual public hearing Tuesday. An autocycle is a three-wheeled motor vehicle that meets federal safety standards for a...
Trial of Ex-Teacher in Massachusetts Charged with Assault on Student to Start
Nov 23 2021 // A former Massachusetts middle school teacher accused of inappropriately touching a student is scheduled to go on trial Monday. Jeffrey Knight, a former Cohasset Middle School teacher, faces multiple indecent assault and...
Operator of Boat That Crashed in Massachusetts, Killing One, Pleads Not Guilty
Nov 22 2021 // A businessman who was operating a luxury powerboat that crashed in Boston Harbor last summer, leaving one passenger dead and five others injured, has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter and multiple assault and...
Kaplansky Insurance Acquires Massachusetts’ Judith M. Flynn Agency
Nov 19 2021 // Kaplansky Insurance acquired Judith M. Flynn Insurance Agency Inc., located in Dorchester, Massachusetts. This deal serves as Kaplansky’s fourth acquisition of 2021 and 38th overall and contributes to its growth...
