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Mass. SJC Rules Independent Contractor Statute Doesn’t Apply in Workers’ Comp Case
May 16 2018 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) has ruled the state’s independent contractor statute does not determine whether a claimant is an employee eligible for workers’ compensation benefits in a case...
G.M. Abodeely Insurance Agency Merges with Connecticut’s Smith Brothers Insurance
May 15 2018 // G.M. Abodeely Insurance Agency has merged its business with Smith Brothers Insurance of Glastonbury, Conn. This combination allows the Abodeely Agency to maintain its presence as an independent local agent and leverage the...
Massachusetts Regulators Probe Uber Pricing During Storm
May 14 2018 // Massachusetts regulators are investigating whether ride-hailing company Uber violated state law by increasing prices during a powerful storm in March. The Boston Herald reports that the Department of Public Utilities,...
School District Settles Negligence Suit With Massachusetts Family
May 3 2018 // A Massachusetts family whose 5-year-old special needs daughter was left stranded for hours on a cold school bus has settled a lawsuit against the school district. A lawyer for the Gloucester family told The Gloucester...
Massachusetts Holds 7th Annual National Cyber Crime Conference
Apr 26 2018 // More than 700 law enforcement officers, prosecutors and investigators from across the U.S. and Canada recently attended the seventh annual National Cyber Crime Conference hosted by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura...
Massachusetts Rail System Addressing Engineers With Bad Driving Records
Apr 23 2018 // Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker is taking steps ensure that commuter rail engineers with poor personal driving records aren’t putting passengers’ safety at risk. The Boston Globe reports the Republican...
Massachusetts Top Court Rules Against Exxon in Climate Change Probe
Apr 13 2018 // Massachusetts’ top court on Friday rejected Exxon Mobil Corp’s bid to block the state’s attorney general from obtaining records to investigate whether the company for decades concealed its knowledge of...
Fire Destroys Multi-Million Dollar Massachusetts Home
Apr 12 2018 // A massive fire has destroyed a multi-million dollar waterfront home in Massachusetts owned in part by a famous restaurateur. The Gloucester home that burned late Saturday into Sunday morning was bought for $4.6 million in...
Massachusetts Auto Auction Where Five Died Assessed $200K in Penalties
Apr 11 2018 // Federal workplace safety regulators say a Massachusetts auto auction where five people died when a vehicle careened into a crowd last May has agreed to pay $200,000 in penalties. The U.S. Department of Labor’s...
Massachusetts Can Sue Equifax Over Data Breach, Judge Rules
Apr 5 2018 // Massachusetts can move forward with a lawsuit accusing credit reporting firm Equifax Inc. of failing to safeguard its databases or provide prompt notice of a breach that exposed the personal data of 147 million people, a...
Worker Dies in Massachusetts Furnace Equipment Supplier Explosion
Mar 26 2018 // An explosion at a Massachusetts manufacturing facility has killed one worker and injured another. Officials say the man was an employee at Advanced Vacuum Systems in Ayer, about 40 miles northwest of Boston. The Middlesex...
Walgreens Agrees to $5.5M Settlement with Massachusetts
Mar 23 2018 // Pharmacy chain Walgreens Co. has agreed to pay $5.5 million to resolve allegations that it overcharged for prescriptions covered by the Massachusetts workers’ compensation insurance system. State Attorney General...
Massachusetts’ The Arbella Insurance Group Promotes Ramirez
Mar 20 2018 // The Arbella Insurance Group, a regional property and casualty insurance company headquartered in Quincy, Mass., has appointed Lynellen Ramirez to chief actuary and senior vice president of research analytics. In this...
Massachusetts Court: Merck Can Be Sued Over Generic Drug Injury
Mar 19 2018 // Massachusetts’ top court on Friday opened the door for consumers to sue Merck & Co Inc and other makers of brand-name drugs over injuries blamed not on their own medications but on generic versions of their...
Massachusetts’ The Norfolk and Dedham Group Appoints Pepin COO
Mar 16 2018 // The Norfolk and Dedham Group (N&D), based in Dedham, Mass., has appointed Victor Pepin to its senior leadership team as chief operating officer. In this newly created role, he will provide executive oversight of its...
Slow Recovery from Latest Nor’easter, Third Storm Could Be on Tap
Mar 12 2018 // The sun came out across much of the Northeast on Friday as utilities tackled the arduous task of restoring power to hundreds of thousands of customers who lost electricity during the storm that hit the region this week,...
Salem Five Acquires Massachusetts’ Cape Ann Insurance
Mar 9 2018 // Salem Five has acquired Cape Ann Insurance, headquartered in Gloucester, Mass. The acquisition will help Salem Five better serve the insurance needs of its customers in the region, according to Salem Five President and CEO...
Northeast Digging Out from Deep Snow as Power Outages Continue
Mar 9 2018 // The Northeast is digging out from its second powerful nor’easter in less than a week that left behind some areas with more than 2 feet of snow, hundreds of thousands without power, school closures and travel...
Hub Acquires Assets of Massachusetts’ Leitao Insurance Agency
Mar 8 2018 // Hub International Limited (Hub), a global insurance brokerage, has acquired the assets of Leitao Insurance Agency Inc. (Leitao). Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Located in Ludlow, Mass., Leitao is a multi-line...
Hub International Limited Acquires Massachusetts’ Rubino Enterprises
Mar 6 2018 // Hub International Limited (Hub), a global insurance brokerage, has acquired the assets from Rubino Enterprises Inc. (formerly known as TYG Insurance Agency Inc.). Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Based in...
