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Two New York Hospitals to Pay $165M to Victims of Abuse by Gynecologist
Oct 10 2022 // Two New York hospitals have agreed to pay more than $165 million to 147 former patients who have accused a former gynecologist of sexual abuse and misconduct. Columbia University Irving Medical Center and...
Limit on Limousines’ Miles Is Among New York Safety Panel’s 16 Recommendations
Oct 5 2022 // A New York state task force created after a 2018 limo crash that killed 20 people issued a safety report with recommendations including equipping the vehicles with side impact protection devices and taking them off the...
Hilb Group Acquires New York’s Abatelli Agency
Oct 4 2022 // The Hilb Group reports that it acquired New York-based Abatelli Insurance Agency on Sept. 1, further expanding its presence in the tri-state area. Based in Whitestone, New York, Abatelli Insurance Agency is a...
New York Surgeon Pleads Guilty to Participating In $31M Trip-and-Fall Fraud
Oct 3 2022 // A New York doctor last week pled guilty to performing unnecessary surgeries as part of a scheme by doctors and lawyers to obtain insurance reimbursements and other compensation from fraudulent trip-and-fall accidents,...
Insurers Ask Court in New York to Seize, Sell Vessel to Pay $39M in Cargo Losses
Sep 29 2022 // More than 30 insurers that have paid an estimated $39 million in lost cargo claims, along with cargo owners without insurance, have asked the courts to seize and sell the Japanese vessel ONE Apus to cover their claims. The...
New York Bus Driver Pleads Guilty to $30K Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Sep 28 2022 // A New York bus driver faces sentencing for fraudulently collecting more than $30,000 in workers’ compensation wage indemnity benefits by falsely claiming that she was unable to work as a result of a disability,...
New York Jury Awards Ex-NFL Player Cox $28.5M in Medical Malpractice Case
Sep 27 2022 // A former NFL player has been was awarded $28.5 million by a Manhattan jury ruling in his favor in a medical malpractice lawsuit over surgery that failed to fix his injured ankle, according to the player’s...
Appeals Court Rejects NRA Free Speech Claims Against New York Insurance Regulator
Sep 23 2022 // A federal appeals court has denied the National Rifle Association’s First Amendment claims against a former New York insurance regulator who urged insurance companies to consider the risks of doing business with the...
Cities of Paris and New York Join Climate Litigation Against TotalEnergies
Sep 23 2022 // The cities of Paris and New York have joined a coalition of associations and local authorities that are suing oil major TotalEnergies for failing to adequately fight climate change, the coalition said in a statement on...
New York AG’s Financial Fraud Suit Against Trump Details Insurance Scenarios
Sep 22 2022 // Donald Trump and the Trump Organization used false and misleading statements of financial condition to obtain favorable real estate loans and insurance coverage over the last decade, according to a 222- page civil...
Trump Accuser Plans New Lawsuit Under New York’s Abuse Survivors Law
Sep 22 2022 // A writer who accused former President Donald Trump of raping her in a department store dressing room intends to file another lawsuit against him under a new New York law letting sexual assault victims sue over attacks that...
New York City Lifts COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Private Businesses
Sep 21 2022 // New York City Mayor Eric Adams is encouraging private businesses to put in place their own vaccine policies after making the private sector vaccine mandate optional. The city has also now made vaccines optional for...
New York Seeks Program Manager for $6.5M Fund for ‘Clean Tech’ Insurance Products
Sep 19 2022 // New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced a $6.5 million program to support insurance innovation for climate-technologies, a new program focused on the research and development of new insurance policies and products that...
New York City, Amazon Partner On ‘Ghost Vehicles’ Crackdown
Sep 19 2022 // As part of a collaboration with New York City, giant retailer Amazon said it will proactively restrict the sale of smokescreen license plate covers and tinted license plate covers to customers with a New York state...
Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks LGBTQ Order at New York’s Yeshiva University
Sep 12 2022 // The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a court order that would have forced Yeshiva University to recognize an LGBTQ group as an official campus club. The court acted Friday in a brief order signed by Justice Sonia...
New York Revises Compensation Fund, Workers’ Compensation Claims for 9/11 Victims
Sep 12 2022 // Ahead of the 21st anniversary of 9/11, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed several bills into that that seek to support to 9/11 victims and survivors and their families. This new laws target barriers and delays in the...
New York Trial Begins in Bond Insurer Case Over Mortgage-Backed Securities
Sep 8 2022 // Bond insurer Ambac Financial Group Inc. cannot prove its $2.7 billion case against Bank of America over troubled mortgage-backed securities on evidence that BofA was a “bad actor” before the 2008 financial...
New York Launches $6.5M Fund for ‘Clean Tech’ Insurance Products; Seeks Program Manager
Sep 2 2022 // New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced a $6.5 million program to support Insurance Innovation for climate-technologies, a new program focused on the research and development of new insurance policies and products that...
New York Sets ‘Gun Free Zones’ to Restrict Guns; Regulates Concealed Carry Permits
Sep 2 2022 // Amid the bright lights and electronic billboards across New York’s Times Square, city authorities are posting new signs proclaiming the bustling crossroads a “Gun Free Zone.” The sprawling Manhattan...
Supreme Court Justice Denies Detective’s Bid to Block New York City’s Vaccine Mandate
Sep 1 2022 // U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Monday denied an appeal from a New York Police Department detective who asked for an emergency injunction to keep the city from firing him over its mandate that municipal...
