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Six Workers Sue New York’s Swanky Plaza Hotel, Allege Sexual Harassment
Aug 14 2017 // Six current or former employees have filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against The Plaza Hotel. The bartenders, servers and hospitality coordinators say they were groped, catcalled and propositioned by managers and other...
Two Firms Fight Insurance Claim on Boat That Sank Off Massachusetts
Aug 7 2017 // Two firms are trying to avoid reimbursing a Connecticut native for the loss of his boat after it sank with his mother on board under suspicious circumstances. The Hartford Courant reported Thursday the National Liability...
Two Brothers in New Jersey Sentenced for Roles in Accident Insurance Scheme
Jul 5 2017 // Two brothers who organized a scheme to recruit motor vehicle accident victims as patients for chiropractic facilities they controlled have been sentenced to more than six years in state prison. The sentences imposed last...
One Call to Open Office in Springfield, Missouri
Jun 29 2017 // One Call Care Management (One Call), a provider of workers’ compensation care management services, is opening a new office in Springfield, Mo. One Call will begin operations in August 2017 in 31,512 square feet of an...
Two Twisters in New Jersey Leave Mess, No Injuries Reported
Jun 27 2017 // Two tornadoes touched down in a New Jersey community as severe thunderstorms roared through the state, weather forecasters said. The first tornado hit Howell Township around 7:20 a.m. Saturday, while the second touched...
Two More Plead Guilty in Connecticut Auto Insurance Scam
Jun 19 2017 // Two Connecticut men have been convicted of staging car crashes to defraud insurance companies. Federal prosecutors say 32-year-old Mackenzy Noze, and 33-year-old Jonas Joseph, both of Norwich, Conn., were convicted by a...
One More Oklahoma County Gets Post-Storm Disaster Aid
Jun 9 2017 // Federal disaster assistance is now available for some businesses and homeowners in Oklahoma’s Beckham County who had property losses as a result of severe weather last month. Gov. Mary Fallin said that the U.S. Small...
Two People Killed at Massachusetts Indoor Auto Auction Identified
May 8 2017 // Two Rhode Island residents were identified Thursday as victims of a deadly crash at a crowded indoor automobile auction in Massachusetts. Three people died Wednesday when an SUV being shown to prospective buyers suddenly...
One Floodgate Fails to Automatically Stop Traffic During Pennsylvania Storm
May 4 2017 // Pittsburgh, Penn., public safety officials are trying to determine why a rain-activated gate failed to automatically stop traffic from entering a low-lying roadway during a storm Monday afternoon. Instead, a police patrol...
Six Months Later, Hurricane Flood Victims Still Recovering in Virginia
Apr 11 2017 // In the months since Hurricane Matthew, Dawn Sawyer has watched her 9-year-old, Sam, bite his nails down to “nubs.” She’s never seen him do that before. As Sam remembers it, he slept right through the...
Two Georgia Women Wanted for Claiming Injuries for Fake Auto Accidents
Mar 29 2017 // The Georgia Department of Insurance has issued warrants for two women on multiple counts of insurance fraud for allegedly filing fake auto injury claims that bilked two insurance companies out of more than...
Two Ex-Penn State Officials Plead Guilty in Child Sex Abuse Scandal
Mar 15 2017 // Two former Penn State administrators accused of covering up child sexual abuse allegations against Jerry Sandusky pleaded guilty to reduced charges Monday, more than five years after the scandal rocked the university and...
Six Arrested in $900K Insurance Fraud Scheme Involving 30 Virginia Fires
Mar 13 2017 // Virginia prosecutors say six people have been arrested for their alleged roles in an insurance fraud scheme that involved setting 30 fires. Federal prosecutors say the defendants over the course of 16 years set fire to...
Eight Accused of Staging Accidents in Northern West Virginia
Mar 13 2017 // Eight northern West Virginia residents have been indicted on charges that they staged vehicle accidents in order to file false insurance claims. Prosecutors say the eight were indicted Tuesday on mail fraud charges in...
Five Delaware Homes Condemned, Residents Displaced After Fire
Mar 8 2017 // Five homes in Wilmington, Del., have been condemned following a fire over the weekend that displaced a dozen residents. It happened Sunday afternoon. The News Journal of Wilmington reports that city fire spokesman James...
Six Charged in Death of University of Connecticut Student After Party
Feb 28 2017 // Six University of Connecticut students were charged Friday with alcohol-related offenses connected to the death of a student who was run over by a fire department vehicle after leaving a party last fall. The students had...
Four Critical Defects Found in Latest Oil Train Inspections in New York
Feb 13 2017 // State and federal inspectors found four critical defects and 42 non-critical ones in the latest round of oil train and track inspections across New York state. Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the targeted inspections of tank cars...
Three Found Guilty of in Separate Insurance Fraud Cases in Washington
Oct 13 2016 // Insurance fraud cases investigated by Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s special investigations unit have resulted in felony convictions against three people. David Cook, 51, pleaded guilty in Pierce...
One Area of Miami Declared Zika-Free While Zika Zone in Miami Beach Expanded
Sep 21 2016 // Authorities declared a victory Monday in stemming further infections of Zika in Miami’s Wynwood arts district, but continued to caution pregnant women about traveling to the city and surrounding areas out of concerns...
Two Johnson & Johnson Talc Cancer Lawsuits Dismissed by New Jersey Judge
Sep 6 2016 // Johnson & Johnson persuaded a New Jersey judge to throw out two women’s lawsuits blaming the health-care company’s talcum powder for their ovarian cancer. The ruling may help J&J fend off more than...
