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Gas Company to Test Other Pipelines Near Blast in Western Pennsylvania
Jul 22 2016 // A federal agency has ordered a natural gas pipeline company to conduct additional assessments on three lines buried in western Pennsylvania, including one that has corrosion similar to a fourth line that blew up in April,...
Pennsylvania Jury Clears NASCAR, Pocono Raceway in Lightning Death
Jul 20 2016 // A jury has ruled that a Pennsylvania racetrack didn’t cause harm to a man killed by lightning minutes after an August 2012 NASCAR race was stopped. The Pocono Record reported that the jury ruled in favor of Pocono...
Autopilot Warning May Not Help Tesla in Crash Defense
Jul 18 2016 // Telling Tesla drivers its Autopilot feature doesn’t mean their cars can drive themselves may not be enough to keep Elon Musk off the hot seat if the technology comes up short. This month, two Teslas equipped with...
The ‘Pokemon Go’ Files: 10 Tales of Trespass, Robbery, Murder and More
Jul 15 2016 // The “Pokemon Go” craze across the U.S. has people wandering into yards, driveways, cemeteries and even an off-limits police parking lot in search of cartoon monsters, prompting warnings that trespassers could...
BrickStreet Buys Workers Compensation Business from Pennsylvania’s HM Insurance
Jul 11 2016 // BrickStreet Mutual Insurance said it finalized an agreement to acquire the workers’ compensation block of business from Pittsburgh-based HM Insurance Group (HM), a Highmark company. The purchase involves...
Tesla Says AutoPilot Not a Factor in Pennsylvania Crash
Jul 6 2016 // -The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is investigating a July 1 crash in Pennsylvania of a Tesla Model X to determine whether automated functions were in use at the time of the accident, the agency...
Hub Acquires Assets of Gateway Financial Affiliated Agency in Pennsylvania
Jul 5 2016 // Global insurance brokerage Hub International Limited has acquired the assets of Tenth Dot Benefit Solutions, an employee benefits agency in Pittsburgh that is affiliated with Gateway Financial Group Inc. and does business...
Pennsylvania Widow Blames Railroad Trestle for Husband’s Death
Jun 27 2016 // A northeastern Pennsylvania woman is suing over a railroad trestle she contends is unsafe and led to her husband’s death on a dirt bike last year. Courtney Cruz contends her 29-year-old husband, Daniel, died when his...
Sisters’ Lawsuit Against Pennsylvania Diocese Claims Sex Abuse by Priest
Jun 23 2016 // Two sisters have sued a Catholic priest, his central Pennsylvania diocese and two ex-bishops who supervised him, saying the cleric molested them repeatedly as girls — including one at her first Communion party. The...
OSHA to Investigate Death of Pennsylvania Steel Worker
Jun 20 2016 // Federal authorities are investigating the death of a worker killed in an accident at a steel fabricating company in eastern Pennsylvania last week. The Lehigh County coroner’s office said 53-year-old Robert...
Pennsylvania Regulators to Reconsider Record $11.4M Fine Against Uber
Jun 13 2016 // Pennsylvania’s utility regulators voted on June 9 to reconsider the record-setting $11.4 million fine they imposed on ride-hailing company Uber. The Public Utility Commission fined San Francisco-based Uber in April...
John Yurconic Agency Acquires Hazleton Insurance in Pennsylvania
Jun 8 2016 // John Yurconic Agency, an independent agency based in Allentown, Pennsylvania, announced that it has acquired Hazleton Insurance Center in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in...
Family of Worker Killed in Pennsylvania Amtrak Crash Files Suit
Jun 7 2016 // A lawyer filing suit over a fatal Amtrak crash near Philadelphia blamed a “colossal miscommunication” for the deaths of two rail workers killed when a train traveling 106 mph struck a backhoe on the same...
Driverless Car Demo’d in Pennsylvania as State Bill, Task Force Press On
Jun 7 2016 // Think of it as driver education with the car as the student and you as the instructor. That’s what it’s like in the latest version of Carnegie Mellon University’s self-driving car, a 2011 Cadillac SRX on...
Pennsylvania Gov. Calls $34M Request for Heroin Treatment ‘A Start’
Jun 6 2016 // Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s $34 million budget request to address Pennsylvania’s opioid abuse crisis is “a start” as the state begins to understand the scope and need of a statewide epidemic, he...
Church Mutual Completes Acquisition of SBIC, SCS in Pennsylvania
Jun 3 2016 // Church Mutual Insurance Company, a Merrill, Wisconsin-based insurer of religious organizations, announced that it has completed on June 1 its acquisition of School Boards Insurance Company of Pennsylvania Inc. (SBIC) and...
Pennsylvania’s York County Sees Sharp Rise in Roadside Deaths
Jun 2 2016 // Nita Stout of York, Pennsylvania, was known in some parts of Lewisberry as “the walker.” It was what the Bangladeshi mother of four boys liked to do, usually in the mornings. She did it for exercise and as a...
Health Insurers Seek Big Premium Increases in Pennsylvania
May 31 2016 // Pennsylvania’s insurance regulators are starting a review of health plans for coverage next year through the federal marketplaces, including several that seek premium increases in excess of 40 percent. The...
Uber Appeals Pennsylvania’s $11.4M Fine
May 31 2016 // Ride-hailing company Uber is asking Pennsylvania’s utility regulators to reconsider the record-setting $11.4 million fine they issued against it. The Public Utility Commission fined San Francisco-based Uber in April...
Pennsylvania Advises Insurers on Arson, Insurance Fraud Reporting Rules
May 26 2016 // The Pennsylvania Insurance Department recently issued a notice to advise and remind insurers of their obligations under the state’s law in the reporting of suspected arson and insurance fraud. The department also...
