Latest Pennsylvania Headlines
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Mutual Risk Management Reports Hancock Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit Denied
Nov 22 2004 // Mutual Risk Management Ltd. (MRM) announced on Monday that the federal judge presiding over its multi-million dollar claim for tortious interference against John Hancock Life Insurance Company (Hancock) has denied...
Insurance Fraud Keeps Pa. Candidate Off Ballot
Oct 29 2004 // The state Supreme Court has agreed with a lower court ruling that keeps a candidate convicted of insurance fraud off the ballot for the state’s 51st Legislative District race. Michael J. Cavanagh was running as an...
Pa. AG Sues 16 Including Attorneys Over Alleged Widespread ‘Living Trust’ Sales Scam
Oct 29 2004 // Pennsylvania Attorney General Jerry Pappert has filed a civil lawsuit in Commonwealth Court accusing 16 defendants of engaging in an elaborate statewide living trust sales scheme, that deceived older Pennsylvanians into...
PA. REVEALS MED MAL DETAILS:
Oct 25 2004 // Bucking tradition, a Lackawanna County, Pa., judge has ruled against a doctor who sought to keep the details of a medical malpractice settlement under wraps, saying that taxpayers have a right to know because they are...
LIBERTY BELL PAVILION AT PA. COLLEGE:
Oct 25 2004 // The glass-and-steel pavilion that held the Liberty Bell until last year is moving from Independence National Historical Park to an insurance college in the Philadelphia suburbs. The decision by the American College, which...
Pa. House Advances Med-Mal Subsidy
Oct 21 2004 // The Pennsylvania House of Representatives has approved a bill that would extend state subsidies for two years to more than 30,000 doctors and health care providers who pay into a state-run program that provides...
Pa. Gov. Unveils Letter to Congressional Delegation Regarding Flood Relief
Oct 21 2004 // Pennsylvania Gov. Edward Rendell this week released the following letter to the Pennsylvania Congressional delegation in reference to flood relief for the Commonwealth: Dear Senator Santorum: “As a follow up to our...
President Bush Tackles Medical Liability Reform During Pa. Visit
Oct 21 2004 // President George W. Bush used a visit to the United Sports Training Center in Downingtown, Pennsylvania on Thursday to address the matters of medical liability reform and health care. Joined by his daughter on the campaign...
Pa. Insurers Cleared of Murder Spree Claims
Oct 19 2004 // Two insurance companies are not obligated to pay claims for a shooting rampage that left five people dead and another critically injured four years ago near Pittsburgh, a Superior Court panel recently ruled. The ruling...
Pa. Hospitals Say New Liability Survey Backs Need for Medical Reforms
Oct 14 2004 // The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) issued the following statement from President and CEO Carolyn Scanlan in response to Pennsylvania-specific medical liability reform polling data released...
N.J., PA. SENATORS PROMOTE KIDS ACCOUNTS:
Oct 11 2004 // U.S. Senators Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) and Jon Corzine (D-N.J.) have introduced bipartisan legislation to expand opportunities for young adults, encourage savings, and promote financial literacy by establishing investment...
PA. ADDS AGENT SEARCH TO WEB SITE:
Oct 11 2004 // The Pennsylvania Insurance Department’s Web site has a new search feature for both consumers and insurance producers. The new “licensed producer” search gives consumers the ability to verify that they are...
GREEN LIGHT FOR RED LIGHT CAMERAS IN PA.’
Oct 11 2004 // Cameras watching intersections to deter drivers from running red lights may have an unwanted side effect, an increase in rear-end collisions, some studies show. In some cases, drivers who fear they’ll be caught on...
Pa. Judge Rules Public Has Right to Know Details of Medical Malpractice Settlement
Oct 8 2004 // Bucking tradition, a Lackawanna County, Pa. judge has ruled against a doctor who sought to keep the details of a medical malpractice settlement under wraps, saying that taxpayers have a right to know because they are...
$40M Accord Reached Over Pennsylvania Apartment Explosion That Killed 6 People
Oct 4 2004 // Lawsuits resulting from a Hatboro, Pa. apartment explosion that killed six people and injured six others have been settled for $40.5 million, a plaintiffs’ lawyer said. The June 16, 2001, explosion and fire at the...
Historic Liberty Bell Pavilion Given New Home on Campus of The American College in Bryn Mawr, Pa.
Sep 30 2004 // The glass-and-steel pavilion that held the Liberty Bell until last year is moving from Independence National Historical Park to an insurance college in the Philadelphia suburbs. The decision by the American College, which...
Pa. Holds the Line on Storage Tank Fees
Sep 29 2004 // Following a 10 percent increase in fees last year, the Underground Storage Tank Indemnification Fund (USTIF) Board has unanimously agreed to maintain fees for owners of underground storage tanks licensed in Pennsylvania...
Insurers Seek Delay in Pa. Church Abuse Trial
Sep 29 2004 // Insurance companies being sued by the Altoona-Johnstown Catholic Diocese are seeking a delay in the trial until the state Supreme Court rules whether the diocese must pay $1 million in punitive damages for not properly...
Pa. Department Adds Agent Search to Web Site
Sep 22 2004 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Diane Koken announced that the department’s web site has a new search feature for both consumers and insurance producers licensed in Pennsylvania. The new “licensed...
Pa. Gov. Reports Aid for 15 More Counties
Sep 22 2004 // Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell announced that President George W. Bush has approved the Governor’s request for federal Individual Assistance (IA) for Bedford, Bradford, Clarion, Clinton, Columbia, Fulton, Jefferson,...
