Latest Pennsylvania Headlines
All the headlines from our Pennsylvania Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Pa. Medical Malpractice Insurer Files for 11% Rate Cut
Aug 27 2007 // Medical malpractice insurer PMSLIC Insurance Co. has filed for an overall 11 percent rate reduction in Pennsylvania. If approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Insurance, the revised rates will go into effect Jan. 1,...
Surgeons Got Off on Wrong Foot, Claims Pa. Patient
Aug 26 2007 // Doctors performed surgery on the wrong foot of a Pennsylvania man who wanted to have a bunion and hammer toe corrected, according to a lawsuit. Terry Fortson, 60, of McKeesport, said doctors at the Veterans Affairs...
Pa. Man Charged in Fatal Mercer County Hotel Arson
Aug 22 2007 // A man who just finished nearly two years in prison for an Ohio burglary was charged with burglarizing a Pennsylvania hotel and setting a fire that killed a man staying there. Michael Watson, 42, was arraigned Monday, Aug....
Pa. Judge Charged in Alleged Insurance Scam Suspended
Aug 21 2007 // Pennsylvania’s highest court last Friday suspended Superior Court Judge Michael T. Joyce, who was indicted earlier this week on federal charges of cheating two insurance companies out of $440,000. The state Supreme...
Pa. Judge Suspended Over Insurance Fraud Charges to Retire
Aug 21 2007 // Suspended Superior Court Judge Michael T. Joyce pleaded not guilty Monday to federal charges of mail fraud and money laundering, but abandoned his re-election campaign and said he plans to retire when his term expires in...
Pa. Judge Faces Fraud Indictment Relating to Car Accident Claim
Aug 17 2007 // A Pennsylvania Superior Court judge collected insurance money after claiming a car accident made him unable to exercise or play golf, but then played golf, went inline skating and received his pilot’s license,...
Pa. Town Seeks Insurance Rules to Keeps Kids, Guests On Firetrucks
Aug 7 2007 // Firefighters in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania are trying to figure out a way to allow children and relatives of firefighters back onto firetrucks during parades and other events despite the threat of higher insurance rates. Two...
Pa. says now’s not the time to reduce state’s medical malpractice coverage participation
Aug 6 2007 // There is not evidence of sufficient market capacity at the current time to mandate an increase in primary medical malpractice insurance limits in Pennsylvania, Deputy Insurance Commissioner Randy Rohrbaugh has ruled. He...
Pa. says now’s not the time to reduce state’s medical malpractice coverage participation
Aug 6 2007 // There is not evidence of sufficient market capacity at the current time to mandate an increase in primary medical malpractice insurance limits in Pennsylvania, Deputy Insurance Commissioner Randy Rohrbaugh has ruled. He...
Commercial Lines Leaders
Aug 6 2007 // About the Commercial Lines Leaders: The Commercial Lines Leaders in this special feature are taken from Insurance Journal’s Top 100 Property Casualty Independent Agencies as reported in April. This list utilizes only...
Pa. Roofing Firm Pleads Guilty in Electrocution of Worker
Aug 3 2007 // A Pennsylvania roofing company pleaded guilty to violating a federal workplace safety regulation in the case of a worker who was electrocuted as his scaffold came into contact with a power line. A representative of Zeke...
Pa. Man a Real Lightning Rod
Jul 31 2007 // Lightning can strike twice. Just ask Pennsylvania resident Don Frick. Frick said he survived his second lightning strike last Friday — 27 years to the day of his first — and emerged a bit shaken with only a burned...
Pa. Decides Now Not Time to Reduce State’s Medical Malpractice Coverage
Jul 23 2007 // There is not evidence of sufficient market capacity at the current time to mandate an increase in primary medical malpractice insurance limits in Pennsylvania, Deputy Insurance Commissioner Randy Rohrbaugh has ruled. He...
Pa. therapist not liable for patient’s car crash
Jul 23 2007 // A psychiatrist cannot be sued for a car crash caused by a patient, a Pennsylvania appeals court ruled. The Superior Court ruling upholds a decision written by a Blair County judge dismissing the lawsuit filed by Matthew...
PA. BILL LIMITS FARM OWNERS’ LIABILITY FOR HUNTING ACCIDENTS
Jul 23 2007 // A bill limiting Pennsylvania farmers’ liability for hunting accidents on their properties has flown through the House and Senate and been sent to Gov. Edward Rendell for signing. The measure was backed by...
Pa. bad faith claim costs $20 million
Jul 23 2007 // An insurer has agreed to pay $20 million in what is believed to be the state’s richest settlement of a bad faith claim. According to the plaintiff’s attorney, Robert Mongeluzzi of Saltz Mongeluzzi Barrett...
Pa. bill limits farm owners’ liability for hunting accidents
Jul 23 2007 // A bill limiting Pennsylvania farmers’ liability for hunting accidents on their properties has flown through the House and Senate and been sent to Gov. Edward Rendell for signing. The measure was backed by...
Declarations
Jul 23 2007 // ‘Unfunded’ mandate “Here in New Hampshire, we pride ourselves on being frugal, and here in New Hampshire, we pride ourselves on respecting the privacy of our neighbors. We are not about to be coerced into...
Oregon’s Ario tapped to be Pennsylvania commissioner
Jul 23 2007 // Oregon’s Department of Consumer & Business Services announced that Insurance Administrator Joel Ario will be leaving the Beaver State to become Pennsylvania’s insurance commissioner. As the insurance...
Bankruptcy and D&O Claims Settlements
Jul 23 2007 // Ever since “entity coverage” became a part of the standard directors’ and officers’ policy, bankruptcy courts have wrestled with the question of whether D&O policy proceeds are property of the...
