Latest Rhode Island Headlines
All the headlines from our Rhode Island Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New Markets
Apr 21 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Liquor Liability Coverage Nuts &...
New Markets
Apr 7 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Liquor Liability with Assault and...
Speaker Maker, Bus Companies Reach R.I. Club Fire Settlements
Apr 1 2008 // A speaker maker and two bus companies have agreed to pay a combined $1.3 million in tentative settlements stemming from a 2003 fire at a Rhode Island nightclub that killed 100 people, according to court papers filed last...
New Markets
Mar 24 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Contractors Nuts & Bolts: Lemac &...
R.I. Responds to Lead Paint Makers’ Appeal of Clean Up Verdict
Mar 18 2008 // Lawyers for the state are asking Rhode Island’s Supreme Court to uphold a two-year-old jury verdict against three former lead paint manufacturers. The state was expected to file court papers this week in response to...
2008 State Rankings: Sinners and Saints Among Tort Systems
Mar 14 2008 // Florida ranks the worst in terms of tort costs and litigation risks, while North Dakota ranks the best. In a separate ranking, Colorado has the best tort laws on its books, while Rhode Island has the worst. The free-market...
R.I. Weighs Tracking System for Medical Mistakes
Mar 10 2008 // Lawmakers in Rhode Island have proposed creating a system that would track medical errors by Ocean State doctors. The proposal comes after several well-publicized errors last year in which doctors operated on the wrong...
New Markets
Mar 10 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Blanket Accident Insurance Nuts &...
Parents of R.I. ATV Crash Victim Urge Tougher Safety, Liability Laws
Mar 9 2008 // The parents of a Coventry, Rhode Island woman who died in an ATV crash are calling for tougher state laws governing the vehicles. Ashley Phelps died in June when the all-terrain vehicle she was a passenger on struck some...
Artwork Stolen from Mass. Home in 1976 Resurfaces in R.I. Court
Mar 4 2008 // Three paintings stolen more than 30 years ago are now the subject of a court fight after turning up in the home of a prominent Rhode Islander. The paintings, valued at about $1 million, were taken during a violent home...
After Brain Surgery Mistakes, R.I. Lawmakers Propose Tracking System
Feb 27 2008 // Rhode Island lawmakers are proposing a system to investigate and track medical mistakes and so-called “near misses” after brain surgeons at Rhode Island Hospital operated on the wrong side of patients’...
R.I. Display Case Firm Fined 3 Times for Worker Injuries
Feb 19 2008 // A display case manufacturer has reached three settlement agreements with the federal government over workplace injuries since 2002. Federal Occupational Safety & Health Administration records show Packaging Concepts...
Fires Exhaust R.I. Red Cross Relief
Feb 6 2008 // A series of fires in Rhode Island has exhausted the state Red Cross’ fund for emergency assistance. CEO John Holt says the agency helped 247 people in December and January, compared with 133 people during the same...
TV Station Agrees to $30M Settlement with R.I. Nightclub Fire Victims
Feb 4 2008 // A Rhode Island TV station and a cameraman accused of getting in the way of people fleeing the nightclub fire that killed 100 people have reached a tentative $30 million settlement with survivors and victims’...
R.I. Beacon Mutual Whistleblower Moves On
Jan 27 2008 // Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri has named Sandra Powell as interim director of the state Department of Labor and Training. Powell — who spent 19 years at the department in workforce development programs — replaces...
R.I. Labor Chief, Beacon Mutual Whistleblower, Moves On
Jan 16 2008 // Rhode Island Governor Don Carcieri has named Sandra Powell as interim director of the state Department of Labor and Training. Powell replaces Adelita Orefice, who had run the department since 2004. Powell has spent 19...
Deported Illegal Immigrant Returns To R.I. for $30K Injury Settlement
Jan 16 2008 // An illegal immigrant from Mexico has won $30,000 in a settlement with his former Rhode Island employer after accidentally injuring himself with a chain saw. Edgar Velasquez, who worked for a tree service company in...
R.I.’s Narragansett Bay Insurance to Use $200M Funding to Expand in East
Jan 8 2008 // Narragansett Bay Insurance Co. in Rhode Island has sealed a deal to obtain $200 million from three private equity investors. The company said the equity will be used to grow the company’s homeowners business along...
Judge Dismisses Bid to Throw Out $2.4B R.I. Lead Paint Cleanup Plan
Jan 7 2008 // A judge last Friday refused to strike down a proposal from the state that calls for three former lead paint manufacturers to pay an estimated $2.4 billion to clean up roughly a quarter-million homes in Rhode Island. The...
No Charges for R.I. Lawmaker Who Left Scene of Minor Accident
Jan 4 2008 // Rhode Island Rep. Timothy Williamson will not face charges after leaving the scene of a minor car accident last month, an incident police have described as a hit-and-run. Williamson, a West Warwick Democrat and the town...
