A judge has denied an attempt by Newark’s school district to throw out a lawsuit stemming from the murders of three college-bound students in a schoolyard in 2007. Wednesday’s ruling means the suit against the district can move forward. The …
A New York hospital worker and her spouse have filed a lawsuit, saying spousal health benefits were denied to the same-sex couple. The lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court in Manhattan sought past and future health care benefits and a …
An Erie, Pennsylvania, man has pleaded guilty and been sentenced for heading a fraud ring that staged auto accidents to collect about $37,000 from insurance companies. The Erie Times-News reports 38-year-old Edgar Rodriguez was sentenced to six to 23 months …
Renaissance Alliance Insurance Services (RAIS), a New England-based network of specialty services for independent insurance agencies, added five new member agencies.The new member agencies are: MHA Insurance Agency of Burlington, Mass., a subsidiary of the Massachusetts Hospital Association; Southeast Agency …
Only about one-third of the more than $79 million available from a federal foreclosure prevention program in Rhode Island has been spent to help struggling homeowners, officials said this week.Rhode Island Housing, the quasi-public agency that administers the Hardest Hit …
A Maryland man who was suspected in the presumed death of his traveling companion in Aruba is suing to collect on a travel insurance policy issued in the woman’s name. Gary Giordano says in a lawsuit that AMEX Assurance Company …
Connecticut Light & Power struck back Monday at Attorney General George Jepsen, who asked state regulators to punish the state’s largest utility for its response to two storms last year. In a filing with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, the …
The state Appellate Court says a ski area in New Hartford isn’t liable for an accident in 2006 that paralyzed a 15-year-old boy. The Republican-American of Waterbury reports that the Appellate Court this week upheld a jury verdict in favor …
Pawtucket, R.I.-based Narragansett Bay Insurance Company has named Todd Hart as the new chief executive officer after a national search. Narragansett Bay founder Nick Steffey, who has stepped down from the CEO role, will continue as executive chairman.As the new …
A former Greenfield, Massachusetts, attorney was convicted Monday in connection with stealing over $186,000 from an elderly couple he represented in a personal injury settlement involving an auto accident, according to state officials. Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley’s office said …
