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Massachusetts Family’s 9/11 Lawsuit Blames Logan Airport Security

The family of a Massachusetts man killed in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks says newly released court documents show security problems at Boston’s airport the day of attacks are to blame for the man’s death. The documents were filed …

Lawyers Immune to Ex-NFL Player’s Fraud Suit, Connecticut Court Rules

A state appeals court in Connecticut has ruled that ex-NFL player and investment firm founder Bob Simms can’t sue his ex-wife’s lawyers for fraud during a long-running divorce and alimony case, saying they’re protected by a centuries-old doctrine called absolute …

Halisky Joins RLA in Mid-Atlantic

RLA Insurance Intermediaries has named Tim Halisky president of RLA Mid-Atlantic. Halisky — who most recently served as vice president of sales and marketing for K&B Underwriters — will spearhead the opening of RLA’s Washington D.C. area office along with …

Boating Deaths in New Jersey Rise in 2010

Coast Guard figures show New Jersey bucked a national trend of record low recreational boating deaths in 2010. Eight people died in boating accidents in the Garden State last year, two more than in 2009. There have been no deaths …

New Chief Judge of Delaware Chancery Court Confirmed

Leo Strine was confirmed Wednesday as the first new chief judge in 14 years on Delaware’s Chancery Court, which has overseen some of the biggest corporate legal battles of the past 30 years. The state’s senate confirmed Strine to replace …

Virginia County to Charge for Ambulance Trips

Virginia’s Prince William County plans to begin charging health insurance companies for ambulance trips. On July 1, the county will start billing insurance companies when a patient is taken to the hospital by its emergency medical services. The county will …

Grise Joins The Keating Group

Massachusetts-based broker The Keating Group (tKg) has appointed John M. Grise vice president of professional liability. Grise, based in Southborough, will lead tKg’s professional liability team in the New England region. He joins tKg from a regional wholesaler where he …

Court Says Suit Can Proceed over WTC Tower Collapse

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey can be sued for negligence over the collapse of a World Trade Center building in the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001, a U.S. appeals court ruled Tuesday. The agency is one …

New York Mets: We Didn’t Shop for Madoff Ponzi Insurance

Owners of the New York Mets pro baseball team rejected allegations in a $1 billion lawsuit that they once shopped for fraud insurance to insulate themselves from Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff. Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz, principals at Sterling Equities, …

New Jersey Man Charged with Trying to Sink His Own Boat

A New Jersey fishing boat owner is charged in a botched attempt to sink his vessel to collect insurance money. A federal indictment unsealed Wednesday charges 38-year-old Scott Tran of Cherry Hill, and three other men. Authorities say Tran wanted …

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