A neighbor says star chef and New York City restaurateur David Bouley’s trash is really bugging him. W. Robert Curtis says in a lawsuit that a Bouley eatery’s food storage and garbage are subjecting the building next door to insects, …
A former TV news staffer’s pioneering lawsuit over bedbug bites she received at her office has been thrown out by a judge who said workers can’t necessarily hold their employers’ landlords responsible for injuries on the job. Jane Clark’s lawyer …
The chief judge of Delaware’s Chancery Court, whose rulings in cases involving Walt Disney Co, Hewlett Packard Co. and eBay Inc. made him one of the most powerful arbiters of U.S. business disputes, has announced plans to step down. William …
Property owners in Virginia have submitted hundreds of claims to insurers for damage caused by recent tornadoes. The Virginian-Pilot reports that State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. received about 400 claims by Wednesday morning. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. received 130 …
Federal authorities say they’ve broken up an identity theft ring involving two bank tellers and an insurance company employee. Justice Department officials tell WPVI-TV that 16 people face charges in the operation that targeted at least a hundred people over …
A former president of the North Providence town council has agreed to plead guilty to charges in an insurance fraud scheme involving a local radio host. Prosecutors say Robert Ricci conspired with another former North Providence councilman, John Zambarano, insurance …
Pennsylvania-based insurer Harleysville said severe winter storms over the last few months will hurt its first quarter profits. “We experienced unusually severe winter weather throughout much of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, especially in New England and New York,” said CEO …
Virginia insurance regulators have implemented a telephone translation service that will allow consumers who speak little or no English to ask questions or make complaints about insurers or coverage. Approximately 2.7 percent of Virginia’s population — more than 180,000 people …
A claims rep for Nationwide in New York has been arrested for stealing $44,900 that should have been paid to a policyholder whose home burned down. State police arrested Scott E. Wood, of Liverpool, earlier this month. Fraud investigators say …
Prosecutors in Philadelphia say an auto body repair business used a forklift fitted with car bumpers as part of large-scale insurance fraud scheme involving a police officer and seven insurance appraisers. Authorities charged 11 people Tuesday with offenses ranging from …
