The family of a comatose cyclist is suing for $10 million the driver of the car that struck him in Maryland. Lawyers in the lawsuit filed Monday allege that 83-year-old Jeanette Marie Walke violated traffic laws on Feb. 26 when …
A former New York lawmaker will spend at least four years in prison following his conviction in a Hamptons insurance fraud case. George Guldi was sentenced in Suffolk County Court in Riverhead to three to nine years for grand larceny …
GenOn Northeast Management Co. is liable for fouling the Conemaugh River with metal discharges from a power plant in Indiana County since 2005, a federal magistrate has ruled, opening the door to a maximum civil penalty of more than $300 …
Agents in Pennsylvania will urge lawmakers today to pass legislation that would allow insurers to cover owners or partners of small businesses through a workers’ compensation policy. The legislation changes insurance laws in the state to allow coverage for sole …
Pennsylvania-based Keystone Insurers Group said it has added CSE Agency Inc. and CSE Financial Services Inc., of Virginia, as a franchise partner. CSE Agency and CSE Financial Services were established in 1994 following the merger of insurance agencies in the …
The fiancée of a victim of last August’s shooting rampage at a beer distributorship in Manchester, Connecticut is putting the state’s workers’ compensation benefits law to the test. Stephanie Laurin was engaged to William Ackerman, one of eight people killed …
Vermont lawmakers may ask the Shumlin administration to produce recommendations for reforming the medical malpractice system in the state with an eye to lowering health care costs. In debates over health care reform both at the state and federal level, …
Maryland lawmakers are weighing whether to prohibit insurers from using credit scores to rate auto policies — a move insurers say is a bad idea. The economic matters committee of the House of Delegates recently held an initial hearing on …
A former Long Island lawmaker faces up to 15 years in prison when he is sentenced today in a Hamptons fraud case. George Guldi was convicted last month of grand larceny and insurance fraud involving the reconstruction of his Westhampton …
A jury awarded a former shipyard employee $25 million Thursday in his lawsuit against Exxon for asbestos-related medical problems. The verdict, which followed a two-week Circuit Court trial, was one of the largest jury verdicts ever handed down in Virginia. …
