The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration is proposing $504,900 in fines against an eastern Pennsylvania coal mine operator for a miner’s death. Forty-five-year-old Robert Carey was killed on June 16, 2008, by falling rocks or coal inside Harmony Mine …
New Jeresy Gov. Jon Corzine has signed into law a bill that requires all drivers in the state to make reasonable efforts to remove ice and snow from their vehicles. The bill allows police to stop vehicles they believe pose …
Westbrook, Connecticut-based insurance broker Gowrie Group has named Christopher T. Brodeur as vice president in its commercial insurance division. Brodeur will work with business owners and executives throughout Connecticut, New England, New York and New Jersey to customize property and …
Virginia-based Elephant Insurance, a recently launched direct writer for auto insurance, plans to host a grand opening for its new offices tomorrow. The company, which is owned by UK-based Admiral Group, has invited business partners, state and local officials and …
A federal jury has awarded $200,000 to a newspaper publisher after deciding the Buchanan County School Board unconstitutionally banned him from school grounds. The jury in Abingdon, Virginia ruled Thursday after a three-day trial on a lawsuit filed by Earl …
Troy Markel has been named president of VFIS, a division of Glatfelter Insurance Group based in York Township, Pennsylvania Markel has almost 20 years of service with VFIS, starting in 1990 as a sales and marketing representative for VFIS Life …
FirstEnergy Corp. has agreed to continue improving pollution controls and monitoring to settle a federal lawsuit concerning a coal-fired power plant in western Pennsylvania. Environmental group PennFuture and nearby resident Ralph Hysong, of Raccoon Township, sued in 2007 claiming the …
A black New Haven, Connecticut firefighter has filed a federal lawsuit against the city over a promotion exam that was the subject of a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June. Firefighter Michael Briscoe alleges in a lawsuit filed Thursday …
The Central Delaware Chamber of Commerce said it will begin working with state insurance regulators to promote the insurance department’s workplace safety program to its nearly 900 members. The program represents a potential savings for some companies. Delaware state law …
An attorney representing the owner of a chimpanzee that mauled and blinded a woman is calling the attack a work-related incident and said her family’s case should be treated like a workers’ compensation claim. The strategy, if successful, would severely …
