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Massachusetts Hospital Lacked Workplace Violence Protections, OSHA Judge Finds

A federal administrative law judge has determined that the manager of Fuller Hospital in Attleboro, Massachusetts exposed employees to workplace violence without adequate protections in 2019, particularly at times when hospital staffing was low. The ruling follows an inspection by …

New York’s Yellow Cab Drivers Can’t Sue City Over Uber, Lyft Impact on License Values

New York’s top state court on Thursday threw out claims by yellow cab operators that New York City diminished the value of their taxi licenses by failing to rein in app-based competitors like Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc. The …

Maine Is Latest State to Make To-Go Cocktails Permanent

Maine’s pandemic rule allowing to-go cocktails is going to be sticking around. Democratic Gov. Janet Mills has signed into law a bill to make booze- to-go from restaurants and bars permanent, joining more then a dozen states that allow carry-out …

Family of Crash Victim Settles With Basketball Coach, Syracuse University

The family of a man who was fatally struck by a vehicle driven by former Syracuse University basketball coach Jim Boeheim in 2019 has agreed to settle a lawsuit against Boeheim and the university, according to court documents. Boeheim and …

Virginia School: Workers’ Comp Bars $40M Suit by Teacher Shot by 6-Year Old

The Newport News public school board says the $40 million lawsuit filed against it by the teacher who was shot by a six-year old is barred by the state’s workers’ compensation law that is the exclusive remedy for workplace injuries. …

New York Lawyers, Doctor Sentenced in $31 Million Trip-and-Fall Insurance Fraud

A New York surgeon and two lawyers are the latest professionals to be sentenced for their roles in a massive massive trip-and-fall fraud scheme between 2013 and 2018 that exploited some of the most vulnerable citizens of the New York …

Pennsylvania High Court Addresses When Stacked Coverage Waiver Is Not Needed

The removal of a vehicle from a multiple motor vehicle insurance policy, in which stacked coverage had previously been waived, does not require a renewed express waiver of stacked coverage under Pennsylvania’s Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law. The Pennsylvania Supreme …

Massachusetts High Court Opens 27,000 Drunk Driving Cases to Reconsideration

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that 27,000 people who pled guilty or were convicted of drunk driving from June 1, 2011 to April 18, 2019, are entitled to have their cases reconsidered due to the state police lab’s …

Driver Charged in Fatal Apple Store Crash Pleads Not Guilty

The driver of an SUV that crashed into a Massachusetts Apple store, killing one man and injuring nearly two dozen other people, was traveling as fast as 60 miles per hour (96 kilometers per hour) in the seconds before the …

How Former Columnist’s Civil Lawsuit Alleging Sex Assault by Trump Reached Court

As Donald Trump ran for and served as president, over a dozen women publicly accused him of sexual assault and harassment. Most of those claims – all denied by Trump – were never taken to court. None has gone to …

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