Walsh Construction Co. and Melo’s Rodbusters, Inc. have agreed to pay $1.24 million collectively to resolve False Claims Act allegations that they participated in a fraudulent scheme to take advantage of the federal Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program in connection …
Massachusetts workers’ compensation rates will fall an average 10.2% starting July 1, a considerably bigger reduction than the industry recommended. Insurance Commissioner Gary Anderson signed off on the cut that will save employers an estimated $130 million after the attorney …
Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has released his agency’s report documenting a long history of widespread child sex abuse and systemic cover-up by clergy and others associated with the Archdiocese of Baltimore. The redacted Report on Child Sexual Abuse …
Two workers were killed in a construction accident at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on Monday, officials said. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs the airport, said the two workers got trapped under …
Media giant Time Inc. has been denied insurance to help cover its $4.98 million settlement of two class actions that accused the publisher of misleading consumers about automatic renewals of magazine subscriptions. The U.S. District Court in Manhattan has granted …
A lawsuit against the University of Delaware over its campus shutdown and halting of in-person classes because of coronavirus can proceed as a class action on behalf of thousands of students who were enrolled and paid tuition in spring 2020, …
National specialty insurance broker Risk Strategies has acquired May, Bonee & Clark Insurance, a Connecticut-based business and personal insurance, employee benefits and risk management firm. The firm also offers securities and investment advisory services. Formed through the merger of May, …
A first-grade Virginia teacher who was shot and seriously wounded by her 6-year-old student filed a lawsuit Monday seeking $40 million in damages from school officials, accusing them of gross negligence for allegedly ignoring multiple warnings on the day of …
Insurer Chubb has been accused of “lowballing” offers in the settlement of an employee class action that the owner of a popular New England grocery chain was motivated to close out due to fears that further discovery might reveal damaging …
AXIS Appoints Watt as Chief Claims Officer AXIS Capital Holdings Limited has hired Megan Watt as chief claims officer, effective April 17. Watt will be responsible for the overall management and direction of the claims department across the company’s global …
