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Connecticut Gunmaker Faces Another Suit by Relatives of Colorado Shooting Victims

More relatives of people shot to death at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 are suing gun-maker Sturm, Ruger & Co. over how it marketed the firearm used in the massacre, adding to litigation first filed earlier this month against the …

Chocolate Factory Blast a Deadly Reminder of Combustion Risks

Last week’s fatal blast at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory highlighted the combustibility of food plants in general and chocolate making in particular. The powerful explosion at 75-year-old R.M. Palmer Co. – which makes chocolate eggs, bunnies, bars, coins and other …

New Hampshire Court Nixes Medical Monitoring Part of PFOA Class Action

In a case involving a class action brought by New Hampshire citizens against a Merrimack plastics plant over its release of toxic chemicals into the air and groundwater, the state’s high court has found that medical monitoring is neither a …

Wreckage Complicates Job of Investigators of Chocolate Factory Deadly Blast

Investigators looking for the cause of a deadly explosion that leveled part of a Pennsylvania chocolate factory faced an even more difficult task Monday as they combed through wreckage that was extensively picked apart and moved around during the intensive …

Internet Library’s Book Service Violated Copyright, Judge Rules

A federal judge has sided with four publishers who sued an online archive over its unauthorized scanning of millions of copyrighted works and offering them for free to the public. Judge John G. Koeltl of U.S. District Court in Manhattan …

Health Officials See No Sign of Contamination in Philadelphia’s Water After Spill

Philadelphia water officials say they are monitoring water quality closely and have seen no sign of contamination following a chemical spill into the Delaware River in a neighboring county. Bucks County health officials said Sunday that a leak late Friday …

World Insurance Acquires Finger Lakes Partners Insurance

National insurance broker World Insurance Associates has acquired the business of Finger Lakes Partners Insurance Services Inc. of Geneva, New York. Finger Lakes was formed in 2007 with the merger of Chacchia & Parrott and Henry Shepard Smith. In addition …

Geico Faces Class Action for Allegedly Underpaying Auto Claims

Geico General Insurance Co. must face a class action suit alleging that it has been underpaying benefits to its insureds injured in automobile accidents. U.S. District Court Judge Dora L. Irizarry in federal court in Eastern New York has certified …

Philadelphia Residents Warned About Chemical Plant Spill in Delaware River

Philadelphia residents are being told that they may want to drink only bottled water following a chemical spill into the Delaware River in neighboring Bucks County. Bucks County health officials said Sunday that a leak late Friday evening at the …

7 Bodies Recovered From Site of Pennsylvania Chocolate Factory Explosion

WEST READING, Pa. (AP) – All seven bodies have been recovered from the site of a powerful explosion at a chocolate factory in a small town in eastern Pennsylvania, officials said. West Reading Mayor Samantha Kaag said in a statement …

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