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New York Surgeon Gets 36 Months in Jail for Role in $31 Million Trip-and-Fall Scam

A New York-licensed pain management doctor has been sentenced to 36 months in prison for his participation in a scheme to obtain fraudulent insurance reimbursements and other compensation from fraudulent trip-and-fall accidents. Damian Williams, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District …

Pennsylvania School District Sues Norfolk Southern Over Ohio Train Derailment

A Pennsylvania school district serving students in two counties is suing the Norfolk Southern Railway over the railway’s February 3 toxic train derailment in nearby East Palestine, Ohio. The complaint filed by Blackhawk School District accuses the railway of negligence …

Fire Destroys 5 Beachfront Homes in Boston Suburb

SCITUATE, Mass. (AP) – A massive fire has destroyed five homes and damaged three others in a beachfront neighborhood in Scituate. The fire broke out Friday night near Minot Beach. No injuries have been reported. The American Red Cross of …

Eight Injured in Chocolate Factory Blast in Pennsylvania

WEST READING, Pa. (AP) – Firefighters battled a blaze in Pennsylvania Friday after an explosion at a chocolate factory injured eight people and sent a plume of black smoke into the air above West Reading. Berks County fire crews remained …

6 Workers Killed in Work Zone Crash on Baltimore Beltway

Six people were killed when a passenger vehicle pulled into a work zone along the Baltimore beltway and struck construction workers there, Maryland State Police said Wednesday. Troopers responded to the work zone on northbound Interstate 695 at Security Boulevard …

Connecticut Lawmakers Weigh Lifting Surplus Lines Renewal Rule

Connecticut’s Insurance and Real Estate Committee has advanced a surplus lines insurance measure that the industry says would lift an unnecessary administrative burden but the state insurance regulator believes would unnecessarily lessen consumer protections. The bill would relieve surplus lines …

Fox News, Dominion Argue Over Legal Standards to Prove Defamation

WILMINGTON, Del. – Lawyers for Fox News and a voting machine company tangled Wednesday over the high bar to prove defamation in a $1.6 billion lawsuit that has embarrassed the conservative network over its airing of false claims related to …

Motorcycle Rally Organizers Lose Bid for Coverage for Auto Accident

A three-judge panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a district court ruling that Berkshire Hathaway’s Covington Specialty Insurance Co. had no duty to indemnify its insureds against personal injury claims stemming from an auto accident at …

Alleged Bias Against Women Costs Maryland Staffing Agency $2.6M in Default Judgment

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) reported it has obtained a default judgment in U.S. District Court in its sex discrimination lawsuit against Green JobWorks. The EEOC filed a lawsuit in 2021 against the staffing agency that is located in …

TikTok, Transit Agencies Face Wrongful Death Suit Over New York Teenager’s Death

Chinese company ByteDance and its popular social media platform TikTok are facing a wrongful death suit in New York over the 2022 death of a teenager. The suit alleges that TikTok sent thousands of unsolicited suicidal videos to 16 year-old …

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