Mario Batali has agreed to settle two Massachusetts lawsuits that accused the celebrity chef of sexual assault, attorneys for the women said on Wednesday. The decision to settle the cases comes more than two months after the former Food Network …
A federal judge has overturned a jury’s decision imposing $500,000 in punitive damages against a former Delaware prison guard accused of sexually assaulting an inmate during a pat-down. The jury found in December that former Department of Correction Sgt. William …
A new lawsuit has exposed a deep rift between two of Paul Newman’s daughters and the late actor’s charitable foundation funded by profits from the Newman’s Own line of food and drink products. The daughters, Susan Kendall Newman and Nell …
Pennsylvania-based Erie Insurance has launched Erie Strategic Ventures to invest in innovations in risk avoidance, claims, underwriting, digital sales, agency productivity, and products and services for home, families and small businesses. Erie said the venture fund is stage and geography …
Global insurance broker Hub International reports it has acquired the assets of Winter Harbor Insurance Group. Located in Woburn, Massachusetts, Winter Harbor Insurance Group is an independent insurance agency providing commercial and personal insurance. Jimmy Aiken, president of Winter Harbor, …
Gasoline vapors ignited by spark during a gas tank replacement project on a boat was the likely cause of a major fire at a Massachusetts marina last week that destroyed buildings, vehicles and boats and sent one employee to the …
ROCHESTER, N.Y. —A Rochester couple who a Black firefighter accused of throwing a racist pool party this summer mocking the Juneteenth holiday said Tuesday that the party was intended to ridicule liberal politicians but wasn’t bigoted. The couple, dentist Nicholas …
A Maryland residential framing contractor – cited for 136 willful, repeat, serious and other violations in 20 workplace safety inspections since 2020 – continues to expose its workers to falls from elevation, the construction industry’s most lethal hazard, inspectors with …
Risk Strategies, a Boston-based national specialty insurance brokerage, has acquired Dickstein Associates Agency, a retail insurance agency located in Tinton Falls, New Jersey. Founded in 1965, Dickstein Associates provides risk management and property/casualty insurance coverages with a focus on real …
Boston-based specialty insurance broker One80 Intermediaries reports that it has acquired wholesaler broker Agentic Insurance of Radnor, Pennsylvania. Agentic is a privately owned specialty operation providing professional lines products including errors and omissions, management liability, cyber liability, media liability, allied …
