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Geico $4.5M Insurance Fraud Suit Seeks Documents From New York City Mayoral Aide

New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s chief of staff, Frank Carone, was subpoenaed for documents in a $4.5 million federal civil racketeering lawsuit over alleged fraudulent insurance charges. The subpoena to Carone, who is not a defendant in the suit …

Town Not Liable in Drowning of Handcuffed Teen, Says Delaware Court

A federal appeals court has upheld a judge’s ruling that police in a small southern Delaware town had no constitutional duty to rescue a teenager who drowned after he was handcuffed and tried to escape. The court on Monday rejected …

Maine Diocese Deems Abuse Allegations Against 2 Priests Credible

Complaints alleging that two priests sexually abused children in the 1950s and 1970s have been deemed credible by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland. One of the complaints focused on Renald Hallee, who served in Bangor and Fort Kent, who’s …

Hilb Group Acquires New York’s Malvaso Agency

The Hilb Group reports it has acquired the Mark E. Malvaso Agency, building upon the company’s presence throughout New York state. The transaction became effective January 1, 2022. Based in Elbridge, New York, the Mark E. Malvaso Agency specializes in …

Family’s Wrongful Death Suit Alleges Disability, Rights Violations by Delaware City, Police

The family of a Delaware man who was fatally shot by local police two years ago while he was armed with a knife has sued the city and officers that fired at him, seeking monetary damages. The wrongful death lawsuit, …

Rhode Island Bus Service Says Data Breach Affected 22,000

A data breach at the state agency that operates Rhode Island’s public bus service compromised the personal information of about 22,000 people, significantly higher than the previously announced number of 17,000, officials said at a legislative hearing. The Rhode Island …

World Insurance Associates Buys Connecticut’s Sumner & Sumner

New Jersey-based broker World Insurance Associates reports it has acquired Sumner & Sumner, Inc., an Insurance agency in Willimantic, Connecticut. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Sumner & Sumner began in 1851 as the A.W. Jillson Insurance Agency. The …

Vermont State Police Releases List of 11 Internal Investigations

The latest summary of internal investigations against Vermont State Police troopers listed 11 cases that led to the resignation of two troopers, the retirement of a third, and in other cases found that no violations took place. The document released …

Man Injured in 2019 New Hampshire Motorcycle Crash Sues Massachusetts Registry

A Massachusetts man severely injured in a 2019 crash in New Hampshire that killed seven members of his motorcycle club has filed a lawsuit against the Massachusetts Registrar of Motor Vehicles for allegedly failing to suspend the driver’s license of …

Investigators to Review ‘Entire History’ of Pittsburgh Bridge That Collapsed

Federal investigators on Saturday vowed to put a collapsed bridge in a Pittsburgh park “under a microscope” as they examine evidence, including video from a municipal bus that plummeted along the span, prompting rescuers to rappel down a ravine and …

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