A Massachusetts jury has ordered Toys `R Us to pay more than $20 million to the family of a woman who was killed when an inflatable pool slide partially collapsed at a 2006 party. The Salem Superior Court verdict, returned …
A Massachusetts independent agents group said it is confident that banning auto insurers’ use of credit scores and other socioeconomic factors will become a state law in coming months. The Massachusetts Association of Insurance Agents (MAIA) said it is preparing …
Travelers, Fireman’s Fund and Electric Insurance are the latest insurers to reach a settlement with Massachusetts attorney general’s office over motorcycle insurance premiums. The three companies are accused of overcharging the state’s motorcycle owners and later this month, these insurers …
A Waltham, Mass., businessman who is alleged to have stolen nearly $10,000 with his insurance fraud and another $30,000 in a separate unemployment fraud scheme is scheduled to appear in court this week. In mid-August, John Toyias, age 45, was …
Tropical Storm Irene has generated an estimated 28,500 claims, totaling over $90 million in Massachusetts, according to latest estimates by the state’s insurance division. The totals include 4,800 claims of $15.6 million in western and central Massachusetts. In western and …
Even after settling what had been the last wrongful death lawsuit against the airlines over the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, the family of Mark Bavis warned that neither those companies, nor government regulators have done enough to prevent another, similar …
The Massachusetts attorney general’s office said the personal information of about two million Massachusetts residents, or about one out of every three people who live in the state, has been compromised through electronic data breaches in the past 20 months. …
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that charging filing fees to residents appealing traffic tickets does not violate equal protection. The Sept. 21 decision affirms the lower court’s ruling. The court said it is upholding filing fees for appealing traffic …
The last wrongful death lawsuit remaining from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks has been resolved with a settlement, according to an attorney for the family of a passenger on a plane that was flown by hijackers into the World Trade …
The family of a Taunton (Mass.) High School student injured running away from a teacher wearing a mask and wielding what appeared to be a chain saw for a Halloween prank is seeking up to $100,000 in compensation for medical …
