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Pennsylvania Law Assures Medical Expense Coverage for Injured Unlicensed Driver

An unlicensed driver exclusion in a Pennsylvania auto insurance policy does not apply to allow an insurer to deny statutorily mandated first party medical expense benefits, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled. The appeals court found that the exclusion does …

Pennsylvania Law Assures Medical Expense Coverage for Injured Unlicensed Driver

An unlicensed driver exclusion in a Pennsylvania auto insurance policy does not apply to allow an insurer to deny statutorily mandated first party medical expense benefits, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled. The appeals court found that the exclusion does …

Probe: Doomed Philadelphia News Helicopter Hit Trees Fast, Broke Up

HAMONG, N.J. (AP) — A Philadelphia television news helicopter returning from an assignment photographing Christmas lights earlier this week plunged into a southern New Jersey forest “at very high speed,” broke apart, then caught fire after it crashed, killing both …

Truck Carrying Gas Hits Railroad Bridge and Explodes as a Train Passes Overhead

GLENVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A tractor-trailer loaded with what authorities believe were gas containers slammed into the bottom of an overhead railroad bridge in upstate New York and exploded Thursday night as a freight train was traveling on the tracks …

Wegman’s Has Right to Question Injured Worker’s Doctor, Rules New York’s High Court

Wegman’s Food Markets was wrongly denied an opportunity to cross-examine an injured employee’s doctor, the New York Court of Appeals has ruled, overturning rulings by a workers’ compensation law judge, the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board and a lower …

Maine Governor Tells Residents to Stay Off the Roads as Some Rivers Continue Rising After Storm

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A river that runs through Maine`s capital city has risen to levels not seen in decades in the aftermath of a heavy storm, and the state`s governor urged people in heavily impacted areas to avoid travel …

Did Water that Pooled on Roof Cause ‘Flood’ Damage? Mass. High Court Asked to Decide

A federal appellate court is asking Massachusetts’ top court to decide whether an insurance policy sublimit for damage caused by “surface waters” applies to damage from water that pooled on a parapet roof and second-floor courtyard during a rainstorm. The …

Major Cleanup Underway After Storm Batters Northeastern US, Knocks out Power and Floods Roads

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Utility crews worked Tuesday to restore power to hundreds of thousands of customers in Maine and some rivers continued to rise following a powerful storm that hit the northeastern U.S., drenching communities and bringing windspeeds over …

Storm Batters Northeastern US, Knocking Out Power, Grounding Flights and Flooding Roads

NEW YORK (AP) — A storm barreled up the East Coast on Monday, flooding roads and downing trees in the Northeast, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands, and forcing flight cancelations and school closures. More than 5 inches (13 …

Judge Blocks Chubb Exit From New York Diocese’s Thousands of Child Sex Abuse Suits

A New York judge has ruled that the “plain language” of Chubb Insurance policies dictates that the insurer must cover the Archdiocese of New York parishes and schools as they contend with thousands of sex abuse lawsuits. Chubb has balked …

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