Cleanup Begins After Freight Train Derailment, Fire in Maine April 18, 2023 SANDWICH ACADEMY GRANT TOWNSHIP, Maine (AP) — Railway owner Canadian Pacific Kansas City is leading cleanup and track repairs following... Read More
Freight Train Engines, Cars Derail and Catch Fire in Maine April 17, 2023 By Michael Casey Several cars on a freight train derailed and caught fire early Saturday in rural Maine, officials and the train operator... Read More
Massive New Jersey Pine Barrens Fire Now Fully Contained April 14, 2023 MANCHESTER, N.J. (AP) — A fire that tore through 6 square miles (15 square kilometers) of New Jersey’s Pine Barrens... Read More
Big Flames, Raining Embers in New Jersey Pine Barrens Fire April 13, 2023 MANCHESTER, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey wildfire tore through 3,800 acres in the state’s pine barrens, raining down embers... Read More
Supermarkets to Pay $800,000 in Overtime Violation Case April 12, 2023 BOSTON (AP) — A Boston-area supermarket chain will pay $800,000 to settle allegations that it violated state labor laws by... Read More
Suit: Chocolate Factory Ignored Warning Before Deadly Blast April 12, 2023 By Michael Rubinkam A Pennsylvania candy-maker ignored warnings of a gas leak at its chocolate factory and bears responsibility for a subsequent explosion... Read More
Md. Lawmakers Pass Bill to Repeal Time Limit on Child Sex Abuse Claims April 11, 2023 By Insurance Journal staff Maryland lawmakers have passed a bill to end the state’s statute limiting when civil lawsuits over child sex abuse can... Read More
Editor's Picks 2nd Circuit: Evidence Insufficient to Support Insurer’s Subrogation Suit April 10, 2023 By Jim Sams Circumstantial evidence suggesting a fire that damaged four buildings in the Queens neighborhood of New York City was caused by... Read More
University Facing Class-Action over COVID Campus Lockdown April 4, 2023 By Randall Chase DOVER, Del. (AP) — A federal judge has granted class-action status in a lawsuit in which current and former students... Read More
Teacher Shot by 6-Year-Old Student Files $40 Million Lawsuit April 4, 2023 By Denise Lavoie RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A first-grade Virginia teacher who was shot and seriously wounded by her 6-year-old student filed a... Read More