Did Water that Pooled on Roof Cause ‘Flood’ Damage? Mass. High Court Asked to Decide December 21, 2023 A federal appellate court is asking Massachusetts’ top court to decide whether an insurance policy sublimit for damage caused by... Read More
Major Cleanup Underway After Storm Batters Northeastern US, Knocks out Power and Floods Roads December 20, 2023 By Patrick Whittle, Lisa Rathke and Kathy Mccormack PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Utility crews worked Tuesday to restore power to hundreds of thousands of customers in Maine and... Read More
Storm Batters Northeastern US, Knocking Out Power, Grounding Flights and Flooding Roads December 19, 2023 NEW YORK (AP) — A storm barreled up the East Coast on Monday, flooding roads and downing trees in the... Read More
Judge Blocks Chubb Exit From New York Diocese’s Thousands of Child Sex Abuse Suits December 19, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson A New York judge has ruled that the “plain language” of Chubb Insurance policies dictates that the insurer must cover... Read More
‘Blockbuster’ Storm Knocks Out Electricity From New York to Virginia December 18, 2023 By Brian K. Sullivan A “blockbuster” storm tearing up the East Coast that has already knocked out power to more than 500,000 customers and... Read More
Aimed at Safety, Atlantic City Road Narrowing Accelerates Fears of Worse Traffic in Gambling Resort December 15, 2023 By Wayne Parry ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Even with two lanes in each direction, the main road through Atlantic City can be... Read More
No Victims Found in Huge Debris Pile After Corner of Bronx Apartment Building Collapses December 13, 2023 By Joseph B. Frederick, Jennifer Peltz and Jake Offenhartz NEW YORK (AP) — Firefighters said they didn`t find anybody trapped in an enormous mound of rubble Monday after a... Read More
New York Law Bars Subrogation by Lloyd’s in LaGuardia Project, Appeals Court Affirms December 13, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson A federal appeals court has declared that New York law prevents Lloyd’s from recovering some loss payments from Zurich American... Read More
Maryland’s Workers’ Compensation Bars Non-Dependent Child’s Wrongful Death Claim December 12, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson A non-dependent adult child whose father died on the job does not have a right to bring a wrongful death... Read More
West Virginia Appeals Court Reverses $7 Million Jury Award in Ford Lawsuit December 11, 2023 CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An appeals court in West Virginia on Friday reversed a $7 million award in a product... Read More