Latest Delaware Headlines

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Delaware Court Says Insurance Doesn’t Cover Attacker in School Fight

Jan 31 2020 // Delaware’s Supreme Court has overturned a judge’s ruling that an insurance company must extend liability coverage to a teenager who was convicted of criminally negligent homicide after a school bathroom attack...

Delaware Insurance Commissioner Appointed Chair of NAIC Antifraud Task Force

Jan 21 2020 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro was appointed chair of the National Association of Insurance Commissioner’s Antifraud Task Force.Commissioner Navarro previously served as vice-chair of the committee...

DuPont Asks Delaware Judge to Toss Chemours Environmental Liabilities Suit

Dec 23 2019 // The DuPont Co. is asking a Delaware judge to dismiss a lawsuit claiming that it massively downplayed the cost of environmental liabilities that Chemours would be saddled with when DuPont spun off its former performance...

Delaware Attorney General Loses Appeal Bid in Opioid Lawsuit

Dec 17 2019 // The state Supreme Court has refused a request by Delaware’s attorney general to review a judge’s decision dismissing Walgreens as a defendant in Delaware’s lawsuit against the drug industry over the...

U.S. Supreme Court to Decide on Delaware Appointing Judges Based on Political Party

Dec 9 2019 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether the state of Delaware’s system of requiring ideologically balanced courts is lawful.The nine justices will hear the state’s appeal of an April ruling by...

Delaware Loses Bid for High Court Review of Opioid Suit Ruling

Dec 6 2019 // A judge who dismissed Walgreens as a defendant in Delaware’s lawsuit against the drug industry over the opioid crisis has denied the government’s request to certify an appeal to Delaware’s Supreme...

Shareholder Suit Claims Boeing Board Liable in 737 MAX Problems

Nov 19 2019 // A shareholder lawsuit filed on Monday accused Boeing Co.’s board of doing nothing to investigate the safety of the 737 MAX until the fast-selling plane suffered a second deadly crash in five months.The lawsuit is the...

Ex-DuPont CEO Backtracks, Says Chemours Liabilities ‘Uncapped’

Nov 15 2019 // DuPont de Nemours Inc.’s ex-top executive is backtracking on claims the chemical maker never intended to saddle its spinoff Chemours Co. with “unlimited exposure” for liabilities.Ellen Kullman, who...

Relation Insurance Services Acquires Delaware’s S.T. Good Insurance

Nov 6 2019 // Relation Insurance Services, a privately owned insurance brokerage that offers property and casualty, risk management, employee benefits and TPA-consulting services through its family of brands across the U.S., has...

Lawsuit Accuses Delaware Insurance Officials of Racism, Sexism

Nov 4 2019 // A federal lawsuit has accused top Delaware insurance department officials of workplace sexual and racial harassment.The Delaware News Journal reports an insurance department employee announced the suit Wednesday accusing...

Delaware Insurance Department Officials Accused of Racial, Sexual Harassment

Nov 1 2019 // A federal lawsuit has accused top Delaware insurance department officials of workplace sexual and racial harassment.The Delaware News Journal reports an insurance department employee announced the suit Wednesday accusing...

Ex-DuPont CEO Claims No Intent to Burden Chemours with Unlimited Liabilities

Oct 24 2019 // DuPont de Nemours Inc. never intended to saddle its spinoff Chemours Co. with “unlimited exposure” to its liabilities, DuPont’s former chief executive officer said, sending Chemours stock up sharply.Ellen...

Workers’ Compensation Rates in Delaware Decrease for Third Year in a Row

Oct 15 2019 // Delaware is set to see a decrease in workers’ compensation insurance rates for the third year in a row, effective December 1, 2019.“I am delighted to approve a decrease in workers’ compensation rates in...

Delaware Woman Indicted for Insurance Fraud Following Motor Vehicle Accident

Sep 19 2019 // A Delaware woman has been indicted by a Sussex County Grand Jury for two counts of insurance fraud and one count of identity theft following an investigation by the Delaware Department of Insurance Fraud Prevention...

Delaware Attorney General Targets Sackler Family in Opioid Lawsuit

Sep 11 2019 // Delaware’s attorney general is suing members of the family that controls OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, accusing them of consumer fraud, negligence and creating a public nuisance.Monday’s court filing follows...

Insurance Agents & Brokers Announces New Directors, Officers

Sep 4 2019 // September marks a new administrative year for the Insurance Agents & Brokers (IA&B) Service Group and its partnership of agents’ associations in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware.The following independent...

Delaware Judge Says Jury Should Decide Fatal Fire Case

Aug 30 2019 // A federal lawsuit over an arson fire that killed three firefighters can proceed against the city of Wilmington and its former mayor and fire chief.The Delaware News Journal reports Judge Mary Pat Thynge dismissed some...

OSHA Fines Contractors in Death of Delaware Port Worker

Aug 15 2019 // Federal safety regulators have cited two contractors following the death of a worker at Delaware’s port of Wilmington earlier this year.The Occupational Safety and Health Administration says Enerfab Process Solutions...

Delaware Officials to Update Public on Aftermath of Gas Leak

Aug 14 2019 // Delaware environmental officials are updating residents about actions taken by a chemical plant owner since a gas leak last year temporarily closed the Delaware Memorial Bridge on one of the busiest travel days of the...

Delaware Woman Indicted for $16K of Fraudulent Insurance Claims

Aug 12 2019 // A Wilmington, Del., woman was indicted by the New Castle County Grand Jury for insurance fraud and other felony charges.Theresa T. Milton was indicted on seven felony counts of insurance fraud, one felony count of theft by...