All the headlines from our New York Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 23 2022 // State Farm Fire & Casualty is trying to get Amazon to reimburse it for a payment it made to cover damages to the home of one of its New York insureds. State Farm and its insured claim that the damage was caused by a...
Aug 22 2022 // Federal investigators haven’t been able to determine why a prominent personal injury attorney lost control of his plane and crashed in 2020, killing him and a passenger.The crash near Corfu, about 15 miles (24...
Aug 19 2022 // LIBERTY, N.Y. — A fire consumed a building at the site of the long-closed Grossinger’s resort, once among the most storied and glamorous hotels in New York’s Catskills.In its heyday after World War II,...
Aug 17 2022 // The virus that causes polio has been found in New York City’s wastewater in another sign that the disease, which hadn’t been seen in the U.S. in a decade, is quietly spreading among unvaccinated people, health...
Aug 17 2022 // Satellite Agency Network Group, Inc. (SAN) reported that Foursurance Agency of Clifton Park, New York has joined the alliance. Foursurance is a full-service insurance agency specializing in auto, home, life, business and...
Aug 16 2022 // Clearly, Admiral Insurance Co. did not want to assume any risk in the New York City area.The insurance policy Admiral issued to Richfield Window Coverings excluded coverage “in any way connected with”...
Aug 15 2022 // Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants taxpayers to foot his legal bills as he defends himself against a workplace sexual harassment claim — and he’s suing the state’s attorney general over it.Cuomo filed...
Aug 12 2022 // The New York State Insurance Fund reported that it returned more than $550 million over the past year to businesses through its workers’ compensation safety discounts and dividends programs.The state agency provides...
Aug 10 2022 // A laborer who fell and was injured after he stood on an inverted bucket to reach a cable has nobody to blame but himself under New York law.The worker, Angel Morales, did not need to use a bucket, ladder or any device to...
Aug 3 2022 // Robinhood Crypto will pay a $30 million penalty to New York State for “significant failures” in its anti-money laundering obligations and cybersecurity compliance, according to the state’s financial...
Jul 29 2022 // A disbarred New York lawyer was sentenced yesterday to 36 months in prison for defrauding investors in his now bankrupt litigation finance firm called Cash4Cases.According to the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of...
Jul 28 2022 // A title insurer and its agency have agreed to pay $1.25 million in penalties for engaging in “no-poach” agreements with their competitors in likely violation of New York State labor laws.According to New York...
Jul 26 2022 // New York State is beginning a $30 million shared services program designed to assist counties with cybersecurity for government systems across the state, including tools to protect against ransomware attacks.In the initial...
Jul 20 2022 // The family of a construction worker who died from mesothelioma after exposure to asbestos-containing joint compound has been awarded $15 million by a New York jury.The $15 million verdict came against Kaiser Gypsum on...
Jul 18 2022 // A man who was exonerated last year in the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X has filed a $40 million lawsuit against New York City for the two decades he spent in prison for a notorious crime he did not commit.Lawyers for...
Jul 18 2022 // New York’s attorney general says Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. lied to evade accountability for helping fuel the state’s opioid crisis, and should be restored to litigation where the Israeli...
Jul 15 2022 // New York City residents are accustomed to warnings about all kinds of potential threats — severe weather, public health, mass shootings.But a new public service announcement on surviving a nuclear attack has rattled some...
Jul 14 2022 // A federal lawsuit challenging part of New York’s new gun law was filed by Republican congressional candidate Carl Paladino, one of multiple legal challenges expected against state handgun licensing rules approved...
Jul 13 2022 // Amazon worker Gerald Bryson had hand-counted thousands of items in his warehouse’s inventory over three days when his manager showed him a “Supportive Feedback Document.”Bryson had made 22 errors, the...
Jul 11 2022 // New York’s attorney general on Monday said Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. lied to evade accountability for helping fuel the state’s opioid crisis, and should be restored to litigation where the Israeli...