All the headlines from our Pennsylvania Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 11 2007 // 9 – IL,IN,IA,KS,KY,MI,MN,MO,WI4 – AZ,CA,IL,NV 11 – AK,AZ,CA,CO,MS,NV,OR,TN,TX,UT,WA29 – AL,AZ,CA,CO,CT,DC,FL,GA,HI,IL,IN,KY,MD,MA,MI,MN,MS,MO,NV,NJ,NY,NC,OH,OR,PA,TN,TX,VA,WA7 –...
Feb 5 2007 // Massachusetts officials have given the green light to the redomestication of Harleysville Worcester Insurance Co. to Pennsylvania. The company is a subsidiary of Pennsylvania-based Harleysville Insurance Group, whose...
Feb 2 2007 // A Pittsburgh suburb’s former insurance carrier paid $100,000 to an ex-pizzeria owner who sued the municipality after being subdued by police with a stun gun in 2005.Mount Lebanon police used a 50,000-volt Taser on...
Feb 2 2007 // A white supremacist group asked a panel of federal judges Tuesday to throw out the city of York, Pennsylvania’s public-assembly ordinance, saying it violates the right to free-speech by putting an unfair burden on...
Jan 31 2007 // A couple who contended that a hormone-replacement drug caused the woman’s breast cancer was awarded $1.5 million (euro1.16 million) this week in a jury verdict in Philadelphia against drug maker Wyeth.The jury also...
Jan 30 2007 // Pennsylvania coal industry regulators have revoked the operating permit of a coal mine where a worker died in an explosion three months ago, alleging that a cover-up of a similar 2004 blast might have contributed to the...
Jan 22 2007 // Great American Insurance Group has a new insurance program that features property and liability coverages for education organizations that its Specialty Human Services Division will market in Pennsylvania exclusively...
Jan 17 2007 // A Pennsylvania maternity-clothing retailer has agreed to pay $375,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging it refused to hire qualified applicants because they were pregnant — and then fired an assistant manager who complained...
Jan 12 2007 // Fifty-five new hydrants will help fight fires faster and may lower insurance rates for New Hope, Pa. residents, officials said. Fifteen of the 55 hydrants are already operating and 40 more are expected to be turned on by...
Jan 8 2007 // The clues were everywhere. A young woman lay dead in a burned church camp cabin in East Stroudsburg, Pa., while her father survived. Most of the lessons taught to budding fire investigators stood out at the scene. The...
Jan 8 2007 // Studies have chipped away at old fire science for years but many prosecutions are still based on discredited methodsThe clues were everywhere. A young woman lay dead in a burned cabin at a church camp in East Stroudsburg,...
Jan 7 2007 // The clues were everywhere. A young woman lay dead in a burned cabin at a church camp in East Stroudsburg, Pa., while her father survived.Most of the lessons taught to budding fire investigators stood out at the scene. The...
Jan 7 2007 // The clues were everywhere. A young woman lay dead in a burned church camp cabin in East Stroudsburg, Pa., while her father survived. Most of the lessons taught to budding fire investigators stood out at the scene. The...
Jan 5 2007 // Imagine public adjustor being caught red-handed on an insurance agent’s digital camera causing damage to a home that was supposedly a result of a storm. This scenario involves just one of the criminals highlighted on...
Dec 29 2006 // Thousands of Pennsylvania doctors may be eligible to join a lawsuit over a Blue Cross health plan’s reimbursement rates after a federal judge granted the plaintiffs class-action status.The suit charges that Keystone...
Dec 25 2006 // Studies have chipped away at old fire science for years but many prosecutions are still based on discredited methodsThe clues were everywhere. A young woman lay dead in a burned cabin at a church camp in East Stroudsburg,...
Dec 25 2006 // Pennsylvania should get out of the medical malpractice insurance business and return the medical malpractice market to the private sector as soon as possible, according to a recent report.Insurance Commissioner Diane Koken...
Dec 25 2006 // Studies have chipped away at old fire science for years but many prosecutions are still based on discredited methodsThe clues were everywhere. A young woman lay dead in a burned cabin at a church camp in East Stroudsburg,...
Dec 24 2006 // Report recommends phase-out of Pennsylvania med-mal subsidiesPennsylvania should get out of the medical malpractice insurance business and return the medical malpractice market to the private sector as soon as possible,...
Dec 24 2006 // The clues were everywhere. A young woman lay dead in a burned cabin at a church camp in East Stroudsburg, Pa., while her father survived.Most of the lessons taught to budding fire investigators stood out at the scene. The...