All the headlines from our Pennsylvania Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 1 2006 // A judge awarded $3.5 million in damages to a businessman and one of his companies in a defamation lawsuit against The Citizens’ Voice, a newspaper in Wilkes-Barre.Thomas A. Joseph alleged he and his business...
Oct 30 2006 // Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell has signed a bill to continue state subsidies for a fifth straight year to help tens of thousands of physicians and other health care specialists pay their medical malpractice insurance...
Oct 23 2006 // Pennsylvania is trying to convince the nation’s top financial services and insurance companies to establish backup operations in the state so that markets can recover quickly in the event of another terror strike on...
Oct 23 2006 // State makes pitch to be Wall Street’sbackup location 6 Making Hartford shine againConn. sees talent pool giving it edge incompetition for insurance jobs8 Mass. weighs jail time for workplace safety violatorsState may...
Oct 19 2006 // The Insurance Agents and Brokers of Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland announced its new board members for the upcoming 2006-07 term at its annual board meeting in Baltimore.In addition to appointing board members to...
Oct 16 2006 // Newtown, PA – ProLawyer Insurance, LLC is pleased to announce their Managing General Agent appointment with an A.M. Best “A” (Excellent) rated carrier for Lawyers Professional Liability in Delaware,...
Oct 9 2006 // Searching for ways to improve road safety without breaking the bank, state transportation officials in the U.S. have found inspiration in ideas being implemneted abroad.Low-cost devices increasingly popping up on...
Oct 9 2006 // liability award lawLaw will not be reinstated as they hoped 8 Bad buying habits in N.H.Audit blasts state insurance purchasing and risk management10 Oh, deer it’s that seasonOne insurer is bucking trend of deer...
Oct 9 2006 // Searching for ways to improve road safety without breaking the bank, state transportation officials in the U.S. have found inspiration in ideas being implemneted abroad.Low-cost devices increasingly popping up on...
Oct 5 2006 // Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware and New Jersey have agreed to share the costs of a $500,000 study to examine the effects of operational changes at major reservoirs throughout the entire Delaware River basin.The state will...
Oct 3 2006 // Valley Forge National Historical Park officials are exploring ways to clean up asbestos from beneath the ground where George Washington and his troops camped and trained during the winter of 1777-1778.The chemicals,...
Oct 3 2006 // A contractor faces $63,000 in federal workplace safety fines for an accident in which a subcontractor’s employee was decapitated by an elevator.The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposed the...
Oct 2 2006 // The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has rejected an effort by two high-ranking Republican lawmakers to revive a business-friendly law that would have altered how civil lawsuit awards are paid.In a one-sentence order released on...
Sep 27 2006 // New York City has agreed to periodically lower the water level in three of its upstate reservoirs in an attempt to ease flooding along the Delaware River, according to environmental officials.By leaving the reservoirs...
Sep 25 2006 // $18 to $106The premium range that lower income single adults will pay a month for health care under a plan approved by the Massachusetts board drafting regulations for the state’s new health care law. Under the plan,...
Sep 10 2006 // A Pennsylvania roofing company faces federal workplace safety fines of $102,000 following the death of an employee who was electrocuted when his scaffold came into contact with a power line.Zeke & Son Roofing and...
Sep 8 2006 // The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has issued notices of violation to the owners of 46 high-hazard dams that are operating without emergency action plans.Dams classified as high-hazard — meaning...
Sep 7 2006 // New York City’s thirst for drinking water is clashing with Anthony Harlacher’s desire not to be flooded.Harlacher, who has endured three major floods in two years, is spending tens of thousands of dollars to...
Sep 5 2006 // The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by Erie Insurance Exchange of a judge’s order to pay $3.07 million to a customer who alleged that her claim was mishandled.In a January 2002 case, Luzerne County...
Sep 4 2006 // Insurance agents and insurers in Pennsylvania were breathing a sigh of relief following a court ruling that says agents do not have a duty to inspect all properties before binding or renewing flood insurance coverage.Had...