All the headlines from our Rhode Island Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 15 2011 // Rhode Island lawmakers are reviewing legislation creating a single statewide standard to address cyberbullying in schools.The policy would offer procedures for teachers and administrators to use when responding to bullying...
Apr 14 2011 // A Newport County Superior Court jury yesterday found the state of Rhode Island is not liable in the personal injury case of a man who became a quadriplegic after he fell from Newport’s famed Cliff Walk while on his...
Apr 8 2011 // A New York man who became a quadriplegic after he fell from the Cliff Walk in Newport, Rhode Island on his honeymoon has settled with the city for an undisclosed sum, but the trial in his lawsuit against the state...
Apr 7 2011 // A proposal to extend some of the rights of marriage to same-sex couples and others who can’t legally marry, such as siblings, is winning little support amid Rhode Island’s debate over legalizing gay...
Apr 6 2011 // A Massachusetts woman is suing a Rhode Island bakery alleging that its pastries gave her son salmonella.Attorneys for Erin Carrera filed the lawsuit Monday against DeFusco’s Bakery in Johnston. Carrera, of Rehoboth,...
Apr 4 2011 // Fifty-six people have fallen ill with suspected cases of salmonella amid an outbreak that may be linked to a Rhode Island bakery. That’s up from 39 people as of three days ago.The Rhode Island Department of Health...
Apr 4 2011 // Budget-strapped Rhode Island is considering a new way to raise money: Force insurers to buy official driving reports from the state, at $20 a driver.The move — part of a budget amendment that would alter laws surrounding...
Mar 25 2011 // Budget-strapped Rhode Island is considering a new way to raise money: Force insurers to buy official driving reports from the state, at $20 a driver.The move — part of a budget amendment that would alter laws surrounding...
Mar 25 2011 // A Rhode Island Superior Court judge has ruled that the town of Johnston does not have to pay $4.3 million in damages awarded to a girl who says she was bullied and beaten by a police detective’s daughter and two...
Mar 17 2011 // Authorities say they are investigating the death of a worker at a North Kingstown company.Police say the 26-year-old man was moving equipment at Composite Rigging Co. on Tuesday when a cable snapped and hit him in the...
Mar 11 2011 // Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin said he opposed a 3.9 percent workers’ comp rate hike being sought by the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) for the state. NCCI’s calculations...
Mar 3 2011 // A former North Providence town councilman has pleaded guilty to corruption charges, admitting he solicited tens of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for votes to approve zoning changes as well as his role in an...
Feb 14 2011 // The father of a Rhode Island motorcyclist who was killed in May by a driver running a red light has sued his insurance company. The Westerly Sun reports that Richard “Robin” Foote’s lawsuit challenges a...
Feb 7 2011 // OneBeacon Technology Insurance appointed Mary Fisk-Bieker as vice president and central and eastern territories underwriting manager. She brings more than 25 years of insurance experience to OneBeacon, 23 years of which...
Feb 1 2011 // GreenWood International Insurance Services, Inc (GWI) is has chosen Cook & Co. of Marshfield, Mass. to provide claim and distribution support for police and fire injured on duty policies within the Massachusetts and...
Jan 26 2011 // Rhode Island-based Gencorp Insurance Group has appointed Robert Bikash to oversee the company’s financial and administrative planning. Bikash most recently served as finance director and business manager of a...
Jan 19 2011 // A bill filed by a Rhode Island lawmaker would require landscapers to register with the state and carry at least $100,000 in public liability and property damage insurance.The bill was sponsored last week by state Sen. John...
Dec 23 2010 // New York-based USI Holdings has closed on its acquisition of Mastors & Servant Risk Services, a Rhode Island-based brokerage that specializes in commercial property/casualty, bonds and employee benefits insurance for...
Dec 14 2010 // An analysis finds some Rhode Island drivers are moving unnoticed through the system and staying behind the wheel despite multiple violations. The Providence Journal reports Sunday that some drivers’ lengthy records...
Dec 5 2010 // Four people pleaded not guilty last month in U.S. District Court in an alleged scheme to rip off an insurance company of nearly $50,000, including a former North Providence town councilman facing corruption charges in a...