All the headlines from our Rhode Island Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 1 2009 // Police in Rhode Island can force motorists who are suspected of driving drunk and are involved in serious car crashes to submit to blood-alcohol testing under a new law. Police and state prosecutors are praising the law,...
Nov 15 2009 // Health officials are investigating how a surgeon at Rhode Island Hospital mistakenly operated on the wrong part of a patient’s hand, the hospital’s fifth wrong-site surgery since 2007.Hospital President Timothy...
Nov 15 2009 // New Yorkers: Put the BlackBerry away if you’re behind the wheel.New York’s law against texting-while-driving went into effect this month. The new law forbids the use of mobile devices for reading, typing and...
Nov 2 2009 // A proposal to ban Rhode Islanders from texting while driving is one step closer to becoming law.The state House of Representatives on Thursday approved legislation that would bar drivers from sending, writing or reading a...
Oct 30 2009 // Health officials are investigating how a surgeon at Rhode Island Hospital mistakenly operated on the wrong part of a patient’s hand, the hospital’s fifth wrong-site surgery since 2007.Hospital President Timothy...
Oct 14 2009 // Rhode Island spends more money on fire protection than any state in the country, according to a report released Tuesday by a business-backed financial watchdog group.The study released by the Rhode Island Public...
Oct 5 2009 // The family of a 7-year-old Rhode Island girl killed in a flash flood at a New Hampshire campground has sued its owners. Kaitlyn Ferra was vacationing with her parents, Brandon and Donna Ferra, and her brother at Ames Brook...
Sep 21 2009 // A Rhode Island company says the new headquarters it’s dedicating in Johnston will be one of the greenest buildings in the state. Property insurance company FM Global says it’s applied for special green...
Sep 11 2009 // Two Rhode Island insurance agencies have launched an affiliation group and are searching for potential partners, they said.Hunter Insurance and Loiselle Insurance Agency have created the Trusted Insurance Alliance (TIA) to...
Sep 7 2009 // Prices for workers’ compensation insurance in the United States declined in 2008 and, in general, that trend is likely to continue in throughout 2009, according to the National Council on Compensation Insurance...
Aug 13 2009 // Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Utah and Virginia do the best job handling workers’ compensation injuries, while Louisiana, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Texas and Wyoming perform the worst.That’s...
Jul 20 2009 // A Rhode Island court has ruled that a commercial general liability insurance policy held by the owners of the Station nightclub does not require the insurance company to defend them against criminal charges.The case arose...
Jul 8 2009 // A Rhode Island court has ruled that a commercial general liability insurance policy held by the owners of the Station nightclub does not require the insurance company to defend them against criminal charges.The case arose...
Jul 6 2009 // A new law could save homeowners money when a hurricane off the Atlantic coast churns up weather strong enough to damage homes in Rhode Island but never reaches the state.Legislation signed last month by Gov. Don Carcieri...
Jul 2 2009 // The Rhode Island Senate has declined to take up auto body legislation opposed by the insurance industry.The bill would have required consumers to have an independent appraisal for car repair work that exceeded $2,000. The...
Jul 2 2009 // All 14 hospitals in Rhode Island have agreed to adopt a uniform set of precautions to prevent surgeons from operating on the wrong body part or committing other grievous errors.Doctors and hospital officials said Tuesday...
Jun 24 2009 // Emmanuel Albaret has joined Manville, Rhode Island-based insurance agency, Hunter Insurance, Inc. as an account executive. Albaret specializes in commercial lines of insurance. He has seven years of experience in the...
Jun 19 2009 // A new law could save homeowners money when a hurricane off the Atlantic coast churns up weather strong enough to damage homes in Rhode Island but never reaches the state.Legislation signed last week by Gov. Don Carcieri...
Jun 19 2009 // A Rhode Island man has pleaded guilty to fraud and tax evasion charges involving the theft of furniture from The Hartford insurance company.Thirty-five-year-old Michael Young of Coventry, R.I., pleaded guilty Wednesday to...
Jun 9 2009 // Rhode Island is receiving $2.3 million in stimulus funds to protect towns against flooding. The state’s congressional delegation announced Thursday that the money will go toward projects in Cranston and West...