All the headlines from our Rhode Island Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 16 2008 // An illegal immigrant from Mexico has won $30,000 in a settlement with his former Rhode Island employer after accidentally injuring himself with a chain saw.Edgar Velasquez, who worked for a tree service company in Warwick,...
Jan 8 2008 // Narragansett Bay Insurance Co. in Rhode Island has sealed a deal to obtain $200 million from three private equity investors.The company said the equity will be used to grow the company’s homeowners business along the...
Jan 7 2008 // A judge last Friday refused to strike down a proposal from the state that calls for three former lead paint manufacturers to pay an estimated $2.4 billion to clean up roughly a quarter-million homes in Rhode Island.The...
Jan 4 2008 // Rhode Island Rep. Timothy Williamson will not face charges after leaving the scene of a minor car accident last month, an incident police have described as a hit-and-run.Williamson, a West Warwick Democrat and the town...
Dec 18 2007 // Lead paint companies are preparing to file their response to Rhode Island’s landmark $2.4 billion lead paint abatement plan.The companies have already asked a judge to strike down the entire proposal, but say they...
Dec 14 2007 // A hurricane barrier protecting downtown Providence, R.I. from floods caused by major storms needs about $20,000 in repair work.City Engineer William Bombard says a gear broke several months ago, so one of the massive doors...
Dec 13 2007 // Rhode Island’s highest court has upheld a state law that requires landlords to correct lead paint problems at their properties, rejecting a constitutional challenge brought because the law exempts small,...
Dec 2 2007 // Al Prudhomme isn’t sure exactly whom to blame for a 2003 nightclub fire that killed two of his band mates, about a dozen friends and 100 people total. But he figures there’s plenty of blame to go...
Nov 28 2007 // Rhode Island Hospital has been fined $50,000 and reprimanded by the state Department of Health after its third instance this year of a doctor performing brain surgery in the wrong side of a patient’s head.“We...
Nov 14 2007 // Paint firm Sherwin-Williams Co. has demanded more information about the state’s proposed $2.4 billion cleanup of properties contaminated with lead paint, saying the plan has too many unanswered...
Nov 6 2007 // Provider Insurance Group, headquartered in Needham, Mass., recently promoted William Darcey to chief operating officer. Prior to the promotion, he was senior vice president and sales manager. With 17 years of experience,...
Nov 2 2007 // Home Depot Inc. and a Connecticut insulation company have tentatively agreed to a $5 million settlement in lawsuits brought by survivors of a 2003 Rhode Island nightclub fire and relatives of the 100 people killed, a...
Oct 27 2007 // Industry urged to watch for emerging benzene, lead, welding rod tortsLarge pool of litigants, scientific evidence, plaintiff’s attorneys all cause for concern Actuaries need to be on the look out for emerging mass...
Oct 12 2007 // Former Rhode Island Governor Bruce Sundlun has settled a lawsuit filed by a British insurance market that claims he owes about $300,000.Lawyers for Sundlun and the Society of Lloyd’s, based in England, say...
Oct 10 2007 // Actuaries need to be on the look out for emerging mass tort claims related to benzene, lead paint, and welding rods, despite the fact that significant legal hurdles in these cases remain. The large pool of potential...
Sep 27 2007 // The Rhode Island state board responsible for overseeing Rhode Island’s fire code should update its own regulations and should seek change through the General Assembly only as a “last resort,” said Senate...
Sep 24 2007 // R.I. wants paint makers to pay $2.4 billionThree former makers of lead paint that lost a landmark Rhode Island lawsuit, including Cleveland-based Sherwin-Williams Co., would have to pay an estimated $2.4 billion to clean...
Sep 17 2007 // Three former makers of lead paint that lost a landmark Rhode Island lawsuit, including Cleveland-based Sherwin-Williams Co., would have to pay an estimated $2.4 billion to clean up hundreds of thousands of homes...
Sep 7 2007 // Several defendants being sued by relatives of the 100 people killed in a 2003 Rhode Island nightclub fire have tentatively agreed to a $13.5 million settlement, one of the lawyers for the families told The Associated Press...
Aug 21 2007 // The nation’s insurance commissioners hold too many closed door sessions when they get together for meetings, according to a Rhode Island state lawmaker active on insurance issues.In a letter this week to the National...