October 17, 2023
Stuart Anderson, who played linebacker for the National Football League’s Washington Redskins (now known as the Washington Commanders) in the mid-1980s, has lost his bid to collect workers’ compensation medical benefits. Anderson filed clams in 2018 and 2019 seeking benefits …
October 16, 2023
David Goyco says he was like a bicyclist when he was injured while riding his low-speed electric scooter and hit by a car. Thus, he contends, he is entitled to personal injury protection (PIP) benefits from his auto insurer, Progressive …
October 13, 2023
Changes in the availability of medical services during the pandemic was one of the drivers of Delaware workers’ compensation claims costs in 2020 and 2021. A new study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) found that total costs per …
October 12, 2023
ROCKLAND, Maine (AP) — A woman killed when a mast snapped and toppled onto the deck of a historic sailing vessel that carries tourists off the Maine coast was a physician at the hospital where three other victims were taken …
October 10, 2023
The families of two New Jersey firefighters who were killed battling a July blaze inside a cargo ship said Friday a malfunctioning vehicle being used to load cargo onto the ship caused the fire. Relatives of Newark firefighters Captains Augusto …
October 6, 2023
Erie Insurance Co. is taking its tiff with the Maryland insurance commissioner over the handling of discriminatory practices findings to federal appeals court. The insurer maintains that the Maryland Insurance Administration has not afforded it adequate opportunity to respond to …
October 6, 2023
HOLLSOPPLE, Pa. (AP) — A mining company employee was crushed to death in an accident involving a shuttle car in a western Pennsylvania mine, authorities said. LCT Energy said in a statement that the man became trapped between the car …
October 5, 2023
TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — A Jersey Shore town where childhood cancer cases rose is trying to overturn a settlement between the state and the corporate successor to the company that dumped toxic waste into the water and ground for …
October 5, 2023
The judge overseeing the Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre bankruptcy has denied a request by the committee representing sexual abuse claimants for permission to sue the church’s insurers, calling the filing a “hopeless” exercise. The committee is protesting that the …
October 4, 2023
For the second time in less than a month the Canadian Maritimes and the US New England region are facing the risk of another tropical threat. Tropical Storm Philippe, which has spent the last week and half meandering through the …