Insurance
New York City Transit Halts Service Alerts on Twitter After Suspension
Shortly after midnight last Thursday, several New York City subway trains slowed to a crawl as emergency crews tended to a person discovered on the tracks in Manhattan. The delays were flagged for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s rail control center, …
Read More Court Upholds Denial of Widow’s COVID-19 Workers’ Compensation Death Claim
The widow of a man who died from COVID-19 has been denied workers’ compensation benefits because she failed to prove that the death was work-related. The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York on May 1 upheld the …
Read More Virginia Workers’ Compensation Review Panel Clarifies COVID-19 Presumption
Virginia’s statutory presumption that a COVID-19 disability of a first responder is work-related, which went into effect July 1, 2020, does not require that the employee be diagnosed with COVID-19 on or after that date, a state review panel has …
Read More Mississippi River Continues to Rise in Iowa, Illinois
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) – People living along the Mississippi River watched warily Sunday as water levels rose in southeast Iowa and northwest Illinois, awaiting spring crests as floodwaters began to slowly recede and reveal damage in areas further north. The …
Read More Washington Commissioner Confirms He Will Not Seek Reelection
Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler sent an email to agency staff on Monday confirming that he will not seek reelection. The nation’s longest currently serving commissioner has for some time said he was unlikely to run for office again. “Serving …
Read More Tornado Hits Virginia Beach; As Many as 100 Homes Could be Damaged
The Virginia Beach community in southeastern Virginia was hit by a tornado on Sunday, April 30, just minutes before 6:00 pm. City Manager Patrick Duhaney declared a state of emergency. Officials said there were no reported injuries but the tornado …
Read More Former Business Partners of McClenny Moseley File 2nd Lawsuit
A company that provided hurricane-damage estimates to embattled McClenny Moseley & Associates says in a lawsuit filed Thursday that the law firm owes it nearly $10 million. Those unpaid invoices allegedly owed to Global Estimating Services come on top of …
Read More Court Ends Challenge to 2021 Gulf Oil and Gas Lease Sale
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A lawsuit by environmentalists seeking to block the 2021 sale of Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leases auctioned off by the federal government was rejected by a federal appeals court in Washington. Energy companies including …
Read More EEOC Sues Michigan Hospital for Religious Discrimination
Mercy Health St. Mary’s, a Grand Rapids hospital and member of the Trinity Health system, violated federal law when it failed to provide a religious accommodation to an applicant and declined to hire him because of his religious beliefs, the …
Read More Wrongfully Convicted Kansas Man to Receive $7.5M Payment
OSKALOOSA, Kan. (AP) – A Kansas man who spent 16 years in prison for a rape and murder he didn’t commit will receive $7.5 million from the county where he was arrested and convicted of the crime. Jefferson County commissioners …
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