Several women who claim they were sexually abused by disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein are pleading with a US judge to reject an $18.9 million settlement with the former entertainment mogul, fearing that the deal would prevent the defendants’ insurers from making bigger payouts.
Think the risk of your home filling up with floodwater, magnified these days by climate change, is only an issue near the coasts and rivers? New research detailing nearly every corner of the U.S. shows otherwise.
Eight states (Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina) have introduced legislation that would require specified business interruption policies to cover claims for small businesses based on coronavirus for the duration of the public health emergency, even in the face of a specific virus exclusion.
A storm is rising, and it isn’t the type which causes damage to homes and vehicles. It causes damage of a much more insidious nature. Following a storm or other natural disaster, canvassers hired by the “hail cartel”—lawyers or opportunistic general contractors—can be found blanketing a neighborhood and knocking on doors.
The New York Workers’ Compensation Alliance is calling on the state government to guarantee that workers’ compensation will include COVID-19 workplace exposure for all workers.
If you felt a disturbance in the force this morning, you weren’t alone. Early this a.m., an allegedly stolen Gemballa Mirage GT was used to smash into several parked cars in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of New York City before finally coming to a crumpled halt just past the Javits center.
Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) said Wednesday it is now recalling 3.2 million vehicles worldwide to address a fuel pump issue that could result in engines stalling.
New York’s financial regulator on Wednesday filed civil charges accusing the National Rifle Association of offering insurance to its members without a license and concealing how it routinely kept some of their premiums for itself.
Flooding along the St. Regis River in Brasher Falls. Trailers inundated at a campground. No one’s quite sure what’s next. Camping trailers flooded, bound in ice — and with no way out.
The Upper West Side turned into the Under Water Side after a busted water main Monday flooded streets around Lincoln Center, inundating nearby subway tracks and building basements. The flooding began when a city water main erupted between W. 62nd and 63rd Streets along Broadway just before 5 a.m., officials said.
A new report highlights the worst local courts and states for abuses of the civil justice system, with the Top 10 Judicial Hellholes filled with widespread civil lawsuits, legislative loopholes that create more ways for lawyers to sue, and judges who allow junk science into evidence in trials.
A recently installed wind turbine came crashing down in a New York City neighborhood, causing a chain reaction on Monday. As the turbine in the Bronx partially collapsed, it smashed into an adjacent three-sided illuminated billboard, causing that also to break apart and come tumbling down to the street and cars below.
As New York City’s Department of Buildings continues its investigation into the death of a woman who was struck and killed by falling debris near Times Square, scaffolding has been erected to prevent anymore tragedies.
Exxon Mobil Corp on Tuesday scored a win in a closely-watched case after a judge ruled that the company did not hide the true cost of climate change regulation from investors.
A blocked sewer main flooded basements Saturday with brown filth and left residents in the neighborhood near New York City’s Kennedy Airport feeling sickened by the stench.
