The suit is against a Massachusetts company that employed the driver accused of causing a collision that left seven dead in New Hampshire.
New England
Not asleep on the job? Lawyer’s sleep apnea claim rejected
The New Hampshire Supreme Court says a lawyer who blamed his professional misconduct on a sleep disorder was appropriately punished.
Costs, delays scuttle 124-mile Constitution Pipeline project
The nearly $1 billion pipeline project had been designed to take natural gas from Pennsylvania to New York and New England.
Case shows testing for impaired motorists has flaws
A wrongfully accused bus driver in Biddeford was an aberration, police say. But critics argue an unscientific drug recognition process is stacked against drivers.
Investigation finds sexual, physical abuse at Connecticut school for the deaf
Students say they were slapped and punched, forced to eat until they vomited and were confined in clothes hampers as punishment.
New Hampshire bay communities express doubts about EPA cleanup plan
Officials from communities around one of the largest estuaries in the Northeast are expressing concerns about the cost and effectiveness of a federal plan to reduce nitrogen in the watershed.
Maine man charged after accidentally shooting himself while showing off gun
The Washington County man is charged with 3 felony counts in Connecticut after wounding himself while visiting his sister.
The ‘Codfather’s’ boats, fishing permits will stay in Massachusetts
Carlos Rafael’s boats and fishing permits for cod and haddock will stay in New Bedford and not be spread around New England.
N.H. police chief stripped of duties disrobes, walks into storm
The police chief in a New Hampshire town took it literally when he was stripped of his duties.
MIT to caption online videos after discrimination lawsuit
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology agrees in a court settlement to make its website and online educational videos more accessible to people who are deaf and hard of hearing.