Best Read New Jersey Headlines
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#1 Another Home Explosion in New Jersey Sends Five to Hospitals
Sep 25 2023 // WEST MILFORD, N.J. (AP) — Five people were transported to hospitals after an explosion at a New Jersey home on Friday night, police said. The house in West Milford was heavily damaged by the explosion around 9 p.m.,...
#2 New Jersey Supreme Court Weighs COVID-Related insurance Claims by Casino
Sep 29 2023 // New Jersey`s Supreme Court is expected to consider whether an Atlantic City casino can get payouts from business interruption insurance for losses during the COVID-19 outbreak, potentially providing guidance for...
#3 Insurance Broker in Menendez Corruption Case Allegedly Got Senator’s Help With Fraud Case
Sep 27 2023 // The defendants in the corruption case involving U.S. Senator Robert Menendez include a former New Jersey insurance broker who was convicted of premium fraud in 2011 and lost his insurance license. Jose Uribe allegedly got...
#4 J&J, Cancer Victims Ordered to Start Mediation in Bankruptcy
May 11 2023 // A federal judge ordered a new round of settlement talks between Johnson & Johnson and lawyers who spurned the company’s offer to pay $8.9 billion to end tens of thousands of cancer claims filed by people who used...
#5 MGM Denies Responsibility for ‘Fraudster’s’ Gambling Addiction
Jun 16 2023 // Gambling giant MGM Resorts International says it did nothing wrong in its dealings with a New York City man who accuses it of preying on his gambling addiction with repeated cash bonuses intended to keep him gambling. In...
#6 Jury Awards Ex-Starbucks Manager $25.6 Million Over Firing After Arrests of 2 Black Men
Jun 16 2023 // CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) – Jurors in federal court have awarded $25.6 million to a former Starbucks regional manager who alleged that she and other white employees were unfairly punished after the high-profile arrests of...
#7 Regulatory Battles In Personal Lines Ahead; Allstate May Drop Customers
Dec 8 2023 // Analysts from Standard & Poor’s predicted this week that while personal auto results are starting to stabilize, the continued push for rate in 2024 will set the stage for more faceoffs between regulators and...
#8 New Jersey Announces $393M Settlement With Manufacturer Over Forever Chemicals
Jun 29 2023 // Solvay Specialty Polymers USA, Inc., which bills itself as the industry leader in specialty polymers, has agreed to a settlement with New Jersey officials over cleanup and compensation for the discharge of so-called...
#9 Cargo Ship Fire in New Jersey That Killed 2 Is Extinguished After a Week
Jul 13 2023 // Crews extinguished the intensely burning fire aboard a cargo ship docked in New Jersey after nearly a week and are now beginning their investigation into the blaze that killed two firefighters, officials said...
#10 New Jersey Attorney General Opens Inquiry Into Fatal Crash Involving Nadine Menendez
Oct 10 2023 // The New Jersey attorney general’s office has opened an inquiry into how local law enforcement handled an investigation into a fatal car crash that involved the then-future wife of U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, according...
#11 New Jersey Allows Emergency Erosion Fixes in Defiant Town
May 22 2023 // New Jersey environmental officials will allow a shore town to carry out emergency repairs to its badly eroded beachfront, even as they continue a years-long fight with city officials over how best to protect the popular...
#12 Jury Should Decide ‘Borrowed Employee’ Liability, New Jersey High Court Affirms
Jun 6 2023 // The New Jersey Supreme Court has affirmed that whether an employer is vicariously liable under the borrowed-employee doctrine is a question of fact that should be decided by the jury, not the judge, unless the evidence is...
#13 Travelers Wins CGL v. E&O Battle in Insurance Agency Defamation Case
Dec 8 2023 // Travelers Casualty Insurance Co. did not owe a duty to defend or indemnify its insured, CBIZ Borden-Perlman Insurance Agency, Inc., in a tort action in which Republic, as another insurer of B-P, bore the litigation and...
#14 Judge Orders Camden Diocese to Rework Bankruptcy Plan After Insurers’ Complaints
Sep 1 2023 // The Catholic Diocese of Camden, New Jersey must rework its bankruptcy plan to better protect insurers from invalid and inflated sexual abuse claims and unreasonable attorneys’ fees. Citing some concerns raised by...
#15 New Jersey Casino Workers Light Up in State House to Protest Smoking in Workplace
Dec 18 2023 // With prospects for a smoking ban in Atlantic City`s casinos looking hazier than ever, workers who want smoking banned took matters into their own hands, lips and lungs Thursday. Members of the United Auto Workers union...
#16 Families Blame Faulty Vehicle for Ship Fire That Killed Two New Jersey Firefighters
Oct 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...
#17 New Jersey Supreme Court: Workers’ Compensation Covers Commuting Employee’s Car Crash Injury
Nov 27 2023 // Typically, workers who are injured during their commute to work aren’t eligible for workers’ compensation benefits. The New Jersey Supreme Court highlighted an exception to that rule in a unanimous decision...
#18 New Jersey Supreme Court Backs Catholic School in Firing of Unwed, Pregnant Teacher
Aug 15 2023 // The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a Roman Catholic school that fired a teacher who became pregnant out of wedlock. The high court found that where an employment decision is clearly based on the tenets of...
#19 Insurers Cheated Out of Millions in False Claims for Lost or Damaged Cell Phones
Sep 6 2023 // A Newark, New Jersey man has admitted that he conspired with others to defraud telephone providers and insurance companies out of millions of dollars by using stolen or fake identities to submit fraudulent claims for...
#20 GEICO Suit Alleges $1.8M in Fraudulent Billings by New Jersey Healthcare Providers
Jun 30 2023 // Insurer GEICO is suing to recover more than $1.8 million in allegedly fraudulent and unlawful no-fault insurance charges it says it has paid to several New Jersey health centers since 2018. The charges were for a range of...
