Latest New Jersey Headlines
All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Volkswagen Wants 350 Diesel Fraud Claims Consolidated
Oct 26 2015 // Volkswagen AG is maneuvering to steer hundreds of class-action lawsuits over its emissions-cheating software to the court nearest its current U.S. headquarters or to Detroit, its former location. The automaker asked a...
4 N.J. Residents Charged With Staging Car Crash, Seeking Insurance Payouts
Oct 19 2015 // A Union County, New Jersey, man and three others were indicted on Oct. 14 for allegedly orchestrating a staged auto accident in Paterson, New Jersey, in 2012 and later seeking more than $48,000 in medical payouts from his...
J&J Win in First Trial Against Tylenol Skirts Defective Design Claim
Oct 19 2015 // Johnson & Johnson defeated a lawsuit claiming it had improperly designed its Tylenol pain reliever in the first case to go to trial over the link between the widely used over-the-counter drug and liver damage,...
Study: Flood Risk Rising for New York City, New Jersey Coast
Oct 19 2015 // A new study looking back over 1,000 years finds the flooding risk along the New York and New Jersey coasts increased greatly after industrialization, and major storms that once might have occurred every 500 years could...
Audit: FEMA Should Recover $3.2M for Sandy Boardwalk Repair in N.J. Town
Oct 14 2015 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency should recover nearly half of the $7 million grant it gave to a New Jersey shore town to fix its boardwalk after it was damaged by Superstorm Sandy, a government audit found. Spring...
Corporate Synergies in New Jersey Announces 2 Appointments
Oct 9 2015 // Corporate Synergies, a property/casualty brokerage and employee benefits consulting firm based in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, hired Liisa Granfors-Hunt as director of account management. In her new role, Granfors-Hunt will...
N.J. Court: Doctors Don’t Have to Disclose They Lack Malpractice Insurance
Oct 2 2015 // The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that doctors don’t have to tell patients whether they have malpractice insurance for surgeries they’re recommending. The Record reports the unanimous ruling made Tuesday...
Update: Category 4 Joaquin, After Pounding Bahamas, May Bypass East Coast
Oct 2 2015 // While forecasters haven’t ruled out a U.S. East Coast strike by the Category 4 hurricane pounding the Bahamas with heavy rains and raging surf, more projections are showing Joaquin will miss, the National Hurricane...
Study: Flood Risk on Rise for New York City, New Jersey Coast
Sep 30 2015 // A new study looking back over 1,000 years finds the flooding risk along the New York and New Jersey coasts increased greatly after industrialization, and major storms that once might have occurred every 500 years could...
Corporate Synergies in New Jersey Announces 2 Appointments
Sep 25 2015 // Corporate Synergies, a property/casualty brokerage and employee benefits consulting firm based in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, hired Alex Alday as vice president of account management. Alday recently worked at Lyons Companies...
BASF Case Shows How Liabilities May Emerge Long After Acquisition
Sep 8 2015 // When BASF SE acquired Engelhard Corp. nine years ago for $5 billion, executives unknowingly inherited a ticking legal time bomb. It all began decades ago over the seemingly mundane industrial product talc, used in...
New Jersey Firefighters Want Tougher Fire Codes
Sep 7 2015 // Firefighters in New Jersey are calling for tougher fire codes in the wake of a blaze that destroyed 240 units and left about 500 people homeless at an apartment complex in Edgewater, New Jersey. Leaders from several...
New Jersey Still Recovering From Sandy’s Mental Health Issues
Sep 7 2015 // A new study says the lingering effects of Superstorm Sandy — in the form of unfinished repairs, disputed claims, and recurrent mold — are associated with increased odds of Sandy-impacted residents suffering...
NFP Acquires Insurance Management Associates in New Jersey
Sep 1 2015 // NFP, a New York City-based provider of employee benefits, property/casualty insurance, retirement and wealth management services, announced today that it has acquired Insurance Management Associates (IMA) in Voorhees, New...
New Jersey’s New Child Safety Seat Rules Go Into Effect
Sep 1 2015 // New Jersey has new child safety seat rules. The rules, which take effect Sept. 1, adhere to American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations. Children under age 2 and who weigh less than 30 pounds must be secured in a...
Judge Approves Exxon’s $225M New Jersey Pollution Settlement
Aug 26 2015 // Exxon Mobil Corp’s $225 million settlement with the administration of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie of a longstanding environmental pollution case won approval on Tuesday from a state judge, over the objections...
New Jersey Firefighters Urge Lawmakers to Adopt Tougher Fire Codes
Aug 25 2015 // Firefighters in New Jersey are calling for tougher fire codes in the wake of a blaze that destroyed 240 units and left about 500 people homeless at an apartment complex in Edgewater, New Jersey. Leaders from several...
New Jersey Transit Receives $71M Federal Sandy Relief Funding
Aug 24 2015 // New Jersey Transit is getting $71 million from the federal government to pay for rebuilding and replacing equipment damaged by Superstorm Sandy. The agency and New Jersey’s Congressional delegation announced the...
Patriot National Acquires R.C.A. Insurance Group in New Jersey
Aug 17 2015 // Patriot National Inc., a workers’ compensation outsourcing services firm based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, announced today that it acquired R.C.A. Insurance Group (RCA), a Clifton, New Jersey-based property and...
U.S. Safety Board Criticizes Emergency Response in Tracy Morgan Crash
Aug 14 2015 // Federal safety officials who reviewed a highway crash in New Jersey that badly injured comedian Tracy Morgan and killed a friend were sharply critical of the emergency response to it and are urging the state to establish...
