Latest New Jersey Headlines
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Four New Offshore Wind Power Projects Planned for New Jersey Shore
Aug 9 2023 // Wind power developers proposed four new projects off the New Jersey Shore on Friday, a surge that would more than double the number of wind farms built off its coast if they are approved by regulators. At least two of them...
New Jersey House Fire That Killed 4 Ruled an Accident
Aug 8 2023 // A fast-moving house fire in southern New Jersey that killed four family members, including a four-month-old baby, has been ruled an accident, authorities said Wednesday. Two women, an infant and a teenage girl died in...
AP Review Reveals Problematic Dams in US, But Some States’ Data Not Released
Aug 3 2023 // A more than two-year investigation by The Associated Press identified scores of problematic dams nationwide, but New Jersey is excluded from the analysis because the state did not fully respond to the records requests. The...
New Jersey High Court to Hear Insurers’ Appeal Over War Exclusion in NotPetya Attack
Jul 26 2023 // The New Jersey Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a hostile/warlike action exclusion in an all risks property insurance policy applies in a case involving insurance coverage for a 2017 Russian cyberattack. The...
World Insurance Acquires New Jersey Transportation Agency, Shield Insurance
Jul 13 2023 // Insurance broker World Insurance Associates said it acquired the business of Shield Insurance Services of Freehold, New Jersey on June 1, 2023. Shield specializes in commercial insurance to the transportation sector, with...
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...
Two New Jersey Firefighters Died Battling Fire on Cargo Ship Carrying 5,000 Cars
Jul 7 2023 // Two firefighters were killed battling a blaze that began when cars caught fire deep inside a cargo ship carrying 5,000 cars at a New Jersey port, Newark`s fire chief said Thursday. Responding firefighters found five to...
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...
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...
Court Temporarily OKs ‘Sensitive’ Places But Not Insurance Rule of New Jersey Gun Law
Jun 23 2023 // A federal appeals court has temporarily agreed to keep part of New Jersey’s handgun carry law in effect as court proceedings play out. The Third Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday granted the state attorney...
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...
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...
Forest Fire in New Jersey Pinelands Fully Contained; 2nd Blaze Mostly Contained
Jun 14 2023 // Authorities say they have completely contained one of the two forest fires burning in the New Jersey Pinelands, while the other remains mostly contained. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service announced Monday that the fire in...
New Jersey’s Montclair Township Cyber Attack Reported on Election Day
Jun 9 2023 // Montclair Township in New Jersey has been hit by a cyber attack, Mayor Sean Spiller reported on June 6. The town was holding a municipal election on June 6. According to the mayor, the attack did not disrupt any voting...
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...
New Jersey Appeals Ruling Blocking Gunowner Insurance Mandate, Handgun Restrictions
Jun 5 2023 // A federal judge has blocked part of New Jersey’s new handgun carry law that barred weapons from being carried in so-called sensitive places and halted a new insurance mandate the law sought to institute. The court...
New Jersey Fire Crews Battle 2 Major Fires
Jun 4 2023 // Fire crews in New Jersey on Saturday had almost completely contained one major fire and were reporting good progress in battling another blaze that for a time threatened several dozen homes. New Jersey Forest Fire Service...
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...
N.J. Appeals Court Rules War Exclusion Doesn’t Apply to NotPetya Attack
May 22 2023 // Insurers may not use a war exclusion to deny coverage to Merck & Co. for a 2017 cyberattack blamed on the Russian military, a panel of the New Jersey Appellate Division ruled. The panel affirmed a decision by the Union...
Metal Products Firm Cited as Serious Safety Violator After Amputation
May 19 2023 // An employee’s first day of work at a southern New Jersey manufacturing facility ended tragically when he suffered the amputation of three fingers while operating a press brake without required safety guards, similar...
