Articles by Jeffrey Gold

N.Y.-N.J. Ports Panel Urges Nationwide Cargo Standards, Security Czar

A port security task force this week urged that the nation adopt mandatory security standards for cargo and that the president appoint a port security czar to coordinate the federal agencies that oversee the nation’s 361 seaports. Shippers should also …

Doctors Settle Class Action Against N.J.’s Largest HMO

Doctors have reached a deal to settle their class-action lawsuit claiming New Jersey’s largest health maintenance organization shortchanged thousands of physicians. Under the proposed agreement with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, the HMO agreed “to continue significant …

Scientists See Cooling Pumps as Way to Tame Hurricanes

Two New Jersey scientists believe they may have found a way to tame hurricanes. Their concept would take some of the punch out of hurricanes by cooling a vast area of the ocean ahead of a storm, depriving it of …

N.J. court: Guaranty fund to pay illegal aliens’ accident costs

New Jersey’s Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that illegal immigrants injured by uninsured drivers can have medical costs covered by the state’s insurance guaranty fund. The 7-0 decision by New Jersey highest court, which reverses two lower court rulings, came …

N.J. Court Holds Guaranty Fund Should Pay Illegal Aliens’ Accident Costs

New Jersey’s Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that illegal immigrants injured by uninsured drivers can have medical costs covered by a fund whose money comes from insurance fees. The 7-0 decision by New Jersey highest court, which reverses two lower …

Court: Accountant Responsible for Full $183 Million Judgment From Ambassador Collapse

Accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC is fully responsible for paying a $182.9 million judgment stemming from a jury’s finding that a predecessor company was negligent in auditing Ambassador Insurance Co., which collapsed more than 20 years ago, a federal judge has …