Latest New Jersey Headlines
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Family of New Jersey Train Crash Victim Files Notice of Intent to Sue
Dec 29 2016 // The family of a woman killed when a New Jersey Transit commuter train slammed into a station this year has filed notice of their intent to sue. Lawyers for Fabiola Bittar de Kroon’s family filed a claim for damages...
United Settles Lawsuit Over Safety Hazards at New Jersey Airport
Dec 29 2016 // United Continental Holdings Inc. will install new conveyor belts and take other steps to improve worker safety at its Newark Liberty International Airport hub in New Jersey, after federal inspectors found hazardous...
New Jersey Town Says It’s Not to Blame in Beach Collapse Death
Dec 28 2016 // A beach town being sued for the drowning death of a man swept out to sea when the sand collapsed underneath him says it is immune from such lawsuits due to a state law governing unimproved public property. North Wildwood...
Authorities Say Ex-Insurance Agent in New Jersey Stole Clients’ Identities
Dec 27 2016 // State authorities say a former insurance agent assumed the identities of former clients to fraudulently apply for new life insurance policies in their names. Marta Cristina Cunha is charged with insurance fraud, identity...
East Regulation Report Card: Vermont Ranks Best for 3rd Straight Year
Dec 22 2016 // The R Street Institute, a nonprofit public policy research organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., has found that Vermont has the best insurance regulatory environment in the U.S. for the third straight year in its...
Lawmakers OK Uber, Lyft to Operate in New Jersey
Dec 21 2016 // New Jersey lawmakers have given their OK to ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft. Lawmakers on Monday approved a measure to make the services legal. If approved by Republican Gov. Chris Christie, the measure would...
Prosecutors Won’t Use Suspect’s Statement in New York, New Jersey Bombing Case
Dec 21 2016 // A federal prosecutor on Monday said the government won’t introduce at trial a lengthy statement from a man charged with setting off bombs in New York and New Jersey in order to keep to a scheduled trial date in...
Lawmakers Examining New Jersey Transit Finances, Safety Record
Dec 19 2016 // Federal lawmakers have discussed the idea of merging embattled New Jersey Transit with other state agencies to save money to use for road, bridge and rail projects, and heard from experts about safety upgrades following a...
New Jersey’s NJM Insurance Announces Prall’s Retirement, Hires Shore
Dec 14 2016 // NJM Insurance Company, a West Trenton, N. J.-headquartered property and casualty insurer, has announced the retirement of senior vice president andd chief financial officer Charles A. Prall, effective December 31, 2016,...
Lawmakers Discuss Merging New Jersey Transit, Other Agencies
Dec 8 2016 // Lawmakers on Tuesday discussed the idea of merging embattled New Jersey Transit with other state agencies to save money to use for road, bridge and rail projects, and heard from experts about safety upgrades following a...
Rutgers Law School in New Jersey Launches Project to Improve Homeowners Insurance
Dec 5 2016 // The Rutgers Center for Risk and Responsibility at Rutgers Law School in Camden, N.J., in collaboration with United Policyholders, is seeking to improve homeowners insurance nationally through its recently launched national...
2016 State Specialist P/C Insurers Revealed: Demotech
Dec 5 2016 // The Demotech Company Classification System categorizes insurers into one of 11 categories based on an analysis of data reported by companies to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). The 11 categories...
7 Injured in Fire that Damaged 3 Homes in New Jersey
Nov 23 2016 // Seven people have been injured, four critically, in a fire that swept through three homes in Woodbury, N.J. One of the homes collapsed after the fire that started around 3:30 a.m. Monday in a home on Mehorter Boulevard and...
Suit Against New Jersey School Over Sex Charges Can Proceed
Nov 22 2016 // A lawsuit against William Paterson University over its handling of sex assault charges against five male students will be allowed to proceed. The five were charged in 2014 but a Passaic County grand jury declined to indict...
After New Jersey Train Crash, Transit Regulators Targeting Sleep Apnea
Nov 22 2016 // Federal regulators want railroads across the country to test train operators for a sleep disorder. The safety advisory being issued this week by the Federal Railroad Administration comes after the engineer in...
New Jersey’s Selective Insurance Company of America Appoints New Officers
Nov 22 2016 // Selective Insurance Company of America, the Branchville, N.J., headquartered subsidiary of Selective Insurance Group Inc., has made five new officer appointments. The company has appointed Rohan Pai to senior vice...
Personnel Announcements
Nov 21 2016 // Global insurance brokerage Hub International Northeast Limited (Hub Northeast) has hired Timothy McNulty as an assistant vice president in its employee benefits division. In this role, McNulty will be based in the...
Rutgers Law School in New Jersey Launches Project to Improve Homeowners’ Insurance
Nov 17 2016 // Rutgers Law School’s Camden, N.J., location, in collaboration with United Policyholders, is seeking to improve homeowners’ insurance nationally through its recently launched project. The Rutgers Center for Risk...
J&J Tries to Switch to Court Outside Missouri After $195 Million in Talc Verdicts
Nov 8 2016 // After a $67.5 million jury verdict against Johnson & Johnson on Oct. 27 marked its third straight trial defeat in an onslaught of lawsuits claiming its talc-based products cause ovarian cancer, the company is hoping to...
New Jersey Woman Sues UMass Over Son’s Fatal Drug Overdose
Nov 7 2016 // The mother of a University of Massachusetts Amherst student who died of a heroin overdose has filed a $6 million lawsuit against the school and another student charged with selling her son the drugs. Francesca...
