Latest New Jersey Headlines
All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
New N.J. Law Emphasizes Traffic Safety to Young Drivers
Aug 12 2015 // Applicants for a New Jersey driver’s license must answer whether they’re aware of the dangers of failing to follow traffic laws under a law signed by New Jersey Acting Gov. Kim Guadagno. Guadagno signed the...
New Jersey Motorcyclist Indicted for Insurance Fraud
Aug 12 2015 // A New Jersey man has been indicted for allegedly reporting that his motorcycle had been stripped of its parts by thieves on two occasions, when in actuality he directed a repair shop to remove the parts so that he could...
New Jersey Drivers Still Frowning Over ‘No Smile’ Driver’s License Policy
Aug 10 2015 // Smile and the world smiles with you — unless you’re having your driver’s license renewed in New Jersey. It’s been three years since New Jersey instituted its “no smiling” policy for...
National Transportation Safety Board to Hold Hearing on Tracy Morgan Crash
Aug 10 2015 // Federal investigators will meet this week to determine the probable cause of the accident that injured actor-comedian Tracy Morgan and killed one of his friends. The National Transportation Safety Board scheduled a meeting...
N.J. Man Gets 3-Year Sentence for Faking Mercedes Carjacking to Get $38K
Aug 5 2015 // A New Jersey man who fabricated a story about being carjacked is heading to prison. Maurice Douglas received a three-year sentence on Monday, New Jersey Acting Attorney General John Hoffman said. Douglas, 42, had pleaded...
N.J. Regulators Recovered $15.7M for Consumers in Fiscal Year 2015
Aug 5 2015 // The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance (DOBI) recovered more than $15.7 million for consumers in fiscal year 2015 which ended June 30, according to an announcement today by Acting Commissioner Richard J....
