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Thursday, April 3, 2025

New Jersey Supreme Court

Recent News About New Jersey Supreme Court

  • New Jersey justices reject appeal in Vioxx case

    By Kathy Woods |
    TRENTON, NJ. (Legal Newsline)-The New Jersey Supreme Court has denied an appeal by Merck and upheld the $4.5 million award to the widow of a man who had a heart attack and died as a result of using the drug Vioxx.

  • N.J. SC overturns $72M award because of jury selection process

    By John O'Brien |
    Hoens TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - The New Jersey Supreme Court has overturned a $71.8 million award in the case of an infant who suffered brain damage at St. Barnabas Hospital, and concluded the trial judge should no longer preside over the case.

  • N.J. Senate gives justice tenure

    By John O'Brien |
    Albin TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Barry Albin has received a lifetime spot on the court.

  • Justice Albin one step closer to tenure

    By John O'Brien |
    Albin TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - After seven years on the New Jersey Supreme Court, Justice Barry Albin received approval for a tenured position Monday.

  • Court rules racial slurs created hostile workplace for police officer

    By Chris Rizo |
    New Jersey Supreme Court justices NEWARK, N.J.(Legal Newsline)--The New Jersey Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a Jewish police officer in Haddonfield, N.J., ruling that derogatory comments against him created a hostile work environment and violated his constitutional rights.

  • No luck for woman struck by puck

    By John O'Brien |
    Rivera-Soto TRENTON, N.J. - A divided New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a woman who was hit in the face by a hockey puck does not have a case against the owner of the arena.

  • NJ's top court undermines punitive damages awards

    By Legal News Line |
    Justice Jaynee LaVecchia TRENTON -- Punitive damage awards should take financial health into account and should not be increased as a "general deterrent," the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled last week.

  • New Jersey won't bundle Vioxx claims

    By John O'Brien |
    Top row, L to R: Justice Roberto A. Rivera-Soto; Justice Barry T. Albin; Justice John E. Wallace, Jr.; Justice Helen E. Hoens; Front row, L to R: Justice Virginia Long; Chief Justice James R. Zazzali; Justice Jaynee LaVecchia. TRENTON, N.J. - Third-party payors may not create a nationwide class intended to group claims against Merck & Co., the New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously decided Thursday.

  • N.J. SC: Michigan law applies to Michigan resident

    By John O'Brien |
    TRENTON, N.J. - A Michigan man will not be able to make a successful claim in New Jersey that his home state's law doesn't apply to him.