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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.