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TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - A man fired while stricken with cancer should keep his six-figure jury verdict, a New Jersey appeals court has ruled.
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TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - A man who discovered a murdered coworker in the bed next to him can’t win money from Wyndham Hotels for his emotional suffering, a New Jersey court ruled, upholding the dismissal of a lawsuit stemming from a bizarre incident involving transient utility workers.
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TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - A New Jersey funeral home may have to defend itself in a lawsuit after misplacing a woman’s body, an error discovered only after the grieving widower saw a video image of another woman wearing his late wife’s jewelry and clothing on the day she was supposed to be entombed.
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TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - A New Jersey law dubbed “Pass the Trash” allowed a school board to pass along information about a teacher who resigned amid an investigation into sexually suggestive social-media posts, an appeals court ruled, rejecting the teacher’s argument she was protected by a confidentiality clause.
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TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - A New Jersey appeals court has affirmed the State's regulations on chemicals known as PFAS that are found in drinking and ground water and bioaccumulate in the body, earning the nickname "forever chemicals."
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TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - A plaintiff expert who cited an article from the American Cancer Society website to explain why he thought a smoker’s cancer was caused by diesel smoke was properly excluded from testifying, a New Jersey appeals court ruled, upholding the dismissal of a lawsuit by a railroad worker’s widow against Conrail.
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TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - The family of a New Jersey woman who committed suicide can sue a doctor for medical malpractice without filing a required certificate of merit from an expert because the doctor – who was later stripped of his opioid-prescribing privileges by the state – failed to turn over requested records.
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TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - A tort-reform law requiring plaintiffs to submit an affidavit supporting their case before suing medical professionals covers registered nurses but not licensed practical nurses, a New Jersey appeals court ruled, suggesting state lawmakers should amend the statute if they disagree.
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TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - A father who said he needed proprietary Rutgers University football video so his daughter could learn to be a successful strategist of the game lost his bid to obtain the tape through a freedom of information request.
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TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - An executive who claimed she was fired because she objected to an illegal kickback scheme was entitled to $1.8 million under a federal whistleblower law but her employer was also entitled to collect hundreds of thousands of dollars from her in unjustly awarded bonuses, a New Jersey appeals court ruled.
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TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - A woman who fell while trying to cross a median in the parking lot of a Pennsylvania casino didn’t have enough evidence to proceed with her slip-and-fall lawsuit, a New Jersey appeals court ruled.
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TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - Parents who sued a New Jersey school district over the shooting death of their 10-year-old son at a high school football game weren’t subject to a strict 90-day deadline after incident for initiating their claim, an appeals court ruled. The deadline for the parents actually began when their son died five days later, the court said.
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TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – A New Jersey lawyer won’t be liable for legal malpractice even though he didn’t bother to mount a defense.
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TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - A school nurse isn’t entitled to disability benefits over a fall she suffered pulling a tire during a morning “Cardio Care” workout program even though it didn’t entirely fit New Jersey’s exclusion for “recreational or social activities.”
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TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - A mother who lost her son to complications of intravenous drug use can’t escape New Jersey’s strict, 90-day deadline on notifying the state about potential legal claims, an appellate court ruled, rejecting her claim she was paralyzed by grief until several days after the deadline passed.
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TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - A New Jersey appeals court upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit by a Virginia resident who sued the distributor of an exercise bar that collapsed in the home of a friend in Hawaii and left her with a broken back and lasting injuries.
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NEWARK, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – Getting run over by a snowplow is not a work-related injury, a New Jersey appeals court has ruled.
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TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – Transportation companies and a New Jersey board of education will face a lawsuit over the sexual assault of a 17-year-old female who tricked her driver into not dropping her at home.
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TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – A jury was right to rule against a woman bit by her own cat during a scramble with her guest’s dog, according to New Jersey’s Appellate Division.
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NEWARK, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – A county judge needs to better explore whether to let a mother sue over the accidental death of her son during an apparent police chase.
