Tyco settles securities fraud lawsuit with New Jersey for $73 million
Thursday, May 1, 2008
[JURIST] Tyco International [corporate website] Wednesday reached an agreement with the state of New Jersey to settle a lawsuit [case materials] alleging that insider trading at the company cost the state $100 million in state employee pension funds. Under the settlement terms, Tyco will pay $73 ..
NY appeals court upholds Port Authority negligence verdict in 1993 WTC bombing
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
[JURIST] A New York appeals court has upheld [opinion text] a jury's finding that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey was negligent [JURIST report] in the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center [BBC backgrounder] by Islamic radicals that killed six and injured 1,000. The jury found in ..
New Jersey high court rules subpoena needed to obtain Internet user records
Monday, April 21, 2008
[JURIST] The New Jersey Supreme Court [official website] Monday ruled [PDF text] that Internet service providers may not turn over users' personal information to police or other agencies unless they obtain a valid grand jury subpoena when the information sought relates to an indictable offense. ..
Parmalat fraud suit against Citigroup can proceed: judge
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
[JURIST] A New Jersey Superior Court judge ruled [PDF text] Tuesday that a $7 billion lawsuit [JURIST report] filed by Italian dairy giant Parmalat SpA [corporate website] against Citigroup [corporate website] could go forward on a claim that Citigroup aided and abetted former Parmalat executives ..
ICE sued over 'illegal' immigration raids
Thursday, April 3, 2008
[JURIST] Law enforcement officials from the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) [official website] violated the constitutional privacy and due process rights of suspected illegal aliens by raiding their homes [CSJ backgrounder], according to a complaint [PDF text] filed in New Jersey ..
Fort Dix plot accomplice sentenced to 20 months in prison
Monday, March 31, 2008
[JURIST] New Jersey US District Judge Robert Kugler Monday sentenced Albanian Kosovar refugee Agron Abdullahu [criminal complaint, PDF], one of the six men arrested [JURIST report] in May for plotting an attack on New Jersey's Fort Dix [official website], to 20 months in prison. In October 2007, ..
Supreme Court rules for Delaware in state water boundary dispute
Monday, March 31, 2008
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] ruled Monday that New Jersey and Delaware have "overlapping authority" to control "extraordinary" construction projects along the Delaware River. The Court's decision came in New Jersey v. Delaware [Medill case backgrounder; ..
New Jersey civil union law not ensuring rights of same-sex couples: report
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
[JURIST] A New Jersey civil union law has not been able to effectively ensure that same-sex couples receive the same rights and privileges as heterosexual couples because of federal law, according to an official report [PDF text] issued Tuesday by the New Jersey Civil Union Review Commission (NJ- ..
Merck settles Medicaid fraud, kickback lawsuits
Friday, February 8, 2008
[JURIST] New Jersey pharmaceutical manufacturer Merck [corporate website] has agreed to pay $671 million to settle claims [press release, PDF] that it defrauded Medicaid and improperly marketed three of its drugs to doctors, federal prosecutors said Thursday. The settlement [PDF text] stems from ..
Fort Dix plot suspects charged with attempted murder
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
[JURIST] Additional charges, including attempted murder, were filed Tuesday against the alleged plotters of an attack on Fort Dix [official website]. The US Attorney for New Jersey declined to say why the attempted murder charge was added, but a grand jury found that there was sufficient evidence ..
New Jersey governor signs bill abolishing death penalty
Monday, December 17, 2007
[JURIST] New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine on Monday signed into law [press release] a bill ending the use of capital punishment [PDF text], making New Jersey the first state to abolish the use of the death penalty since the US Supreme Court reinstated it nationally in 1976. The legislation was ..
Ordinarily uninsured and underinsured coverages would be the third and fourth items on a declaration page. These can be the most important items to the individual.
Uninsured coverage extends to you if you are injured by an uninsured motor vehicle. Underinsured coverages protect you if you are struck by a vehicle whose liability limits […]
Chiropractors and their patients need to be aware of an important recent intermediate court decision which limits the scope of chiropractic practice in New Jersey. In Bedford v. Riello, 2007 WL 1135521 (N.J.Super.A.D.), decided on April 18, 2007, the Appellate Division held that that chiropractors in New Jersey are limited in their practice to […]
Work related injuries may result in a New Jersey worker being Totally Disabled even when that worker’s overall disability is only partially due to the work connected injury. A special provision in the New Jersey Workers Compensation Statute provides that if the last work injury, in conjunction with any prior disability, work related or not, […]
The second item on the standard declaration page of an automobile insurance policy is property damage. The amounts vary, but generally run from $15,000 to $100,000. (often coverage runs similarly to the liability limits)
Our prior blog explained liability limits which basically apply to personal injury. Property damage caused by an alleged negligent party […]
New Jersey is one of a number of states which has the comparative negligence law. Under Comparative negligence principles, a plaintiff may still recover for his/her damages so long as his/her negligence contributed to their negligence was not greater than the party or parties against whom recovery is sought (not greater than 50%). […]
Recently someone contacted the firm regarding an accident in which they were at fault, but did not feel that there were any injuries. They essentially stated that “I was involved in a car accident in which I was stopped completely and then took my foot off the brake and bumped the car in front of […]
AUTO INSURANCE
Your most important auto insurance document is the DECLARATION PAGE provided to you by your insurance company. This document, often called the “dec sheet”, tells you the monetary amounts of your insurance coverage. We will explain what the declaration page means and whether your coverages are adequate for your purposes.
The initial important […]
