All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 23 2022 // New Jersey recently announced a permitting process that allows third-party delivery services like DoorDash, Instacart, and Amazon Flex to deliver alcoholic beverages – including cocktails “to go” – from...
Sep 16 2022 // New Jersey has issued guidance for workplaces to support employers’ right to create and maintain safe work environments, as well as affirm employees’ right to due process.According to the guidance and...
Sep 13 2022 // Uber Technologies Inc. said on Monday it back-paid New Jersey $100 million in unemployment taxes over classifying drivers as contractors, but added that it did not agree with the state’s view that drivers were...
Aug 24 2022 // Risk Strategies, a Boston-based national specialty insurance brokerage, has acquired Dickstein Associates Agency, a retail insurance agency located in Tinton Falls, New Jersey.Founded in 1965, Dickstein Associates provides...
Aug 17 2022 // MagMutual Insurance Co. and MDAdvantage Holdings Inc. have reached an agreement for MagMutual, headquartered in Atlanta, to acquire MDAdvantage Insurance Co., based in New Jersey.MDAdvantage, according to AM Best, is one...
Aug 17 2022 // New Jersey’s top environmental officer says the state is not ready for the worsening effects of climate change and rising seas.Testifying Thursday to a joint state Senate-Assembly panel on coastal issues, Shawn...
Aug 16 2022 // Clearly, Admiral Insurance Co. did not want to assume any risk in the New York City area.The insurance policy Admiral issued to Richfield Window Coverings excluded coverage “in any way connected with”...
Aug 15 2022 // Federal work-safety investigators are looking into the death of an Amazon worker and an injury that potentially led to the death of another employee, adding to a probe already underway following a third fatality during the...
Aug 5 2022 // Insurer State Farm is fighting what it says is a fraudulent medical scheme that has been exploiting New Jersey’s personal injury protection (PIP) benefits law since 2014.The insurer is seeking to recover $2.6 million...
Aug 4 2022 // A New Jersey construction company and its principal have been charged with willfully violating federal workplace safety regulations at a Poughkeepsie, New York construction site where a wall collapsed, killing a worker in...
Aug 2 2022 // Insurance brokerage World Insurance Associates reports that it has acquired Coverage Specialists, Inc. of Pompton Plains, New Jersey. Coverage Specialists is a 35-year-old family-owned agency founded in 2010 that provides...
Jul 26 2022 // Online marketplace Amazon can be sued under New Jersey product liability law for defective products sold by third-party sellers on its website.The federal district court in New Jersey sided with the New Jersey...
Jul 19 2022 // A claimant seeking to recover directly from an insurer on default judgments for claims against the insurer’s policyholder, must abide by the insurer’s policy terms that mandate arbitration, the New Jersey...
Jun 23 2022 // A forest fire burning in southern New Jersey was 95% contained as of late afternoon Tuesday, and firefighters were confident it would not spread beyond perimeter lines they had created.The fire in Wharton State Forest is...
Jun 21 2022 // New Jersey officials sued Ford Motor Company on Thursday, alleging that the automaker contaminated the ancestral homeland of a Native American tribe by dumping paint sludge and other pollutants into a former mine.The...
Jun 20 2022 // An insured claiming his auto insurer’s delay in approving treatment caused his injuries to worsen is entitled to prove his breach of contract claim despite New Jersey’s no-fault law. That law governing personal...
Jun 15 2022 // A woman who says she suffered serious injuries while trying to save her neighbors’ dog from a canal can’t sue the pooch’s owners, New Jersey’s Supreme Court ruled on Monday.The court unanimously...
Jun 10 2022 // MAPFRE USA Hires Zimmerman to Lead Commercial LinesMAPFRE USA, a leading personal and commercial auto writer and home insurer in Massachusetts, announced that Jesse Zimmerman has joined the leadership team as vice...
Jun 8 2022 // A federal court is weighing settlements with a South Carolina electronics company that would provide funds for cleaning up hazardous waste sites in New Jersey and Massachusetts.The proposed consent decree between the...
Jun 3 2022 // New Jersey resident Shashuna Atwater is still living with the awful smell of sewage that inundated her basement when the remnants of Hurricane Ida struck New Jersey nine months ago, destroying photographs, diplomas and...