All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 3 2007 // New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine has voluntarily paid a $46 fine for violating state law by not wearing a seat belt during the trip in which a car accident almost killed him, his spokesman said.Corzine met with State Police...
May 1 2007 // Some Jersey shore legislators say the formation of a task force meant to make changes to shore-area evacuation routes — for use in the event of a hurricane — needs to be done quickly.On Jan. 30, the state Assembly...
Apr 30 2007 // New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine will forgo his state health insurance and spend hundreds of thousands of his own money to pay for his medical care from a serious car accident, a spokesman said last Friday.The spokesman for...
Apr 23 2007 // AXIS Capital, Media/ProAXIS Capital, a global specialty commercial property and casualty insurer and reinsurer, has agreed to acquire the assets and operations of Media/Professional Insurance (Media/Pro), a managing...
Apr 23 2007 // MARYLAND SHIELD Agents not liable for notices BID-RIGGING CONSPIRACY Plaintiffs fail to prove charges
Apr 23 2007 // N.J. ruling could affect 10,000 drunk driving casesA breath test used in thousands of drunken driving cases in New Jersey went on trial earlier this month, when the state Supreme Court considered whether the instrument...
Apr 23 2007 // Twenty-nine year old Peter Webb served his country in the U.S. Marines for eight years. Since then, Sergeant Webb has spent four years serving small businesses as an account manager and producer for an Oklahoma City...
Apr 20 2007 // Ten lawmakers want to drain off some of the massive reservoirs holding New York City drinking water, claiming lower water levels will help prevent flooding in riverside communities.House lawmakers from Pennsylvania, New...
Apr 19 2007 // Last year, New Jersey law officers ticketed 271,182 people for not wearing seat belts in violation of state law.This year, one violator will stand out: Gov. Jon S. Corzine, who wasn’t wearing a seat belt when he was...
Apr 18 2007 // The effects of the vicious nor’easter that dumped as much as 9 inches of rain on parts of New Jersey lingered Tuesday as floodwaters swirled through several low-lying communities and residents of others waited...
Apr 16 2007 // Steve Taylor has been promoted to regional sales director for Encompass Insurance in New York and New Jersey. Encompass Insurance is part of the Allstate Group and oversees the Encompass, Allstate and Deerbrook insurance...
Apr 16 2007 // More Garden State employers dropped health insurance coverage for workers last year amid skyrocketing costs that were nearly double what they were five years before, according to a major business association’s survey...
Apr 12 2007 // The Tropicana Casino Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey, has settled all civil litigation stemming from the 2003 collapse of its parking garage that was under construction, killing four people, the casino said.Another 20...
Apr 9 2007 // A New Jersey appeals court recently ruled that while an insurer is freed from providing liability coverage when an insured commits sexual assault on a young child, the insurer could have an obligation when the insured...
Apr 6 2007 // A breath test used in thousands of drunken driving cases in New Jersey went on trial this week, when the state Supreme Court considered whether the instrument provides reliable blood-alcohol level readings.The outcome will...
Apr 5 2007 // California leads the nation in criminal insurance fraud convictions, according to a study by the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud. According to the study, the Golden State had more than one third of of all convictions...
Apr 3 2007 // A New Jersey appeals court recently ruled that while an insurer is freed from providing liability coverage when an insured commits sexual assault on a young child, the insurer could have an obligation when the insured...
Mar 26 2007 // N.J. high court rules first responders can sue negligent property ownersThe New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that when police and firefighters get hurt handling an emergency, they may sue and win compensation if negligence...
Mar 26 2007 // The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that when police and firefighters get hurt handling an emergency, they may sue and win compensation if negligence contributed to the injury.The unanimous decision found that a 1993 state...
Mar 21 2007 // Health insurers and union health plans nationwide should not be allowed to sue Merck & Co. jointly to recover money they paid for Vioxx prescriptions, a lawyer for the drug maker argued this week in opposing a lawsuit...