All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 16 2018 // A New Jersey man who was struck by a bus and dragged for nearly two miles has settled his lawsuit with New Jersey Transit for $2.3 million.A lawyer for the firm that handled 63-year-old Seres Arpad’s case confirmed...
May 8 2018 // New Jersey Transit said Thursday it will reduce its train service over the next several months as it tries to install a federally mandated safety system by a Dec. 31 deadline.Last week, the Federal Railroad Administration...
May 7 2018 // The board of directors of NJM Insurance Group formally approved the election of Mitch Livingston to the position of president and CEO at its meeting on April 27.NJM is a West Trenton, N.J.-headquartered workers’...
May 7 2018 // Sedgwick, Cunningham LindseyMemphis, Tenn.-based global claims services firm Sedgwick has finalized the acquisition of competitor global loss adjusting and claims management firm, Cunningham Lindsey and its subsidiaries....
May 3 2018 // Makers and distributors of the prescription opioids that triggered a U.S. public health crisis are responsible for a rise in health insurance premiums, according to first-of-their-kind lawsuits filed in five states.The...
May 2 2018 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited roofing contractor John Prevete Framing LLC for exposing employees to safety hazards while performing residential...
Apr 30 2018 // Two New Jersey siblings have been convicted of running a multi-million-dollar invoice scheme that defrauded a company where one of them worked. Shevandra Verasawmi, of Matawan, N.J., and Vishallie Verasawmi, of Green...
Apr 27 2018 // New Jersey plastics manufacturer Douglas Stephen Plastics Inc. has been cited for exposing employees to safety and health hazards at its Paterson, N.J., facility and faces penalties of $435,679.The U.S. Department of...
Apr 26 2018 // A Florida man was sentenced to nine years in state prison for filing more than $1.2 million in false claims for refrigerated cargo purportedly spoiled in cross-country transport by his long-haul trucking companies based...
Apr 24 2018 // Fire officials say a blaze that injured two firefighters did more than $1 million in damage to a New Jersey home. The Press of Atlantic City reports that the fire at the three-story Ventnor Heights home was reported...
Apr 23 2018 // The case of Mark R. Krzykalski v. David T. Tindall involves an auto accident where both the plaintiff and the defendant were in the left lane turning left through an intersection.An unidentified driver turned unexpectedly...
Apr 16 2018 // A Pennsylvania man has been charged with filing nearly $50,000 in fraudulent insurance claims for items allegedly lost or stolen while he was traveling around the country.Robert Cirino of Reading, Penn., was indicted on...
Apr 13 2018 // A New Jersey chiropractor whose license was revoked more than 15 years ago is now headed to prison for his role in a medical fraud ring that stole nearly $4 million from insurance companies. Philip Potacco received a...
Apr 12 2018 // Police have arrested a New Jersey contractor who they allege took nearly a quarter-million dollars from clients but never started the promised work. The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office says 56-year-old Peter...
Apr 12 2018 // Johnson & Johnson and a talc-mining company were ordered by jurors to pay $80 million in punitive damages for hiding that their products, including J&J’s iconic baby powder, had been tainted by asbestos and...
Apr 6 2018 // A Pennsylvania man has been charged with filing nearly $50,000 in fraudulent insurance claims for items allegedly lost or stolen while he was traveling around the country.Robert Cirino of Reading, Penn., was indicted on...
Apr 6 2018 // Johnson & Johnson suffered its first trial loss in a lawsuit claiming its talc-based products including Johnson’s Baby Powder contain cancer-causing asbestos, with a New Jersey jury on Thursday ordering J&J...
Apr 5 2018 // Jurors are set to weigh an investment banker’s claims that using Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder for more than 30 years caused him to develop a deadly cancer linked to asbestos.A New Jersey jury will begin...
Apr 4 2018 // Cook Maran & Associates (Cook Maran) has acquired Rosenthal Insurance Group Inc. (Rosenthal).Cook Maran is a New York and New Jersey insurance broker and the New York metropolitan area platform for Prime Risk Partners...
Apr 4 2018 // IAT Insurance Group (IAT) has reached a definitive agreement to acquire IFIC Surety Group Inc. for an undisclosed amount.The acquisition signals IAT’s entry into the surety market. The closing of the transaction is...