All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 14 2017 // Relatives of three people who died when the sand at a New Jersey beach gave way beneath their feet begged a judge to permanently close the beach, saying it’s only a matter of time before someone else dies...
Feb 13 2017 // It’s now legal for ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft to operate in New Jersey.Republican Gov. Chris Christie on Friday signed off on a measure approved by lawmakers in December to regulate the services and...
Feb 6 2017 // Authorities say a fast-moving fire has destroyed most of a luxury apartment complex that was about to open to residents.But it’s not yet clear what caused the fire at the Avalon apartments in Maplewood, N.J. The...
Feb 3 2017 // The lasting effects of Superstorm Sandy continue to wash across New Jersey, evident on a century-old railroad bridge that nearly became a casualty of the ferocious October 2012 onslaught.The storm surge from the Atlantic...
Feb 2 2017 // The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Givaudan Fragrances Corporation (Fragrances) in a $500 million insurance coverage lawsuit against Aetna Casualty & Surety Company and additional insurers named as...
Jan 27 2017 // New Jersey Transit faces a widening examination of its safety practices after federal regulators discovered hundreds of potential work-hour violations, including altered duty logs and shifts longer than permitted.Federal...
Jan 25 2017 // A recently passed bipartisan bill in New Jersey has brought good news to small businesses that want to participate on public construction projects.Senate Bill 123, signed by Governor Chris Christie on January 4, introduces...
Jan 23 2017 // A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit by taxi and limo companies against the city of Newark over what they claim is preferential treatment given to ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft.The judge ruled Thursday that...
Jan 19 2017 // A beach town is using blunt legal arguments to resist a demand that it permanently close a section of beach where a man plunged into an inlet and drowned when the sand gave way beneath his feet.North Wildwood acknowledges...
Jan 17 2017 // A southern New Jersey man has filed a lawsuit against ride-sharing giant Uber that alleges he was assaulted by a driver who refused to take him home from a holiday party in Philadelphia.The federal lawsuit states that...
Jan 17 2017 // Republican Governor Chris Christie said that he will focus in his final year in office on New Jersey’s drug epidemic, promising to limit the supply of opioid drugs doctors can initially prescribe and seeking...
Jan 13 2017 // World Insurance Associates LLC, an independent insurance agency headquartered in Tinton Falls, N.J., completed its 19th business acquisition on January 1, 2017 with the acquisition of A Berne Insurance based in Old Bridge,...
Jan 5 2017 // Cook Maran & Associates (Cook Maran), a New York and New Jersey based insurance broker, will acquire Mintz, Girgan & Brightly Inc. (MGB), a privately owned Rochelle Park, N.J., headquartered agency.The MGB team...
Jan 4 2017 // AXON Underwriting Services LLC, a program administrator and service provider based in Somerville, N.J., has hired David McMillan as an underwriting manager.He joins the firm in order to further develop its growing...
Dec 29 2016 // The family of a woman killed when a New Jersey Transit commuter train slammed into a station this year has filed notice of their intent to sue.Lawyers for Fabiola Bittar de Kroon’s family filed a claim for damages...
Dec 29 2016 // United Continental Holdings Inc. will install new conveyor belts and take other steps to improve worker safety at its Newark Liberty International Airport hub in New Jersey, after federal inspectors found hazardous...
Dec 28 2016 // A beach town being sued for the drowning death of a man swept out to sea when the sand collapsed underneath him says it is immune from such lawsuits due to a state law governing unimproved public property.North Wildwood...
Dec 27 2016 // State authorities say a former insurance agent assumed the identities of former clients to fraudulently apply for new life insurance policies in their names.Marta Cristina Cunha is charged with insurance fraud, identity...
Dec 22 2016 // The R Street Institute, a nonprofit public policy research organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., has found that Vermont has the best insurance regulatory environment in the U.S. for the third straight year in its...
Dec 21 2016 // New Jersey lawmakers have given their OK to ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft.Lawmakers on Monday approved a measure to make the services legal. If approved by Republican Gov. Chris Christie, the measure would allow...