PIP Fraud: NY Accident Victims Were Sent To NJ Providers For Higher Payments
The owner of a Saddle Brook surgery center where poor sterilization and other deficiencies may have exposed patients to HIV and hepatitis owns another North Jersey surgery center that has been alleged in a lawsuit to have defrauded an auto-insurance company of millions of dollars.
February 8, 2019
Fraud
Liability
Litigation
New Jersey
New York
Lawsuit Filed Against New Jersey Facility That May Have Exposed Patients To HIV
More potential victims are joining a class-action lawsuit against a New Jersey surgery center that may have exposed more than 3,000 patients to HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C.
January 4, 2019
Liability
Litigation
New Jersey
Armored Truck Spills Cash On NJ Highway; Multiple Crashes Follow
Money rained down on a New Jersey highway Thursday morning, leading to several crashes as motorists stopped and scrambled to pick up the cash.
December 14, 2018
Auto
Weird
New Jersey
Bear Spray Incident At NJ Amazon Warehouse Shines Light On Safety Record
Internet giant Amazon was urged by a worker advocacy group weeks ago to give workplace safety its urgent attention.
December 6, 2018
Workers' Compensation
New Jersey
Explosion Levels New Jersey Home, Damages High School
A house exploded in northwestern New Jersey Tuesday night, leveling the property and damaging a high school across the street.
November 29, 2018
Property
New Jersey
Car Crashes Into Social Security Building In New Jersey, Injuring Up To 20
A car crashed into a Social Security building in New Jersey Tuesday morning, injuring up to 20 people, police said.
November 14, 2018
Auto
Liability
New Jersey
7 Children Dead In Virus Outbreak At New Jersey Facility
Seven children have died as a result of adenovirus at the Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Haskell, New Jersey. The Wanaque facility has been "instructed not to admit any new patients until the outbreak ends and they are in full compliance," according to the health department.
October 24, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
New Jersey
Buildings Collapse As Massive Fire Rips Through N.J. Business District
At least two buildings collapsed as crews battled a massive, multi-alarm fire that destroyed several businesses in Dovers commercial district Monday.
October 23, 2018
Property
New Jersey
Bill Would Require Comp Payers To Cover Medical Marijuana
A New Jersey lawmaker on Friday filed a bill that would require workers compensation carriers to pay for medical marijuana.
October 10, 2018
Legislation & Regulation
Life & Health
Workers' Compensation
New Jersey
New Jersey Investigating NRA-Backed Firearms Insurance
New Jersey officials are investigating firearms insurance backed by the National Rifle Association, the Department of Banking and Insurance announced late Tuesday evening.
August 29, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Legislation & Regulation
New Jersey
42 Vehicles Swept Into River, Creating A Dam That Worsened North Jersey Flooding
Too much rain that fell too fast is what led to Saturdays catastrophic flooding along the Peckman River, officials said. "We figure that as much as 4-and-a-half inches fell within a span 50 minutes," Little Falls Mayor James Damiano said.
August 14, 2018
Auto
Property
New Jersey
Allstate Loses Subrogation Suit Against Amazon Over Product Liability
A federal judge in New Jersey has ruled that Amazon.com cant be held liable as the seller of a laptop battery that allegedly caught fire and destroyed the customers home.
August 1, 2018
Liability
Litigation
Subrogation
New Jersey
School Buses Collide In New Jersey, 23 Children Injured
At least three school buses collided in southern New Jersey on Monday, injuring 23 children and an adult staff member returning from a summer day camp, police officials said.
July 17, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
New Jersey
Another State Bans Hand-Held Devices While Driving
Georgia has joined fifteen other states which have outlawed the use of hand-held cellphones and mobile devices while driving. A new law signed by Governor Nathan Deal makes watching movies, shooting video, and even the mere “holding” of hand-held devices while in the vehicleeven while stoppedillegal.
July 16, 2018
Legislation & Regulation
Liability
Litigation
Subrogation
California
Connecticut
Georgia
Hawaii
Illinois
Fatal Explosion Levels Two-Story New Jersey Home
A fatal early morning explosion that obliterated a two-story house and killed a couple jolted people from their beds as much as a mile and a half away, and sent waves of shock and sadness through the small community of Newfield.
July 9, 2018
Liability
Property
Subrogation
New Jersey



