Posts Tagged ‘lawsuits’

Friday Morning News Roundup

By Jon Whiten • Jun 25th, 2010 • Category: Blog

- JCPD Widow to File Suit Against the City: The widow of slain Jersey City Police Detective Marc DiNardo intends to file a $10 million civil suit against the city for lost wages, pain and suffering, claiming DiNardo and his fellow officers weren’t properly trained or equipped when they stormed an apartment building looking for [...]



Friday Morning News Roundup

By Jon Whiten • May 28th, 2010 • Category: Blog

- Judge Denies Motion to Toss Corruption Case: A federal judge has declined to throw out charges against former Jersey City housing inspector John Guarini, who is charged with five extortion-related counts in connection with last summer’s federal corruption probe.
- $7.2 M Award in PATH Lawsuit: A Hudson County jury has awarded $7.2 million [...]



Wednesday Morning News Roundup

By Jon Whiten • Mar 24th, 2010 • Category: Blog

- UEZ Mayors Plot a Strategy: Representatives from the state’s Urban Enterprise Zones met yesterday at Liberty Science Center to discuss Gov. Christie’s proposed budget, which freezes UEZ funds altogether, and talk about how to push back.
- New Charges Against Manzo? Additional charges may be in store for former Assemblyman and mayoral candidate Lou Manzo, [...]



Wednesday Morning News Roundup

By Jon Whiten • Dec 30th, 2009 • Category: Blog

- The Journal has more on the lawsuit filed by former Jersey City Parking Authority head Mark Russ that alleges Mayor Healy wrongfully terminated him after he failed to obey orders not to issue tickets after 6 pm.
- Speaking of the Parking Authority, it is not enforcing meter rules or alternate side parking rules until [...]



Thursday Morning News Roundup

By Jon Whiten • Dec 17th, 2009 • Category: Blog

- Former Parking Authority director Mark Russ alleges in a lawsuit that Mayor Healy ordered Russ not to issue tickets after 6 pm to curry favor with voters during Healy’s re-election campaign, and had the parking official fired when a few of his officers violated the illegal order. (Story from Courthouse News is no longer [...]



Monday Morning News Roundup

By Jon Whiten • Dec 7th, 2009 • Category: Blog

- A Costa Rican woman who is wanted for murder in that country, but was arrested in the U.S. last year, has filed a federal lawsuit over negligent health services at the Hudson County jail, where she remains as she awaits extradition to stand trial. The woman alleges she didn’t have access to a doctor [...]



Advocates: PATH Station is in Violation of Americans with Disabilities Act

By Shane Smith • Dec 4th, 2009 • Category: Featured, News

In 2005, the Port Authority opened a $12.5 million entrance to the Grove Street PATH station. But to the disabled and accessibility advocates, the addition was missing one key component: an elevator. Now one Jersey City resident and local nonprofits are fighting in court for better accommodations.



Monday Morning News Roundup

By Jon Whiten • Nov 2nd, 2009 • Category: Blog

- With just one day to go before the gubernatorial and state Assembly election, Hudson County Democrats and Republicans are working on a major get out the vote push. Politicker also has a look at the state of the Hudson County Democratic Organization as it gets ready to get out the vote for Gov. Corzine [...]



New Lawsuit Alleges DEP Violates Open Records Law

By Jon Whiten • Sep 29th, 2009 • Category: Blog, News

In early August, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) filed an Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request to find out more information about the process the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has been guided by in choosing representatives for its new Science Advisory Board.
The DEP denied PEER’s request, claiming that almost all the requested [...]



Tuesday Morning News Roundup

By Jon Whiten • May 5th, 2009 • Category: Blog

- The woman who gave birth to a stillborn boy whose body was discarded with the trash at Christ Hospital last December has filed a lawsuit against the hospital and several of its employees. The suit alleges the delivery room doctor “deviated from the standard practices of medicine” and that the hospital fraudulently concealed evidence [...]

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