Update: A-1064 passes unanimously out of Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee; Assembly Health and Senior Services committee unanimously moves A-1990.
A-1064, sponsored by Assemblyman Reed Gusciora, eliminates award of attorneys' [...]
Gov. Chris Christie nominates lawyer Anne M. Patterson to N.J. Supreme Court
Gov. Chris Christie today nominated attorney Anne Murray Patterson to the state Supreme Court to replace Justice John Wallace.
Toms River Tiffany’s patron may sue for being served alcohol, panel rules
Crashed motorcycle in 2006; plaintiff claims he was negligently served alcohol at Tiffany's.
Rayner: New Jersey’s dire need for tort reform
AS NEW JERSEY’S unemployment rate hovers around a regionally high 10 percent, our businesses face a stagnant economy coupled with high business costs, and our state and local governments must address significant spending cuts, some may not realize that New Jersey’s economy is taking another serious hit – from frivolous litigation.
A red-light camera lawsuit that will have you seeing red
If you were one of the half-million motorists who received [...]
Reduce medical liability costs before more specialists flee New Jersey
Let's say you are a woman over 40 who follows the American Cancer Society guidelines (regardless of the recent controversy about them) and faithfully gets a mammogram each year.
What would you do if you tried to make your 2010 appointment, only to learn this test is no longer available anywhere in the state? Would you take a day off from work to travel to Pennsylvania - or forgo your screening entirely?
Report: New Jersey is A Hellhole
TRENTON, N.J. - A report released today by the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) places New Jersey's courts at number 4 in its annual list of "Judicial Hellholes," with a particularly dire situation in Atlantic County.
"Every dollar spent defending against a groundless lawsuit is a dollar that won't be spent on research and development, capital investment,
N.J. Courts Called Haven For Questionable Scientific Evidence
By Marcus Rayner | New Jersey Law Journal, To the Editor
In taking the unprecedented step of filing its motion for the recusal of Judge Carol Higbee ["Accutane Maker Seeks To Disqualify Judge Handling N.J. Mass Litigation," Dec. 17, 2012], Hoffmann-La Roche has made a calculated decision to challenge a longstanding bias against it and the industry in which it operates - a pattern that dates back to the Vioxx cases of nearly a decade ago. More pharmaceutical litigation is filed in New Jersey courts than anywhere else in the country, with 93 percent of the plaintiffs coming from out-of-state.
What was the worst lawsuit of 2012? Tell us!
Thanks for saving my life. That’ll cost you $5 million. [...]
How to end the assault by opportunistic lawyers
It's not just businesses and doctors. New Jersey's municipal governments [...]