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Family Of NJ Man Shot Dead By Officer At Dorney Park To Get $950K In Settlement Money Family Of NJ Man Shot Dead By Officer At Dorney Park To Get $950K In Settlement Money
Family Of NJ Man Shot Dead By Officer At Dorney Park To Get $950K In Settlement Money The family of a New Jersey man shot and killed by an "inexperienced" police officer directing traffic at Dorney Park will receive $950,000 reached in the settlement of a wrongful death suit, The Morning Call reports. Joseph Santos' two adult sons and 11-year-old daughter will receive a portion of the settlement, aside from law firm costs and fees, according to a copy of the settlement obtained by The Morning Call. Santos' estate administrator, Juliana Valenzuela, agreed to end the lawsuit on Sept. 14, according to the settlement. South Whitehall Township Officer Jonathan Ros…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Family of Worker, 19, Killed In Great Adventure Accident Receives $1.7M Settlement Family of Worker, 19, Killed In Great Adventure Accident Receives $1.7M Settlement
Family of Worker, 19, Killed In Great Adventure Accident Receives $1.7M Settlement The family of a 19-year-old worker who died in an accident while stringing holiday lights at Six Flags Great Adventure received a $1.7 million settlement in a wrongful death suit, according to a published report. Justin Dill, who’d recently graduated Middletown North High School and from the electrical program at Monmouth County Vocational School, worked at Six Flags as an apprentice with the electrician's union. He was working as a spotter for fellow employees hanging the lights on trees and poles when he was struck by the front tire of their lift truck, which then rolled on top of him, as…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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$6.2M Settlement Reached After Deadly Outbreak At NJ Nursing Home Kills 11, Sickens 35 $6.2M Settlement Reached After Deadly Outbreak At NJ Nursing Home Kills 11, Sickens 35
$6.2M Settlement Reached After Deadly Outbreak At NJ Nursing Home Kills 11, Sickens 35 A $6.2 million settlement was reached for 13 families including several who had children die due to a viral outbreak at a New Jersey healthcare facility in 2018. Thirty-five children were infected and 11 died of the adenovirus at the Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, accused in a wrongful death suit of failing to immediately notify families of the virus, NJ Advance Media reports. The home is accused of waiting too long to transfer the kids to the hospital -- even at families' requests. The healthcare center was fined $600,000 by the US Centers for Medicare and Medica…

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by Cecilia Levine
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9/11 Hero's Widow Awarded $5M From Killer Convicted In Brutal Murder At LBI Home 9/11 Hero's Widow Awarded $5M From Killer Convicted In Brutal Murder At LBI Home
9/11 Hero's Widow Awarded $5M From Killer Convicted In Brutal Murder At LBI Home The widow of a 9/11 hero was awarded $5 million in a judgment against the man convicted of brutally killing her husband at their Long Beach Island vacation home. Superior Court Judge Mark Troncone, sitting in Toms River, ruled against Conrad Sipa, who was convicted of murder in the death of New York City fire lieutenant Richard Doody Jr., the New Jersey Law Journal reported. Police discovered Doody’s body wrapped in a blanket at the couple’s Barnegat Light home after Murray called them from the couple’s Staten Island home to check on him. Sipa, an occupational therapist from Colts Nec…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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North Bergen Driver Pleads Guilty In Crash That Killed NJ Dad North Bergen Driver Pleads Guilty In Crash That Killed NJ Dad
North Bergen Driver Pleads Guilty In Crash That Killed NJ Dad A Hudson County man on Friday admitted to causing the death of a 51-year-old Sussex County dad when he crashed a dump truck full of sandstone that he was operating without a commercial license. Angel Hernandez, 35 -- who had his commercial license suspended after failing to pay a Florida speeding ticket -- was heading down a steep hill and knew he was about to crash Oct. 22, 2019, according to NorthJersey.com. In an attempt to avoid hitting Robert Murray in the SUV in front of him, Hernandez changed lanes, his lawyer Brian DiGiacomo said. But Murray changed lan…

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by Valerie Musson
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Ex-Lyndhurst Man Who Blames Authorities For Wife's Death Charged With Harassment, Violating TRO Ex-Lyndhurst Man Who Blames Authorities For Wife's Death Charged With Harassment, Violating TRO
Ex-Lyndhurst Man Who Blames Authorities For Wife's Death Charged With Harassment, Violating TRO A former Lyndhurst man who blames authorities for his wife’s death – and last year got into a standoff with police during a welfare check on their children -- was arrested in Fort Lee with his girlfriend over the weekend on charges of cyber harassment and violating a restraining order. Seized along with Lee Kenworthy, 41, was Samantha Brown, 27, both of Englewood, Fort Lee police said. Among court action that Kenworthy has taken against various people and agencies over the years is a wrongful death suit in Bergen County alleging a cover-up of what he claims was his late wife’s murder. Shay…

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by Jerry DeMarco