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Wrongful Death Suit: $5M Received By Family For North Jersey Electrician's Fatal Fall Wrongful Death Suit: $5M Received By Family For North Jersey Electrician's Fatal Fall
Wrongful Death Suit: $5M Received By Family For North Jersey Electrician's Fatal Fall The estate of an electrician who died from a 30-foot fall at a food manufacturing plant in Saddle Brook has reportedly received a $5 million settlement. Joseph Roscitt, who worked for the Modern Electric Company in Clifton, was atop a scissor lift changing light bulbs when an employee at Chefler Foods accidentally backed a forklift into the aerial platform on Dec. 1, 2021, authorities said Roscitt, who was a member of IBEW Local 164 in Paramus, suffered brain bleeding and other critical injuries when his head slammed against the concrete floor, they said. A portion of his skull was removed…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Door Lock Could've Prevented NJ Family Murder-Suicide, Lawsuit Says Door Lock Could've Prevented NJ Family Murder-Suicide, Lawsuit Says
Door Lock Could've Prevented NJ Family Murder-Suicide, Lawsuit Says A new lawsuit filed by the family of a New Jersey woman and her two children killed apparently by her husband in a murder-suicide at home says that it all could have been prevented with the replacement of a door lock, NJ Advance Media reports. Ruth Reyes Severino, 30, and her kids were found stabbed to death at the apartment she formerly shared with her estranged husband Eugenio Severino at Madole Place in Penns Grove, in February 2020, CBS says. Severino, 54, later hanged himself in an area park. Ruth Reyes Severino, Eugenio Severino, and their two children.Ruth Esther Reyes Perez (Sev…

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by Valerie Musson
News
Toms River Man's 3-Hour Uber Ride Home From Senior Facility Led To His Death, Lawsuit Says Toms River Man's 3-Hour Uber Ride Home From Senior Facility Led To His Death, Lawsuit Says
Toms River Man's 3-Hour Uber Ride Home From Senior Facility Led To His Death, Lawsuit Says A family claims a three-hour Uber ride led to their elderly relative's death, according to a federal lawsuit. The family is suing a Pennsylvania senior care facility, accusing the center of discharging an 81-old-man from Toms River. The lawsuit alleges that with Eugene Hamill was sent home without proper notice because Twin Cedars Senior Living in Shohola, Pennsylvania couldn’t profit off Hamill staying there. The wrongful death and negligence lawsuit was filed Tuesday in federal court in Scranton.  Hamill reportedly suffered a heart attack and stroke prompted by the length…

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by Jon Craig