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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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$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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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