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Movie Theater Giants Sue NJ Over 'Unconstitutional' Coronavirus Closures
New Jersey is facing a lawsuit from three of the biggest movie theater companies in the U.S. over "unconstitutional" closures during the COVID-19 pandemic. AMC, Regal and Cinemark filed the suit against Gov. Phil Murphy and the state Monday, seeking a temporary restraining order from a federal judge that would allow theaters to reopen immediately, the New York Post reports. Theaters have been closed since mid-March, when Murphy ordered statewide businesses closed. Murphy and NJ Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli's spokespeople say they don't comment on pending litigation. The suit mainta…
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Lawsuit
: Former Union Dental Receptionist Says Boss Took Shots At Work, Promoted Party Culture
A 39-year-old Belleville woman who worked as a receptionist at a Union dental office says that her boss took shots of hard liquor and promoted “party culture,” according to a new lawsuit. Nadia Zevallos was “driven out” of her former workplace at American Dental Center in Union after she complained about her supervisor, Lilly Almeida, for encouraging a “rampant party culture,” according to the suit, filed last Thursday in Union County. Zevallos said she witnessed Almeida drink hard liquor from dental cups and consume marijuana jello shots and brownies while working, New York Post reports. …
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Lawsuit: Walmart Worker Crushed Morris County Man's Hand With Shopping Carts
A Morris County man is suing Walmart, saying his hand was severely injured by a worker who apparently rammed him with a shopping cart. Roxbury Township resident Nicholas Puco claims he sustained “severe and disabling injuries” to his left hand at the Walmart on International Drive South in Mount Olive Township on April 19, 2019. The suit, which was filed in Morris County Superior Court, claims that the store is unsafe because its workers were not properly trained, monitored and supervised in the operation of work equipment. Puco also states in the suit that he had to take time off of work …
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Chemicals In Rutgers Lab Caused Major Seziures, Former Employee Says In Federal Suit
A former Rutgers University worker says he was exposed to hazardous chemicals that caused him to have major seizures, according to a federal lawsuit. Jacob Moskowitz claims that Rutgers' chemistry department hired him as a scientific glassblower with no experience in that job. Then he was asked to handle chemicals that he said caused epilepsy and anxiety. One of the hazardous materials was thorium, a radioactive metal found in rocks and soils, according to the suit. Thorium compounds are known to be carcinogenic and caused him to suffer major epileptic seizures, the lawsuit said. Mosk…
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Lawsuit Filed In Essex County Deems Huffman Koos' Refund Policies Illegal
Furniture chain Huffman Koos enforced a return and refund policy that violates the Consumer Fraud Act, says a lawsuit filed recently in Essex County. The class-action lawsuit states that HK’s contracts refuse refunds and returns once the merchandise has been delivered or picked up, NJ.com reports. “Such a policy is contrary to New Jersey regulations, which require a furniture seller to offer a full and prompt refund when furniture is delivered in a damaged condition,” said Joseph A. Osefchen of DeNittis Osefchen Prince, P.C., which filed the suit last Thursday. These policies are considere…
Schools
Lawsuit Filed Over Disabled Student's Dismissal From Hillsborough Prom: Report
A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a student with Down syndrome who was ordered to leave the Hillsborough High School prom before it ended, mycentraljersey.com reported. Lily Doyle was among 11 students asked to leave the prom, which was held in May. Most of the other students are also special needs. An aide told the group that they would be leaving about an hour before the prom concluded even though a limo had been reserved and was scheduled to arrive around the time the prom was supposed to end. The school district later apologized for the incident. The …
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Lawsuit
: Zinburger Suing Garden State Plaza Over 'Ghost Town' Mall Location
When Zinburger Wine & Burger Bar signed a lease at the Westfield Garden State Plaza in 2012, its section of the mall was bustling. Seven years later and the burger restaurant remains one of the few tenants remaining in its section. Several retailers were vacated in 2017 and 2018 -- including JCPenney -- and Zinburger is down nearly 20 percent in sales, making it unprofitable, according to a lawsuit filed by the restaurant against the mall. The suit accuses the mall of hindering business to the restaurant and notes that Zinburger's requests to relocate were denied because it would cost …
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Expert Says State Trooper Was Texting Before Westfield Teen Fatally Hit: Report
An expert hired by the family of a 14-year-old Westfield girl who was killed when a state trooper hit her with his patrol car says he was texting moments before striking her and did not have his eyes on the road, TAPintoWestfield reported Wednesday. The family of Terry DiFalco is suing Trooper Alexander Gelfand, who was driving on Central Avenue the evening of March 4, 2017, when he hit the girl, who was taking part in a scavenger hunt. Gelfand, of Cranford, was not criminally charged. An attorney for the DiFalco family stated in court documents that the text from Gelfand was ti…
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': Alpine Country Club Turns Lawsuit On Waiter Who Spilled Wine On Member's $30K Bag
An Alpine Country Club member who filed a lawsuit against the club last month after a waiter spilled wine on her $30,000 handbag says she is appalled that the club is turning the suit on the waiter. Maryana Beyder in a lawsuit last month said the waiter's spill ruined her discontinued Hermes Kelly bag. When she found out this month the elite club was suing the waiter -- identified in court papers only as John Doe -- she was stunned, her attorney said. "It has absolutely nothing to do with the waiter, we were not trying to collect any money from the waiter,” Beyder's attorney Alexandra Erri…
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Lawsuit
: Former Bergenfield HS Student Alleging Violent Assault By Peers Goes To Trial
To him it was "humorous horseplay" but to her it was a violent assault. A former Bergenfield High School student who filed a lawsuit alleging she was attacked by some of her peers more than six years ago could be taking her case to trial, according to a recent news report. The attorney representing Daniella Restel, now 21, and her parents told NorthJersey.com she and their opponents were preparing their cases for trial. The suit against the Bergenfield BOE, current and former district employees, its superintendent and some former students alleged Restel "suffered numerous and severe i…
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Orthodox Jewish Dad From Clifton Accused Of Living Double Life Hosting Wild NYC Sex Parties
A New York City tenant facing a lawsuit from his landlord for throwing wild sex parties happens to be living a double life as an Orthodox Jewish father in Clifton, according to a recent report. ** UPDATE: Avraham Adler told his side of the story in an exclusive interview with Daily Voice, calling the story by the New York Post a 'smear campaign' ** Avraham Adler, whose wife Shana is pregnant with their fourth child, has been charging guests $60 to attend his parties that feature group foreplay, sex swings and spankings, the New York Post reports. Adler told Daily Voice that he had bee…
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Man Hit By Bus In Newark's Ironbound Settles Lawsuit For $1.2M: Reports
A Newark man who was hit by an NJ Transit bus while crossing a city street three years ago accepted a $1.2 million award to settle his lawsuit against the agency, according to published reports. Jose Rodrigues-Marques, 52, was crossing Ferry Street on March 19, 2016, when one of the bags of groceries he was carrying burst open. When he bent down to retrieve the items, an approaching bus honked but did not stop in time and struck him, his attorney said. Rodriques-Marques suffered knee, back and spine injuries and had only partly recovered after more than a year and a half, when h…
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