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LAWSUIT: Former Union Dental Receptionist Says Boss Took Shots At Work, Promoted Party Culture LAWSUIT: Former Union Dental Receptionist Says Boss Took Shots At Work, Promoted Party Culture
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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by Valerie Musson
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Lawsuit: Walmart Worker Crushed Morris County Man's Hand With Shopping Carts Lawsuit: Walmart Worker Crushed Morris County Man's Hand With Shopping Carts
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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by Valerie Musson
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Chemicals In Rutgers Lab Caused Major Seziures, Former Employee Says In Federal Suit Chemicals In Rutgers Lab Caused Major Seziures, Former Employee Says In Federal Suit
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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by Jon Craig
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Lawsuit Filed In Essex County Deems Huffman Koos' Refund Policies Illegal Lawsuit Filed In Essex County Deems Huffman Koos' Refund Policies Illegal
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…

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by Valerie Musson
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Lawsuit Filed Over Disabled Student's Dismissal From Hillsborough Prom: Report Lawsuit Filed Over Disabled Student's Dismissal From Hillsborough Prom: Report
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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by Paul Milo
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Expert Says State Trooper Was Texting Before Westfield Teen Fatally Hit: Report Expert Says State Trooper Was Texting Before Westfield Teen Fatally Hit: Report
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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by Paul Milo
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LAWSUIT: Black Detectives Sue Morris County Prosecutor Alleging Racial Discrimination LAWSUIT: Black Detectives Sue Morris County Prosecutor Alleging Racial Discrimination
Lawsuit: Black Detectives Sue Morris County Prosecutor Alleging Racial Discrimination A pair of black detectives have filed a lawsuit against the Morris County Prosecutor's Office saying they were denied promotions because of their race, according to a recent report. Harrison Dillard and Aaron King are accusing Morris County Prosecutor Fredric Knapp and seven high-ranking employees of passing over male minorities for promotions and retaliating against them for speaking up about the agency's "racially charged" environment, the Daily Record reports. The pair filed the suit last week week in U.S. District Court in Newark.  The prosecutor's office in a statement …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Orthodox Jewish Dad From Clifton Accused Of Living Double Life Hosting Wild NYC Sex Parties Orthodox Jewish Dad From Clifton Accused Of Living Double Life Hosting Wild NYC Sex Parties
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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by Cecilia Levine
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Man Hit By Bus In Newark's Ironbound Settles Lawsuit For $1.2M: Reports Man Hit By Bus In Newark's Ironbound Settles Lawsuit For $1.2M: Reports
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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by Paul Milo
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Montclair Schools Face Discrimination Suits From White, Black Teachers: Reports Montclair Schools Face Discrimination Suits From White, Black Teachers: Reports
Montclair Schools Face Discrimination Suits From White, Black Teachers: Reports The school district in a community widely known for its commitment to diversity is facing lawsuits alleging racial, gender and religious discrimination, according to published reports. Kenneth Schnitzer, a 64-year-old Montclair High School teacher, claims in his suit that he was passed over for promotion several times in favor of younger, non-white candidates, NJ.com reported. Schnitzer, who is Jewish, also said in the suit that there are no Jews among the district’s administrators. Six teachers at another Montclair school, Glenfield Middle School, say in their lawsuit that the district di…

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by Paul Milo
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White Couple That Used Livingston Fertility Clinic Has Part-Asian Baby White Couple That Used Livingston Fertility Clinic Has Part-Asian Baby
White Couple That Used Livingston Fertility Clinic Has Part-Asian Baby A judge has ordered a fertility clinic based at St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston to hand over donor lists after a Verona couple gave birth to a child outside their race, according to published reports.  In a lawsuit, the Verona couple, who are now divorced, says the Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Science impregnated the woman with the sperm of another man and not her husband's.  The baby has a genetic disorder seen in people of Southeast Asian descent. Neither the man or the woman, who are white, carry the gene for the condition. Genetic testing further revealed …

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by Paul Milo
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'Too Late,' Judge Tells Paramus Teacher, Bus Crash Survivor Who Tried To File Suit 'Too Late,' Judge Tells Paramus Teacher, Bus Crash Survivor Who Tried To File Suit
'Too Late,' Judge Tells Paramus Teacher, Bus Crash Survivor Who Tried To File Suit A Paramus teacher who survived the Morris County school bus crash on Route 80 might have been able to file a lawsuit -- if only she had tried sooner, according to a Superior Court judge. East Brook Middle School teacher Jessica Madonna was diagnosed with PTSD in January, eight months after the Mount Olive crash that killed her colleague, a fifth grade student and left nearly 40 others injured, NJ.com reports. The 28-year-old was released from the hospital the day of the crash without symptoms, and returned to teaching the following September, the article says citing Morris County court docu…

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by Cecilia Levine