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Brake-Checking, Racist Parent Vowed To Have NJ Bus Driver Fired — And She Was: Lawsuit Brake-Checking, Racist Parent Vowed To Have NJ Bus Driver Fired — And She Was: Lawsuit
Brake-Checking, Racist Parent Vowed To Have NJ Bus Driver Fired — And She Was: Lawsuit A black school bus driver claims she was fired after an encounter with a racist parent who confronted her on the road in Cumberland County, court papers say. Genera Fisher filed a lawsuit against the Millville Public Charter School on March 7 in Superior Court, alleging she was let go "in retaliation for her protected activity of reporting a hate crime and/or racial harassment."  The alleged road rage incident occurred on March 3, 2023, according to the lawsuit which described the scene: A car driven by another student's parent brake-checking and turning without signaling in …

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by Jon Craig
News
Female Boss Groped NJ Google Exec Who Was Ultimately The One Fired, Suit Says Female Boss Groped NJ Google Exec Who Was Ultimately The One Fired, Suit Says
Female Boss Groped NJ Google Exec Who Was Ultimately The One Fired, Suit Says Google is facing a lawsuit from one of its former directors, a New Jersey dad, alleging discrimination and retaliation from another director who allegedly harassed him at a company dinner in 2019. Ryan Olohan, 48, of Morris County, alleges in the suit he was fired from the massive company after another director rubbed his stomach and told him she knew he liked Asian women at a company dinner in 2019, according to a copy of the lawsuit published by Bloomberg Law. Olahan, a dad of seven from Montville who owns ice cream shop Seven Scoops & Sips, alleges in the suit that was only the …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Lawsuit Alleges Garfield Walmart Fired Worker For Reporting COVID-19 Violations Lawsuit Alleges Garfield Walmart Fired Worker For Reporting COVID-19 Violations
Lawsuit Alleges Garfield Walmart Fired Worker For Reporting Covid-19 Violations A former customer service manager at Walmart in Garfield has filed a lawsuit claiming that she was fired for reporting the store’s COVID-19 violations. Ejonte Gilyard, 27, of Passaic, is demanding back pay, benefits and other compensatory damages for retaliation, in a lawsuit filed last week in New Jersey Superior Court, NorthJersey.com reports. A corporate policy implemented at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic caps the number of shoppers at 20 percent of a store's capacity, and requires door hosts to keep a running count of customers who enter the store, according to the suit. Gil…

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by Valerie Musson
News
Lawsuit: Years Of Bullying, Lack Of Administrative Action Led To Westfield Teen's Suicide Lawsuit: Years Of Bullying, Lack Of Administrative Action Led To Westfield Teen's Suicide
Lawsuit: Years Of Bullying, Lack Of Administrative Action Led To Westfield Teen's Suicide The parents of a Union County teenager who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 2018 are suing the Westfield School District saying bullying and lack of administrative action contributed to their son's death. Carthoris “Carter” Uziel died by suicide when he was a 15-year-old sophomore Westfield High School in June of 2018, after nearly a decade of verbal and physical bullying by his peers, according to the suit, filed by his parents Gene and Frances Uziel on June 16 in Union County Superior Court. In addition from being called racial slurs and stalked, Uziel was thrown agains…

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by Valerie Musson