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N.J. Chief Justice Confirmed

The New Jersey Senate has approved a new chief justice and attorney general. Stuart Rabner will leave his job as attorney general to head the state’s top court and Anne Milgram will replace him, the New Jersey Star-Ledger reports. At age 46, Rabner will be New Jersey’s youngest-ever chief justice.…

Jun 22, 2007 5:04 PM CDT

N.J. Lawyer Accused in Accident Scheme

A New Jersey personal injury lawyer and his law firm face charges that they sought insurance payments for a phony car accident. The indictment accuses Irwin Seligsohn and his West Orange, N.J., firm of conspiring to submit $32,500 in insurance claims for the fake accident, according to New Jersey Lawyer.…

Jun 22, 2007 1:52 PM CDT

N.J. AG Nominee Has Prosecution Credentials

A woman who helped win some of the first convictions under laws intended to protect human trafficking victims will attend hearings today on her nomination to become New Jersey’s attorney general. Anne Milgram obtained the trafficking convictions at the U.S. Justice Department, the New York Times reports in a profile.…

Jun 21, 2007 2:17 PM CDT

Lone N.J. Juror Can Decide Retardation

The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled yesterday that a defendant may not receive a death sentence if at least one juror finds he is mentally retarded. The court said the finding must be made in a sentencing hearing after a guilty verdict, the New York Times reports. The court said…

Jun 19, 2007 3:13 PM CDT

Second Lead-Paint Suit Fails

State supreme courts handed paint manufacturers two victories this week in lawsuits seeking cleanup costs for lead paint used before it was banned as a health hazard in 1978. Today the New Jersey Supreme Court dismissed a public nuisance suit filed against lead paint makers by 26 towns and counties,…

Jun 15, 2007 8:42 PM CDT

Seizure of Unproductive Land Blocked

The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled today that local governments may not seize land merely because it is unproductive and could be put to better use. The court said the state constitution permits seizure of land for redevelopment only if it is blighted, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Supreme Court Chief…

Jun 13, 2007 7:17 PM CDT

Lawyer Failure Helps N.J. Death-Row Inmate

The New Jersey Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for a black death-row inmate because his lawyers and the trial judge failed to pursue a juror’s potential bias. The court vacated the death sentence for Donald Loftin despite its conclusion there was “overwhelming evidence” that he killed a gas-station…

Jun 6, 2007 3:37 PM CDT

Wal-Mart Class Action OK’d

The New Jersey Supreme Court is permitting Wal-Mart employees to pursue a class-action suit that claims they were forced to work off the clock. The court ruled yesterday in Iliadis v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (PDF) that a class action is superior to other methods as a way to adjudicate the…

Jun 1, 2007 3:19 PM CDT

Same-Sex Civil Unions Tie Lesser Knot

Same-sex couples who enter into civil unions in New Jersey are finding that the 100-day-old marriage alternative for gays and lesbians doesn’t fully protect their rights in a crisis. For instance, when Craig Ross, 46, was laid off from his insurance company job, his partner’s employer wouldn’t give Ross health…

May 30, 2007 12:30 AM CDT

N.J. Chief Justice Confirmed

N.J. Lawyer Accused in Accident Scheme

N.J. AG Nominee Has Prosecution Credentials

Lone N.J. Juror Can Decide Retardation

Second Lead-Paint Suit Fails

Seizure of Unproductive Land Blocked

Lawyer Failure Helps N.J. Death-Row Inmate

Wal-Mart Class Action OK’d

Same-Sex Civil Unions Tie Lesser Knot

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