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Former New Jersey Detectives Win on Age Discrimination Claims
The New Jersey Law Against Discrimination was the basis for an employment discrimination lawsuit filed by six former detectives who claimed that superiors required them to retire or simply released them because of their ages. The six plaintiffs won their age discrimination case last week when a jury returned a $2.7 million verdict in their…
Read MoreNew Jersey Court Rules in International Child Custody Case
A few months ago, we mentioned the child custody case involving a New Jersey father’s attempt to return his son to the United States after his wife removed the boy to Brazil and remained there for five years. With the help of federal legislators, the man eventually won custody of his son when a Brazilian…
Read MoreNew Jersey Settles Employee’s Disability Discrimination Claims
A woman had worked as a teacher’s aide in a New Jersey school district for four years when she was informed by letter that she would not be rehired the following year. The letter did not provide any reason why she should not continue in her current position. There was no mention of poor performance,…
Read MoreCourt Rules Against Single Father in Child Custody Case
Complex custody cases raise the issue of how far courts will go in determining what is in the best interest of the child.
Read MoreSettlement Reached Over Claims of Sex Discrimination Against BP
New Jersey residents who followed the Deepwater Horizon oil spill remember that it took an army of people to help clean up the oil. In total, approximately 130,000 people toiled in the sweltering southern sun or volunteered to do so. At the height of the effort, 47,000 people were part of the cleanup force. But…
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