A former stage manager for the “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” television show filed a sexual discrimination complaint with the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment Commission (EEOC) alleging that he was demoted and later terminated from his job with the show because the late-night comedian preferred working with women. Paul Tarascio…
Simply having leave policies in place is not enough to satisfy the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) if those policies are not flexible enough to “reasonably accommodate” employees with disabilities, contends the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC filed suit against Princeton HealthCare System, a Mercer County, NJ…
The second phase of a six-year battle finally came to an end this month when an African-American family was awarded $120,000 in settlement of a racial discrimination lawsuit against the Sea Isle City School Board. Previously, the family was awarded $550,000 in settlement of the portion of the suit involving…
Even though New Jersey is an “at will” employment state, the New Jersey State Supreme Court this past summer ruled that failure to renew a contract because of age is against the New Jersey’s Anti-Discrimination Law. (1) The case involved Rose Nini, a former dean at Mercer County Community College,…
Bullying among adolescents is serious behavior that requires serious attention. This was confirmed recently by the State Division on Civil Rights. Reports on August 31 stated the Division found sufficient evidence to indicate that the Old Bridge Township Board of Education failed to take adequate action to stop reported incidents…
On Friday, August 20, the State Appellate Division upheld an earlier jury verdict awarding $7 million to a woman who claimed she contracted peritoneal mesothelioma by washing her husband’s work clothes. (1) Both Bonnie and John Anderson worked for the Exxon Bayway Refinery in Linden, NJ, for a number of…
A River Vale, NJ, man injured in an explosion at a power plant in Connecticut filed a suit in federal court on August 17, claiming the owners of the plant and several other contractors failed to take safety precautions that may have prevented the accident. (1) Nicholas Novik, an employee…
When the New Jersey American Legion Baseball League Tournament ends this summer, will the use of metal bats in that League end also? If the Commission of the League has his way, yes. (1) The debate over the use of metal bats in amateur baseball leagues (that includes Little League,…
A Belle Mead bicyclist was injured recently after hitting the front end of an SUV while making a left-hand turn on a township road. The woman’s injuries were not life-threatening but, to add insult to those injuries, she was issued a summons for failure to keep right and causing the…
What happens when reality TV drags innocent bystanders into its plot? In the case of MTV’s popular “Jersey Shore” that technique seems to draw lawsuits. Earlier this month, an Illinois woman sued MTV alleging she had been assaulted by two of the show’s cast members during taping of the show…