A New Jersey bankruptcy judge said Wednesday he would delay the confirmation of a Roman Catholic diocese's Chapter 11 plan at the behest of insurers blindsided by the debtor's abandonment of a deal that would have capped their payouts for clergy sex abuse survivors at $30 million.
An executive for an embattled multistate nursing home chain must face employees' proposed class allegations that they paid premiums for health, dental and supplemental insurance that was never provided, a New Jersey federal judge ruled Wednesday while at the same time releasing him from consumer protection claims in the lawsuit.
The Chapter 11 case of Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder liability unit doesn't preclude a planned fraud lawsuit alleging J&J concealed evidence in prior litigation that its signature product was tainted with asbestos, a New Jersey bankruptcy judge ruled Tuesday.
A split Delaware Supreme Court on Monday backed a $20 million victory for a demolition company's former owners in a dispute over a New Jersey bridge job, ruling they gave timely notice to the company's new owners that a claim might be forthcoming.
A New Jersey bankruptcy judge ruled Thursday that the names of clergymen accused of sexual abuse can appear on the public Chapter 11 docket of a Roman Catholic diocese forced into insolvency by a barrage of clergy abuse lawsuits, saying only the names of the survivors are private.
A New Jersey federal judge granted an Amazon affiliate's bid to resolve a driver's wage lawsuit out of court, ruling that the worker's employment agreement with a delivery contractor clearly required arbitration of all claims arising from the work.
A Pennsylvania federal judge erred by finding that a rule limiting antitrust claims to direct purchasers sank racketeering lawsuits brought by health care plans claiming they overpaid for the opioid withdrawal drug Suboxone, the Third Circuit heard during oral arguments Thursday.
A New Jersey state appeals panel on Thursday declined to disturb sanctions a judge slapped on Ford Motor Co. for withholding evidence ahead of an asbestos trial, ruling in a published decision that the "exceptionally troubling" move warranted the court's action.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blessed New York's bid to temporarily prevent New Jersey from escaping a bistate commission tasked with policing the states' shared shipping harbor, as the Empire State pursues its high court fight to keep the agency intact.
The Third Circuit on Tuesday refused to revive a legal malpractice lawsuit accusing Philadelphia business law firm Kleinbard LLC of botching an investment fraud matter, ruling there was no proof the ex-client's underlying claims would have succeeded if not for the firm's alleged missteps.