August 23, 2024
The Garden State's largest city is asking a New Jersey federal court to toss negligence cross-claims against it in complex litigation surrounding a deadly ship fire at the Port of Newark in July 2023.
April 30, 2024
The city of Newark, New Jersey, is seeking to toss a $50 million wrongful death lawsuit brought by the families of two firefighters who died in July aboard a burning cargo ship, arguing that accidents that occur in the course of employment are matters to be resolved through the workers' compensation process, not the federal courts.
April 05, 2024
The families of two New Jersey firefighters who perished last summer in a blaze aboard a cargo ship in Newark have targeted the city, its fire department, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the port operator with a $50 million wrongful death suit.