New Jersey Law Journal Top Stories December 1, 2008
By David Badertscher, PLL
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<p><font><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRCUAQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVR" target="_blank"><font color="#4b5d1a" size="2"><b>Former Camden PD Wins $535,000 Verdict in Whistleblower Case</b></font></a><font size="2"><br/>" The city of Camden has been ordered to pay $535,000 to its former public defender in the aftermath of a 2007 Supreme Court decision that expanded the reach of New Jersey's whistleblower act.</font></font><font size="2"> "</font></p><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- November 24, 2008 -->
<p><font><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRCUAQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVS" target="_blank"><font color="#4b5d1a" size="2"><b>Horizon Blue Cross Tentatively Settles Suit Over Coverage of Eating Disorders</b></font></a><font size="2"><br/>" Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey made a preliminary agreement Monday to pay up to $3.6 million, mostly to plaintiffs' lawyers, to end a class action suit alleging it wrongfully denied claims by eating-disorder patients."</font></font></p>
<p><font><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRCUAQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVT" target="_blank"><font color="#4b5d1a" size="2"><b>Lay Senator Sarlo Named Chairman of Judiciary Panel</b></font></a><font size="2"><br/>" State Sen. Paul Sarlo, an engineer and planner, will be the next chairman of the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee, a post usually manned by a lawyer.</font></font><font size="2"> "</font></p><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- November 26, 2008 -->
<p><font><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRCUAQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVU" target="_blank"><font color="#4b5d1a" size="2"><b>Exes Can Sue Over Ruined Ties to Couple's Children</b></font></a><font size="2"><br/>" For the first time in New Jersey, a judge has recognized the right of parents to collect damages for intentional infliction of emotional distress when their relationships with their children are poisoned by former spouses."</font></font><font size="2"> </font></p><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- November 26, 2008 -->
<p><font><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRCUAQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVW" target="_blank"><font color="#4b5d1a" size="2"><b>Suit Against Lawyer and Doctor Over Surrogate-Mother Pact Goes Forward</b></font></a><font size="2"><br/>"A civil suit in Monmouth County tests the potential liability of professionals who set up surrogacy arrangements, an issue left undecided in Baby M ."</font></font><font size="2"> </font></p><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- November 25, 2008 -->
<p><font><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRCUAQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVY" target="_blank"><font color="#4b5d1a" size="2"><b>Law Firm Suing Malpractice Carrier for Charging Defense Costs Against Deductible</b></font></a><font size="2"><br/>"A law firm is pressing on with its claim that its malpractice carrier violated state law by charging defense costs against the policy's deductible, though a federal judge has ruled against treating the suit as a class action."</font></font></p>
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