Trenton Correspondent who covers the N.J. Supreme Court, Governor, Legislature. She also contributes to The Legal Intelligencer and law.com. Suzette joined New Jersey Law Journal in Jan. 2019 from the Philadelphia Inquirer where she was a former Trenton Statehouse Correspondent and Business Reporter/Columnist. Awards: 1st Place for 2020 coverage of NJ Supreme Court; 2019 Specialized Writing Category, 5-time winner of the Business Financial Writing Portfolio Award from the New Jersey Press Association. Graduate of the Fels Center of Government/University of Pennsylvania. Email: [email protected] or follow on Twitter: @SuzParmley
April 09, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal
New NJ Clergy Abuse Task Force Yields First Guilty PleaThe New Jersey Clergy Abuse Task Force created under Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced Monday its first Roman Catholic priest to be convicted. The charge was of sexually assaulting a teenage girl in the early 1990s.
By Suzette Parmley
4 minute read
April 05, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal
Litigant Who Called Hoax Bomb Threats to 2 NJ Courthouses Pleads GuiltyA litigant frustrated by her perceived lack of justice pleaded guilty on Friday to making hoax bomb threats to the federal courthouse in Camden and the Hughes Justice Complex in Trenton.
By Suzette Parmley
3 minute read
April 05, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal
AG Grewal Releases New Standards on Bias CrimesAn update was due, Grewal said, since the last one was nearly two decades ago.
By Suzette Parmley
4 minute read
April 05, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal
Suit Claiming Double-Parked UPS Truck Caused Crash Settles for $2 Million in EssexA motorist who suffered brain and spinal injuries in an accident involving a UPS delivery truck agreed to a $2 million settlement in his Essex county…
By Charles Toutant | Suzette Parmley
4 minute read
April 04, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal
'Obesity Alone Is Not Protected,' Appeals Court Says in Rejecting Bus Driver's Discrimination ClaimIn essence, the ruling affirms that, under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, "obesity alone is not protected ... as a disability unless it has an underlying medical cause, a condition that plaintiff failed to meet in the present case."
By Suzette Parmley
6 minute read
April 03, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal
Two Years Into Bail Reform, Pretrial Detention Much Lower, AOC Report SaysIn total, New Jersey's pretrial jail population has declined 43.9 percent from December 31, 2015 through the end of 2018, according to the judiciary's report.
By Suzette Parmley
6 minute read
April 03, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal
Injunction Lifted in ADP's Noncompete Suit Against Former Employees"ADP has received the benefit of its bargain as to the one-year restrictive covenants and there is nothing left for the Court to enforce or enjoin,” District Judge William Martini said.
By Suzette Parmley
6 minute read
April 02, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal
State Settles Claim That Community's Electronic Gate Hampered Jewish Sabbath ObservanceIn a complaint filed in 2017 with the Division on Civil Rights, homeowner Nathan Reiss claimed the community association undertook security measures that interfered with the ability to properly observe the Sabbath, observance of which forbids the use of a car or key access card.
By Suzette Parmley
4 minute read
March 28, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal
AG Grewal Announces County Prosecutor Forums on Campus Sexual AssaultNew Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced at an event on campus sexual violence on Thursday that his office was coordinating with all 21 county prosecutors in the state to hold a community forum on campus sexual assault in every county this coming fall.
By Suzette Parmley
5 minute read
March 28, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal
Failure-to-Diagnose Case Settles For $2.35 Million in Ocean CountyThree physicians accused of failing to promptly treat a patient's heart condition agreed on March 6 to a $2.35 million settlement in an Ocean County…
By Charles Toutant | Suzette Parmley | David Gialanella
7 minute read