On August 12, 2021, Superior Court Judge Kerry E. Higgins signed a Consent Judgment that resolved my May 2021 pro se (i.e., I represented myself) lawsuit against a school district in Monmouth County. I filed the suit because the school board did not abide by the Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA). Specifically, it did not […]
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Deptford quietly pays $300,000 to settle former employee’s racial discrimination suit.
On September 25, 2020, the Township of Deptford (Gloucester County) agreed to quietly pay $300,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a former black employee who claimed that he was repeatedly referred to as “boy” and subjected to other racist comments. In his lawsuit, Lamar Johnson claimed that beginning in 2017, he was “subjected to […]
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Branchburg quietly pays $220,000 to settle female police officer’s sexual harassment suit.
On March 12, 2021, the Township of Branchburg (Somerset County) agreed to pay $220,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a female police officer (now sergeant) who claimed that her superior officers sexually harassed her, called her a “nice piece of ass,” and that one superior reached over in a patrol car and “began rubbing […]
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Wildwood paid out $80,000 to settle local businessman’s false arrest lawsuit.
On December 2, 2020, the City of Wildwood (Cape May County) agreed to pay $80,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a local bike shop owner who claimed that police falsely arrested him after he called them for assistance to slow down traffic on flooded streets. Scott Chambers, who owns Zippy’s Bikes on Pacific Avenue, […]
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Brigantine paid $210,000 toward a $650,000 settlement to resolve contractor’s lawsuit.
On April 7, 2021, the Brigantine (Atlantic County) City Council unanimously approved a settlement agreement under which it agreed to pay $210,000 to a Camden County construction company that it awarded a water treatment plant construction contract to in 2015. Under the settlement agreement, the engineer hired by the city to manage the construction project […]