Bloomfield

Monument Lawsuit Could Head to Supreme Court

The Bloomfield City Council may vote today to petition the U.S. Supreme Court to review the lawsuit over the Ten Commandments monument on the lawn of City Hall. Councilors are set to enter a closed session during their meeting Monday and could vote to file a petition for a writ of certiorari, according to the agenda for the meeting. A writ of certiorari asks the Supreme Court to order a lower court to produce its record of the case for the high court to review. The closed session will allow councilors to …


Lawsuit Claims Bloomfield Twp. Overtaxes Water Users

Bloomfield Township — A township resident has filed a class-action lawsuit against Bloomfield Township for allegedly overtaxing residents’ water rates “for the injustice enrichment” of the township. The complaint seeks to have assessments reviewed, corrected and a refund of “millions of dollars” in alleged rate overcharges “not used to cover the actual expenses of providing water to those …


Elderly Man ‘Cooked Alive’ by Defective Heating, Cooling System, Lawsuit Says

A lawsuit filed in Essex County Superior Court claims an elderly man was killed in his Bloomfield apartment on Dec. 13, 2015 from extreme heat caused by a defective heating/cooling system. Every Sunday, Neal A. DiNapoli III typically delivered groceries to his grandparents at their apartment at Felicity Tower in Bloomfield, court documents state. But when DiNapoli and his …