consumer protections

The full New Jersey Assembly has approved a bill designed to protect consumers from being slammed by calls from electric power suppliers making false and misleading claims. The bill measure bans electric power suppliers from making false and misleading claims to potential residential customers.

A New Jersey businessman who sells, installs and repairs blinds and draperies will have to pay more than $350,000 in consumer restitution and civil penalties after a Judge ruled he violated the State’s Consumer Fraud Act, and Home Improvement Contractor’s Registration Act.

Consumers thought they were filling their cars with ordinary, unleaded gasoline.  But, six New Jersey gas stations allegedly sold aviation fuel instead.  Now, those gas stations, their parent company and two fuel distribution firms are being sued by the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs.

If you’re planning to buy a used car, New Jersey officials are advising you to make sure you don’t unknowingly wind up with a vehicle that was flooded during Superstorm Sandy.

Price gouging was the top concern among New Jersey consumers in 2012 and the surge in illegal pricing complaints came in the days and weeks post-Sandy.  That's according to data from the State Division of Consumer Affairs.

Some patients in New Jersey filled their prescriptions only to receive pill bottles containing the wrong medication.  The mix-up happened at five separate CVS pharmacies in Camden, Morris and Union Counties.