Cancer patient sues over license photo

EATONTOWN, N.J. — A cancer patient is suing the New Jersey’s Motor Vehicle Commission for compelling her to remove her headscarf to take a driver’s license photo.

Jennifer Giordano, 40, says she was still uncomfortable without wearing a wrap to cover her balding head caused by chemotherapy.

The Asbury Park Press reports the lawsuit alleges an employee at the Eatontown office said she had to remove her headscarf for a new license photo and refused an old photograph Giordano brought with her.

State law allows people undergoing medical treatment to use old photographs for new licenses. Giordano says another employee intervened and produced a new license with the old photo. She is suing for emotional distress. The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission declined to comment, citing pending litigation. Lebanon County judge after he pleaded guilty to burglary and aggravated assault, among other charges. The Lebanon Daily News reports that Ravert threatened staffers at WellSpan Philhaven last August, using a fake handgun to coerce the release of 21-year-old Alicia Buzzard.

The two fled in Ravert’s truck. They were found three days later in Myrtle Beach, S.C., after they were caught shoplifting.

The sentence requires that Ravert receive mental health treatment during its four-and-a-half-year duration.