A legal advocacy organization cannot be prevented from privately meeting with residents of a nursing home as it investigates suspected abuse and neglect, a federal judge ordered Friday. Disability Rights New Jersey, a nonprofit authorized under federal law to represent the legal interests of people with mental and developmental disabilities, petitioned the court for a temporary restraining order against Woodland Behavioral and Nursing Center at Andover. Woodland’s owners and other senior company officials verbally berated Disability Rights investigators, limited access to the facility and refu…
