The Supreme Court announced today that it has granted certification in Willingboro Mall, Ltd. v. 240/242 Franklin Avenue, LLC, 421 N.J. Super. 445 (App. Div. 2011). The decision of the Appellate Division is discussed here. The question in the case, as stated ...
Repossession Specialists v. Geico Ins. Co., 423 N.J. Super. 518 (App. Div. 2012). Annetta Jackson defaulted on her car loan, and Repossession Specialists (“Repossession”) was sent to repossess the vehicle. After the tow bar had already been attached and the repossessor was ...
On Friday, the same day that he held his promised second meeting with Judge Shwartz, Senator Menendez announced that he was now supporting her nomination to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Senator Menendez explained that Judge Shwartz had requested ...
It is being reported that Senator Menendez has agreed to meet again with Judge Shwartz, in connection with President Obama’s nomination of Judge Shwartz to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Throughout the legal community, including on this blog, the ...
Bell Tower Condominium Ass’n v. Haffert, 423 N.J. Super. 507 (App. Div. 2012). A condominium association imposed a special assessment on each of its five unit owners. The purpose of the assessment was repairs. Defendants, who owned the largest unit, were assessed ...
Today, I was one of two panelists on a webinar entitled “Class Action Settlement Objectors: Minimizing and Defending Challenges by Professional Objectors, Government Officials and Public Interest Groups.” My topic was plaintiffs’ tactics to combat professional objectors, while my co-presenter, ...
In an order entered yesterday and issued per curiam, on behalf of the entire Third Circuit Court of Appeals, Chief Judge McKee directed that “a three-judge Standing Motions Panel is hereby appointed to rule on all motions to exceed the page/word ...
Johnson v. Downe Tp. Combined Planning/Zoning Bd., 2012 WL 33897 (App. Div. Jan. 9, 2012). How many times has the Appellate Division warned that a purported appeal as of right from a decision that does not dispose of all issues as ...
Cambria v. Two JFK Blvd, LLC, 423 N.J. Super. 499 (App. Div. 2012). Plaintiff was injured when he fell in the parking lot of a strip mall owned by defendant Two JFK Blvd, LLC. Plaintiff sued that landlord, as well as a ...
In October, President Obama nominated Judge Shwartz to a seat on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Senator Lautenberg promptly hailed that nomination. Senator Menendez did not. Today, major newspapers are reporting what some in the legal community have been ...