Chief Justice Rabner has issued the General Assignment Order for 2020-21, which is available here. Judge Ostrer has replaced Judge Koblitz, who will be retiring, as Presiding Judge of Part C. The other Presiding Judges, who include Judges Sabatino, Fasciale, ...

The Supreme Court announced that it has granted certification in State v. Njango. The question presented there, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk’s office, is “Where a person was wrongfully imprisoned beyond the term of incarceration, can prior service ...

Theodore Botter, an Appellate Division judge who was best known for a landmark decision that he issued as a trial judge, died on June 22, according to an obituary published yesterday. Having done his undergraduate work at Ohio State and ...

Investors Bank v. Torres, 243 N.J. 25 (2020). As discussed here, the Appellate Division, in an opinion reported at 457 N.J. Super. 53 (App. Div. 2018), affirmed a summary judgment for plaintiff in this foreclosure action. The Supreme Court granted ...

Unlike the Supreme Court of the United States, which customarily (though apparently not this year) issues all its opinions for the term by June 30, the Supreme Court of New Jersey continues issuing opinions into the summer months, or even ...

Estate of Campagna v. Pleasant Point Properties, LLC, 464 N.J. Super. 153 (App. Div. 2020). This opinion is a magnum opus by Judge Sabatino. But he well summarized the ruling in the three short paragraphs that began the opinion: “This ...

State v. Greene, 242 N.J. 530 (2020). Until today, the Supreme Court “has not had occasion to squarely address a prosecutor’s opening statement that detailed evidence of a defendant’s guilt that never materialized because the anticipated witness refused to testify.” ...

The Supreme Court announced that it has granted certification in five new cases. They include a consumer class action, a parole matter, a criminal appeal, and two insurance-related cases. The consumer class action is Baskin v. P.C. Richard & Son, ...

As discussed here, the Supreme Court recently added due process protections to Governor Murphy’s Executive Order No. 124, which created a mechanism to identify persons held in state prisons or juvenile facilities who might obtain furloughs or parole due to ...

Lembo v. Marchese, 242 N.J. 477 (2020). Employees of plaintiff, a dentist, forged endorsements on checks payable to plaintiff’s dental practice and deposited those checks into their own accounts at TD Bank. Plaintiff sued (among others) TD Bank, asserting common ...