On February 25, from noon- 2 PM, NJICLE will presenting a webinar titled “Do’s and Don’ts of Appellate Practice.” I will be a panelist, along with Judges Koblitz and Sumners and Marie Hanley, Chief Counsel to the Appellate Division. This ...

McKeown v. American Golf Club, 462 N.J. Super. 339 (App. Div. 2020). Plaintiff McKeown was playing golf with defendant Robinson and his son-in-law, defendant Capavanni, and a fourth golfer, at Beaver Brook Country Club, which was operated by defendant American ...

Estate of Van Riper v. Director, Division of Taxation, 241 N.J. 115 (2020). The taxpayers in this case lost their argument, on summary judgment, before the Tax Court and then the Appellate Division. The Supreme Court granted review, as discussed ...

New Jersey Land Title Ass’n v. Rone, 241 N.J. 113 (2020). As discussed here, yesterday the Supreme Court affirmed, on the opinion of the Appellate Division, that court’s ruling on a statute of limitations issue. Today, the Court took that ...

The Supreme Court announced that it has granted certification in three more cases. Two of them are criminal matters. The third addresses labor and constitutional law issues. The labor appeal is Rozenblit v. Lyles, in which (as discussed here) the ...

The Plastic Surgery Center, P.A. v. Malouf Chevrolet-Cadillac, Inc., 241 N.J. 112 (2020). As discussed here, the Appellate Division, in an opinion reported at 457 N.J. Super. 564 (App. Div. 2019), held that a 2012 amendment to N.J.S.A. 34:15-15 did ...

DiBuonaventura v. Washington Tp., 462 N.J. Super. 260 (App. Div. 2020). Plaintiff was a police officer in Washington Township, Gloucester County. He made several complaints about the conduct of the Police Department and the Police Chief. Investigations determined that plaintiff’s ...

Balducci v. Cige, 240 N.J. 574 (2020). In this case, as discussed here, the Appellate Division invalidated a retainer agreement in an opinion reported at 456 N.J. Super. 219 (App. Div. 2018). The panel also made some broad statements about ...

The Supreme Court Civil Practice Committee just issued its 2020 report about proposed (and rejected) amendments to the New Jersey Court Rules. The full report is available here. Comments on that report are due by March 20, 2020. There are ...

The Supreme Court announced today that it has granted certification in three cases. All are criminal appeals, one of which involved a published opinion of the Appellate Division. State v. Williams, where the Appellate Division published an opinion that is ...