The Supreme Court announced that it has granted certification in four more cases. Two of those are criminal appeals, and of the two civil appeals, one is from a published Appellate Division opinion. Maison v. NJ Transit Corp. is the ...
Pullen v. Galloway, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2019). This medical malpractice/wrongful death appeal involved the question of whether New Jersey state courts had personal jurisdiction over defendant doctors who were licensed in New York and performed their only ...
The Supreme Court announced that it has granted review in four more cases. Three of them involve grants of certification. In the fourth appeal, the Court accepted a certified question as posed by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. The ...
On this date in 1950, the Supreme Court decided Fox v. Snow, 6 N.J. 12 (1950). The case dealt with an estate issue. One party urged the Court to “explicitly and expressly overrule the long established law of this state” ...
State v. N.T., ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2019). While at the beach with her three year-old son, N.T. became intoxicated. Having gone into the water with her son up to his knees, N.T.’s intoxication prevented her from swimming, ...
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, a holiday that (despite other differences) virtually everyone observes and can appreciate. A very Happy Thanksgiving to all the readers of this blog. For myself, as Henry David Thoreau said, “I am grateful for what I am ...
In the Matter of Clifton Gauthier, Rockaway Tp., ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2019). Clifton Gauthier, a Rockaway Township police officer, was suspended in January 2014, and later indicted, for allegedly “interfer[ing] with the prosecution of a family member, ...
State v. Pimentel, 461 N.J. Super. 468 (App. Div. 2019). N.J.S.A. 2C:40-26 prohibits driving with a license suspended due to a second or subsequent conviction for driving while intoxicated. The statute imposes a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of 180 ...
The Supreme Court announced late on Friday that it has granted certification in State v. Maisonet. The question presented on this appeal, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk’s office, is “Was defendant denied his constitutional right to counsel of ...
On this date in 1962, the Supreme Court decided Sarner v. Sarner, 38 N.J. 463 (1962). The Court’s unanimous decision there, along with Sunset Beach Amusement Corp. v. Belk, 33 N.J. 162 (1960), on which Sarner relied extensively, is a ...