Last week, the Appellate Division issued four published opinions on a single day, as discussed here. Today, the court released three published decisions. Here are summaries of those opinions: New Jersey Div. of Child Protection & Permanency v. B.H., 460 ...

S.L.W. v. New Jersey Div. of Pensions & Benefits, 238 N.J. 385 (2019). The statute governing the police and firemen’s retirement system (“PFRS”) makes children and widowed spouses of police and firefighters who die after retirement eligible to receive survivor ...

Forty years ago today, the Supreme Court decided State v. Celmer, 80 N.J. 405 (1979), a case that arose out of he conviction of defendant on charges of DWI, speeding, and disregarding a traffic signal. The offenses took place in ...

On most days, the Appellate Division issues a significant number of opinions. But on many of those days, there are no published opinions among them, or only one or two such opinions. Yesterday, however, the Appellate Division issued four published ...

Certain Underwriters at Lloyds Subscribing to Policy PLH-0013397 v. Public Service Electric and Gas, 459 N.J. Super. 436 (App. Div. 2019). Judge Fisher’s opinion in this appeal today was barely longer than the title and the caption of this case. ...

In re Corbo, 238 N.J. 246 (2019). Justice Fernandez-Vina’s opinion for a 6-0 Supreme Court today (Justice Timpone did not participate) is unusual in that it addresses not the substantive issues involved, but the remedy imposed. The Civil Service Commission ...

The Supreme Court announced that it has granted review in three more cases. Each one came to the Court in a different way. In the first case, S.T. v. 1515 Broad Street, LLC, the Court granted certification. The question presented ...

T.L. v. Goldberg, 238 N.J. 218 (2019). The issue in this medical malpractice case was whether plaintiff was entitled to a new trial because defendant, without objection by plaintiff, offered trial testimony that was inconsistent with his discovery responses. That ...

Paladino v. Auletta Enterprises, Inc., 459 N.J. Super. 365 (App. Div. 2019). The work product privilege, or “work product doctrine,” as it is also sometimes labeled, was first recognized by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1947, and ...

Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 238 N.J. 157 (2019). This appeal came to the Supreme Court via questions certified by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in the area of insurance. Some such certified ...