Brunt v. Board of Trustees, Police & Firemen’s Retirement System, 455 N.J. Super. 357 (App. Div. 2018).  In general, except as specified by statute, court rule, or a contract between parties, New Jersey follows the “American Rule,” under which litigants ...

The Supreme Court has announced that it has granted review in three more cases.  Two of them resulted from unpublished Appellate Division rulings in cases where police officers are the plaintiffs, and the third is from a published opinion in ...

Pisack v. B&C Towing, Inc., 455 N.J. Super. 225 (App. Div. 2018).  This decision by Judge Gilson today in three consolidated appeals implicates the Predatory Towing Prevention Act, N.J.S.A. 56:13-7 et seq. (“Towing Act”), the Consumer Fraud Act, N.J.S.A. 56:8-1 ...

Bowser v. Board of Trustees, Police and Firemens Retirement System, 455 N.J. Super. 165 (App. Div. 2018); Mattia v. Board of Trustees, Police and Firemens Retirement System, 455 N.J. Super. 217 (App. Div. 2018).  These two opinions, issued today by ...

Today, the New  Jersey Judiciary website began to display a notice on its home page that states “As of June 14, the Judiciary will discontinue support for older browsers in order to comply with information security regulations.  Recommended browsers include ...

China Agritech, Inc. v. Resh, 138 S.Ct. 1800 (2018).  In American Pipe & Const. Co. v. Utah, 414 U.S. 538 (1974), the Supreme Court of the United States announced a rule that the timely filing of a class action tolls ...

Yarborough v. State Operated School District of the City of Newark, 455 N.J. Super. 136 (App. Div. 2018).  Plaintiff, a third-grade teacher in the Newark public schools, faced a conduct-unbecoming tenure charge for inflicting corporal punishment on two students, in ...

According to the solar calendar, summer formally begins on June 21.  But the Appellate Division begins its summer schedule on June 18, as reflected in the summer Part schedule published here.  The summer is divided into six two-week “Sessions.”  Sessions ...

Governor Murphy announced yesterday that he is nominating Justice Patterson for tenure on the Supreme Court.  Justice Patterson has served with distinction on the Court for the past seven years.  She has written important and well-crafted opinions, and she has ...

Giarusso v. Giarusso, 455 N.J. Super. 42 (App. Div. 2018).  This opinion by Judge Geiger today involved an application for attorneys’ fees in a matrimonial matter by a well-known North Jersey firm.  The firm had represented the plaintiff wife in ...