Department of Children & Families v. E.D.-O., 223 N.J. 166 (2015). Child abuse and neglect cases are often heartbreaking. Branding a parent as abusive and neglectful is a hard step to take, but is sometimes necessary to protect the child. ...
Allstate New Jersey Ins. Co. v. Lajara, 222 N.J. 129 (2015). The Insurance Fraud Prevention Act, N.J.S.A. 17:33A-1 to-30 (“IFPA”), permits insurance companies to sue those who engage in insurance fraud, and to recover compensatory and treble damages, as well ...
Casser v. Knowlton Tp., 441 N.J. Super. 353 (App. Div. 2015). Two consolidated cases, three Law Division judges who had pieces of these matters, and a lengthy and convoluted procedural history, including a prior appeal, were some of the key ...
In re Petition of Fishermen’s Atlantic City Windfarm, LLC, 2015 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 1265 (App. Div. May 29, 2015). This not precedential decision, issued last Friday, May 29, addresses issues relating to whether the decisions of the Board of ...
In re Failure of the Council on Affordable Housing to Adopt Trust Fund Commitment Regulations, 440 N.J. Super. 220 (App. Div. 2015). The Fair Housing Act, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-329.2(a), states that the Council on Affordable Housing (“COAH”) “may authorize a municipality ...
New Jersey Healthcare Coalition v. New Jersey Dep’t of Banking & Insurance, 440 N.J. Super. 129 (App. Div. 2015). According to today’s opinion by Judge Reisner, every few years “health care providers and other interested parties” file suit to contest ...
62-64 Main Street, LLC v. Hackensack Mayor & Council, 221 N.J. 129 (2015). The Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 to -73, defines when an area is blighted and in need of redevelopment. The Redevelopment Law implements Article VIII, ...
In re Adoption of N.J.A.C. 5:96 and 5:97 by N.J. Council on Affordable Housing, 221 N.J. 1 (2015). As foreshadowed by the oral argument, the Supreme Court today granted Fair Share Housing Center’s motion for relief in aid of litigants’ ...
The Supreme Court announced at 10 A.M. this morning that it will issue its decision in In re Adoption of N.J.A.C. 5:96 and 5:97 by New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing, Motion No. M-392, tomorrow morning at 10 A.M. A ...
Griepenburg v. Ocean Tp., 220 N.J. 239 (2015). In Riggs v. Long Beach Tp., 109 N.J. 601 (1988), the Supreme Court established a test for determining whether a municipal zoning ordinance is valid. In this case, plaintiffs challenged municipal ordinances ...