In re AG Law Enforcement Directive Nos. 2020-5 & 2020-6, 465 N.J. Super. 111 (App. Div. 2020). Here is how Judge Accurso began her opinion for the Appellate Division in this important case: “Responding to state and national demands for ...

In re Ridgefield Park Bd. of Educ., 244 N.J. 1 (2020). The question in this case was whether health insurance premium contribution rates for members of the Ridgefield Park Education Association (“the Association”) were non-negotiable because the subject was pre-empted ...

Due to a personal matter, there have been no posts on this blog since June 2. This post will summarize some of the decisions from our appellate courts since that date. Separately, Governor Murphy nominated Fabiana Pierre-Louis to fill the ...

McGory v. SLS Landscaping, 463 N.J. Super. 463 (App. Div. 2020). Judge Vernoia pulled no punches in this opinion for the Appellate Division today. Writing for a unanimous panel, Judge Vernoia concluded that a Judge of Workers Compensation had denied ...

The appellate courts have not been idle since the most recent post on this blog. Opinions have been issued, the Supreme Court has taken up more cases for review, and the Appellate Division has entered an Order about scheduling in ...

G.C. v. Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services, 463 N.J. Super. 79 (App. Div. 2020). Appellate review of an administrative agency regulation “begins with a presumption that the [Regulation is] both valid and reasonable.” Few challenges to such regulations ...

The Supreme Court announced that it has granted review in four more cases. One of those matters, State v. Lodzinski, a murder case, has received substantial publicity during its lengthy life. In that case, the question presented, as phrased by ...

The Supreme Court announced that it will review two more cases. One of them is before the Court as of right, by virtue of a dissent in the Appellate Division. In the other case, the Court granted certification. Allen v. ...

The Supreme Court announced that it has granted certification in three more cases. How can the case involving “The Shining” not be discussed first? That case is State v. Williams. The question presented, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk’s ...

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 ...