Kocanowski v. Bridgewater Tp., 452 N.J. Super. 476 (App. Div. 2017). Plaintiff was a volunteer firefighter in Bridgewater. She slipped on ice while responding to a fire and was injured. She sought temporary disability and medical benefits under workers’ compensation. ...
Grimes v. New Jersey Dep’t of Corrections, 452 N.J. Super. 396 (App. Div. 2017). This appeal, decided today, had two unusual wrinkles, apart from its substantive outcome. First, a pro se prisoner plaintiff prevailed over a government agency. Second, a ...
The Supreme Court announced that it has granted certification in five more cases. One of those is a land use matter. The other four run the gamut from administrative law to criminal law to constitutional law to arbitration. Montclair State ...
The Supreme Court announced that it has granted review in two new cases. The first is In re William R. Hendrickson, Jr. The question presented there, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk’s Office, is “What is the appropriate standard ...
Kadonsky v. Lee, 452 N.J. Super. 198 (App. Div. 2017). In this appeal, plaintiff petitioned the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs (“the Division”) to have marijuana rescheduled from a Schedule I Controlled Dangerous Substance to a Schedule IV or ...
McClain v. Board of Review, 451 N.J. Super. 461 (App. Div. 2017). In general, employees who leave work voluntarily are disqualified from obtaining unemployment benefits. In 2015, the unemployment statute, N.J.S.A. 43;21-5(a), was amended to exempt from disqualification “an individual ...
In re Atlantic County, 230 N.J. 237 (2017); In re New Jersey Firemens Association Obligation to Provide Relief Application Under Open Public Records Act, 230 N.J. 258 (2017). On Wednesday and Thursday of this week, Justice Solomon issued two opinions ...
The Supreme Court has granted certification to review three more appeals. The first of those actually consists of four cases that have been consolidated under the lead case, State v. Hester. The question presented in that case, as phrased by ...
Fisher v. City of Millville, 450 N.J. Super. 610 (App. Div. 2017). Article VIII, section 1, paragraph 3 of the New Jersey Constitution allows the Legislature to enact legislation that grants tax exemptions to veterans. The Legislature has done that, ...
The Supreme Court announced on Friday that it would review three more cases. One of those is before the Court as of right, due to a dissent in the Appellate Division. In the other two cases, the Court granted certification. ...