Watson v. New Jersey Department of Treasury, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2017). The Mistaken Imprisonment Act, N.J.S.A. 52:4C-1 to -7, (“the Act”) allows claims for damages by persons who have been wrongly convicted of a crime and who ...
Lechler v. 303 Sunset Avenue Condominium Association, Inc., 452 N.J. Super. 574 (App. Div. 2017). The Appellate Division got in under the wire, on this final business day of 2017, with this opinion by Judge Hoffman in a personal injury ...
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. ...
Jacobs v. Jersey Central Power & Light Co., 452 N.J. Super. 494 (App. Div. 2017). This opinion by Judge Sabatino today is an abbreviated version of a longer opinion that was not approved for publication. As a result, the decision ...
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 ...
Judge Michael Patrick King, one of the longest-serving members of the Appellate Division, died on November 25, as was revealed publicly today here. A graduate of Fordham University and the University of Pennsylvania School of Law, he was in private ...
Chief Justice Rabner announced today that Judge Lisa Rose will be temporarily assigned to the Appellate Division effective January 2, 2018. Judge Rose, who had been temporarily assigned to the Appellate Division from September 11-November 19, 2017, currently sits in ...
Thabo v. Z Transportation, 452 N.J. Super. 359 (App. Div. 2017). Under Rule 4:23-5, failure to make discovery can, in certain circumstances, result in dismissal of a complaint with prejudice. But Rule 4:23-5 contains “strict notice requirements” that embody “due ...
Greenbriar Oceanaire Community Ass’n, Inc. v. U.S. Home Corp., 452 N.J. Super. 340 (App. Div. 2017). [Disclosure: I represent U.S. Home, though not in this case]. In today’s decision in this appeal, which involved a dispute over which claims asserted ...
Sparroween, LLC v. Township of West Caldwell, 452 N.J. Super. 329 (App. Div. 2017). Plaintiffs operated the Cigar Emporium in West Caldwell. In that business, they sell tobacco products, but they also make tobacco products available to be smoked on ...