Chief Justice Rabner announced yesterday that Judges Karen Suter and Francis Vernoia are being temporarily assigned to the Appellate Division. For the period of October 19 through December 27, 2015, Judge Suter will be assigned to Part A and Judge ...
A.A. v. Gramiccioni, 442 N.J. Super. 276 (App. Div. 2015). It is unusual for a plaintiff to be permitted to use only initials in filing a complaint. As Judge Simonelli explained in this opinion, “[a]bsent a statute or court rule ...
Van Horn v. Harmony Sand & Gravel, 442 N.J. Super. 333 (App. Div. 2015). When is a document titled “Lease Agreement” not a lease? When it is in fact, regardless of its title, a lease or a “profit a prendre.” ...
In re Probation Ass’n of New Jersey, 442 N.J. Super. 185 (App. Div. 2015). N.J.S.A. 34:13A-5.4(b)(1) prohibits interference with a right guaranteed by the Employer-Employee Relations Act, and the Act explicitly protects the right to ‘assist’ in a labor organization. ...
Mernick v. McCutchen, 442 N.J. Super. 196 (App. Div. 2015). This appeal presented a discovery issue in an auto accident case. Defendants had taken surveillance video of the injured plaintiff. Plaintiff demanded that the video be produced in discovery before ...
This is a guest post by Jeffrey A. Shooman, my colleague at Lite DePalma Greenberg, LLC. Shipyard Associates, L.P. v. City of Hoboken, 2015 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 2117 (App. Div. Sept. 1, 2015). The Appellate Division yesterday reaffirmed the ...
Jack Trubenbach may be the most important person at the Appellate Division whom few people know about. For exactly 36 years, beginning on September 1, 1979, he has been with the Appellate Division Clerk’s Office. For 28 of those years, ...
In a Notice to the Bar issued today, which is available here, Judge Messano announced new guidelines for emergent applications in the Appellate Division. Those guidelines will take effect on September 14, 2015. There will also be a revised Application ...
Opderbeck v. Midland Park Bd. of Educ., 442 N.J. Super. 40 (App. Div. 2015). The Open Public Meetings Act, N.J.S.A. 10:4-6 to -21 (“OPMA”), adopted in 1975, requires advance notice to the public of the “agenda, to the extent known” ...
Medina v. Pitta, 442 N.J. Super. 1 (App. Div. 2015). The New Jersey Medical Care Access and Responsibility and Patients First Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-37 to -42 (“PFA”), “established enhanced qualification requirements for experts who provide testimony or execute [affidavits of ...