Princeton South Investors, LLC v. First American Title Ins. Co., 437 N.J. Super. 283 (App. Div. 2014).  This opinion by Judge Reisner addressed two issues: “in the context of a title insurance claim, whether a pending but as-yet-undecided tax appeal ...

Irwin I. Kimmelman, who served as an Assemblyman in the 1960’s, as Attorney General of the State of New Jersey in the Kean administration from 1982-86, and as a judge of the Superior Court, died last Friday.  He actually had two ...

Last night, the Morris County Bar Association presented “New Jersey Appellate Practice:  Tips from the Bench and Bar.”  The program and participants were discussed here.  Roughly 125 people attended, and everyone learned some new things and heard again some familiar things.  ...

New Century Financial Services, Inc. v. Oughla, 437 N.J. Super. 299 (App. Div. 2014).  This case encompassed two consolidated collection cases.  Opposing counsel in these matters regularly face off against each other in high-volume collection cases and each is familiar with many ...

Bloomfield 206 Corp. v. City of Hoboken, 2014 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 2175 (App. Div. Sept. 4, 2014).  It is not the goal of this blog to publicize the successes of my firm, Lite DePalma Greenberg, LLC.  Nonetheless, we have recently ...

Vosough v. Kierce, 437 N.J. Super. 218 (App. Div. 2014).  Plaintiffs, all “highly-regarded OB/GYN specialists,” had independent contractor agreements (“ICA’s”) with St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson.  Under those ICA’s, plaintiffs served as attending physicians in St. Joseph’s; OB/GYN ...

Heine v. City of Paterson, 2014 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 2094 (App. Div. Aug. 26, 2014).  This per curiam opinion, issued today by Judges Nugent amd Carroll, affirms a decision of the Law Division, essentially on the opinion below.  The Law ...

Walters v. YMCA, 437 N.J. Super. 111 (App. Div. 2014).  This decision by Judge Fuentes, issued today, reverses a grant of summary judgment in favor of the YMCA in what Judge Fuentes called a “garden variety slip and fall case.”  ...

State v. Carreon, 437 N.J. Super. 81 (App. Div. 2014).  Courts often say that statutes are “inartfully drafted,” or the like.  This opinion that Judge Accurso issued today, however, goes further.  In addressing the penalty provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:3-10, which deals ...

Chief Justice Rabner announced last Friday that Judge Mary Gibbons Whipple is being temporarily elevated to the Appellate Division.  She will serve on Part G from September 15 through November 23, 2014. A graduate of Seton Hall School of Law, Judge ...