In re Estate of Richard Ehrlich, 427 N.J. Super. 64 (App. Div. 2012). Richard Ehrlich, a trust and estates lawyer, died. The only purported will of his that could be found was a fourteen-page document typed on traditional legal paper with Ehrlich’s ...
State v. Palma, 426 N.J. Super. 510 (App. Div. 2012). Just as we do not often see a not-for-publication opinion signed by its author, it is not usual for an opinion issued for publication to be designated per curiam. This decision, by ...
Pitcock v. Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, LLP, 426 N.J. Super. 582 (App. Div. 2012). This case arose out of a dispute between defendant, a New York law firm with a Newark satellite office, and plaintiff, a former partner of that law ...
Filgueiras v. Newark Public Schools, 426 N.J. Super. 449 (App. Div. 2012). This case arose out of the allegedly improper termination of a gym teacher by Newark Public Schools. [Disclosure: My firm, Lite DePalma Greenberg, LLC, represents Newark Public Schools, but did ...
In re Pelvic Mesh-Gynecare Litig., 426 N.J. Super. 167 (App. Div. 2012). In this mass tort matter involving medical devices that are used to treat pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence, the Law Division barred defendants from using as an expert witness ...
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey have each had electronic filing for a number of years. Now, the Appellate Division is moving toward electronic filing as well. At ...
House of Fire Christian Church v. Clifton Bd. of Adj., 426 N.J. Super. 157 (App. Div. 2012). The Appellate Division has repeatedly admonished parties, attorneys, and trial level judges that it is improper to certify as final, under Rule 4:42-2, an order that is purely ...
Zehl v. Elizabeth Bd. of Educ., 426 N.J. Super. 129 (App. Div. 2012). Rule 4:41 allows a court to appoint a discovery master to deal with discovery issues “only upon approval by the Assignment Judge, and then only when all parties consent ...
Beim v. Hulfish, 427 N.J. Super. 560 (App. Div. 2012). The first paragraph of this very interesting opinion by Judge Harris, in an auto accident case, well encapsulates the novel issue presented: “This appeal arises in connection with the Wrongful Death Act, ...
O’Boyle v. Borough of Longport, 426 N.J. Super. 1 (App. Div. 2012). This is yet another Open Public Records Act (“OPRA”) case. Plaintiff was a frequent antagonist of the defendant Borough, hostility that began when the Borough cited him for a zoning ...