New Jersey DYFS v. I.S.. 423 N.J. Super. 124 (App. Div. 2011). The Appellate Division is often asked to reconsider its decisions. It does so only rarely, and even more rarely does a decision on reconsideration turn into a published opinion. This short ...
On November 18, an Appellate Division panel consisting of Judges Carchman, Fisher and Nugent denied the State’s motion for a stay pending the appeal, now before the Supreme Court on direct certification, of the Law Division’s ruling against the State ...
Rockaway Shoprite Associates, Inc. v. City of Linden, 424 N.J. Super. 337 (App. Div. 2011). For many years, a large General Motors assembly plant occupied a 47.5 acre site in Linden. Eventually, General Motors closed that plant. The property sat ...
Barna v. Maldonado, 2011 WL 5244968 (App. Div. Nov. 4, 2011). The two appellants, who were plaintiffs in this case, appeared pro se. In the Law Division, they had won a jury verdict of $1,050 in their dispute with their neighbor, defendant Maldonado, ...
The New Jersey Judiciary has released its 2010-11 court year report. During the past year, according to that report, the Supreme Court of New Jersey received 1,184 petitions for certification. It is not clear whether that figure also includes notices ...
Dugan v. TGI Friday’s, 2011 WL 5041391 (App. Div. Oct. 25, 2011). Plaintiff bought a beer at the bar of a TGI Friday’s restaurant and was charged $2.00. She then moved to a table, ordered another of the same beer, and ...
D’Alessandro v. Hartzel, 422 N.J. Super. 575 (App. Div. 2011). Every so often, the Appellate Division decides a case involving a “simple negligence” claim. This opinion, by Judge Parrillo, is such a case. Plaintiff rented defendants’ summer condominium home. Before going to ...
Princeton Healthcare System v. Netsmart New York, Inc., 422 N.J. Super. 467 (App. Div. 2011). This opinion, written by Judge Skillman, involves “a negotiated contract between corporations for the installation and implementation of a complex computer software system.” The panel found that ...
Jacobson v. United States, 422 N.J. Super. 561 (App. Div. 2011). It is not often that the United States is a party in a state court case. This matter involved a claim against the Social Security Administration for failure to withhold disability ...
Baskett v. Cheung, 422 N.J. Super. 377 (App. Div. 2011). The facts of this case, detailed in the opinion of Judge Harris for this appellate panel, were about as egregious as they come. Plaintiffs’ original counsel had an internal office communications snafu, resulting ...