Marrero v. Feintuch, 418 N.J. Super. 48 (App. Div. 2011). Numerous cases say that in New Jersey state courts, pretrial discovery in civil cases is very broad. This case reiterates that principle in the context of a legal malpractice claim by a ...
Porreca v. City of Millville, 419 N.J. Super. 212 (App. Div. 2011). Rule 4:42-9(a)(2) permits recovery of attorneys’ fees from a “fund in court.” Porreca, a decision written by Judge Axelrad, held that the plaintiff’s counsel could seek a fee based on the “tangible ...
Taylor v. Community Medical Center, 2011 WL 181370 (App. Div. Jan. 21, 2011). This was an appeal by a plaintiff in a medical malpractice matter. Her complaint was dismissed for failure to comply with the Affidavit of Merit statute, N.J.S.A. ...
Nead v. Union Cty. Educ. Servs. Comm’n, 2011 WL 166205 (App. Div. Jan. 20, 2011). This case, which resulted in a reversal of a trial court’s decision to dismiss an employment discrimination case, teaches several things about motions for reconsideration. First, the decision clarifies that motions ...
The courts are closed today for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. That may mean that there is some time to check out the recently updated version of the New Jersey Judiciary’s website, www.njcourtsonline.com. That site got a new look as ...
Oceanside Charter School v. New Jersey Dep’t of Education, 418 N.J. Super. 1 (App. Div. 2011). On the merits, this decision, written by Judge Carchman, stands for a simple proposition: a recipient of government-granted funds who does not comply with the ...
Price v. Hudson Heights Development, LLC, 417 N.J. Super. 462 (App. Div. 2011). The appellant, a frequent objector to development who has also often been successful, pro se, in his objections, won his case below. However, he was unhappy with the lower ...
Triffin v. Liccardi Ford, Inc., 417 N.J. Super. 453 (App. Div. 2011). Robert J. Triffin is in the business of “buying dishonored checks and attempting to collect on them,” as Judge Reisner’s opinion in this case states. His efforts have been the ...
Division of Youth & Family Services v. M.D., 417 N.J. Super. 583 (App. Div. 2011). This lengthy opinion by Judge Messano focuses on what information counsel must provide to a defendant who stipulates to a finding of abuse and/or neglect of a ...
Perez v. Farmers Mutual Fire Ins. Co., 417 N.J. Super. 403 (App. Div. 2011). “The issue presented by this appeal is whether a fifteen-passenger van owned by a church, which it used to transport members of the congregation to church services, falls ...