Castello v. Wohler, 446 N.J. Super. 1 (App. Div. 2016). In Medina v. Pitta, 442 N.J. Super. 1 (App. Div. 2015), discussed here, the Appellate Division ruled that a physician who was retired at the time of the occurrence that ...
Dietz v. Bouldin, 136 S. Ct. 1885 (2016). When a judge discharges a jury in a civil case, and only thereafter realizes that the jury verdict contains an error, is there anything that can be done? That was the question ...
State v. Bueso, 225 N.J. 193 (2016). Today, the Supreme Court addressed the issue of how a trial court should evaluate the competency of a child witness to testify. The child in question, M.C., was a seven-year old girl who ...
In re Application for a Retail Firearms Dealer’s License Renewal by Cayuse Corp. LLC, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2016). This decision, issued by Judge Ostrer for the Appellate Division today, addresses the denial of a renewal of a ...
Cho v. Trinitas Regional Medical Center, 443 N.J. Super. 461 (App. Div. 2015). In this medical malpractice case, the only remaining defendant, a doctor, filed what was labeled as “motions in limine” on the day before a jury was to ...
State v. Buckner, 223 N.J. 1 (2015). In one of the biggest cases of the current the Supreme Court term, the Court today upheld the practice of permitting retired judges to serve temporarily on recall. The vote was 5-1. Chief ...
Wacker-Ciocco v. Gov’t Employees Ins. Co., 439 N.J. Super. 603 (App. Div. 2015). In Procopio v. Gov’t Employees Ins. Co., 433 N.J. Super. 377 (App. Div. 2013), discussed here, the Appellate Division ruled that it was an abuse of discretion ...
The Supreme Court announced at 10 A.M. this morning that it will issue its decision in In re Adoption of N.J.A.C. 5:96 and 5:97 by New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing, Motion No. M-392, tomorrow morning at 10 A.M. A ...
Moraes v. Wesler, 439 N.J. Super. 375 (App. Div. 2015). Plaintiff was injured in a car accident in November 2011, for which she filed suit in 2012. Then, in 2013, she was in another auto accident in which she again sustained injuries, including ...
Ricketti v. Barry, 775 F.3d 661 (3d Cir. 2015). State court judges see a lot of New Jersey’s entire controversy doctrine (“ECD”). Some federal judges, not so much. This opinion, issued yesterday by the Third Circuit, reversed a dismissal of ...