Marioni v. Roxy Garments Delivery Co., Inc., 417 N.J. Super. 269 (App. Div. 2010).  In this opinion by Judge Fisher, a former Monmouth County Chancery judge, the Appellate Division discusses the broad equitable powers of Chancery judges in shaping relief to fit ...

In re Issuance of Access Conforming Lot Permit No A-17-N-N040-2007, 417 N.J. Super. 115 (App. Div. 2010).  This case involved an appeal by an objector to a highway access permit whose objections were not considered by the New Jersey Department ...

Resman v. Resman, 2010 WL 4940039 (App. Div. Dec. 7, 2010).  In this case, which involved post-judgment motions in a matrimonial matter, the Presiding Family Part Judge had handled at least three prior post-judgment motions.  That judge warned the plaintiff ...

Staubach Co. of Pennsylvania v. Galloway Automotive, LLC, 2010 WL 5376868 (App. Div. Dec. 3, 2010).  In this per curiam opinion, the court “recognize[d] that when the discovery end date has not yet passed, and discovery has not yet been ...

Suazo v. Diletto, 2010 WL 4880700 (App. Div. Dec. 1, 2010).  In this case, after receiving a copy of the appellant’s brief and appendix, including the transcript of the proceedings in the Chancery Division from which the appeal was taken, ...

Kizima v. Bartone, 2010 WL 4721201 (App. Div. Nov. 23, 2010).  This brief decision recounts that the plaintiffs had failed to respond to discovery, and the trial court dismissed their case without prejudice as a result.  The plaintiffs then sought ...

New Jersey Div. of Youth & Family Services v. J.D., 417 N.J. Super. 1 (App. Div. 2010).  In this child custody matter, the trial court reopened its decision in the case, which had been closed, based on a later-decided Appellate ...

Washington Commons, LLC v. City of Jersey City, 416 N.J. Super. 555 (App. Div. 2010).  Where two prior lawsuits between the parties were already finally concluded, and no case was currently pending, a city could not enforce a condition on ...

Sisolak v. Briarwood Sportsman’s Club, 2010 WL 4483387 (App. Div. Nov. 10, 2010).  This opinion states that while it is “generally preferable to have counsel fee applications filed contemporaneously with, or shortly after, the entry of a final order disposing ...

Abulkhair v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 2010 WL 4226222 (App. Div. Oct. 27, 2010).  Here, a party’s notice of motion in the Law Division requested oral argument only if there was opposition to the motion, a fairly standard form of ...