The Supreme Court announced that it has granted review in three more cases. Each one came to the Court in a different way. In the first case, S.T. v. 1515 Broad Street, LLC, the Court granted certification. The question presented ...
Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. v. Jackson, 139 S. Ct. 1743 (2019). Among other changes made by the so-called Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, 28 U.S.C. 1453(b) (“CAFA”) made it easier for class action defendants to remove to federal court ...
Salazar v. MKGC + Design, 458 N.J. Super. 551 (App. Div. 2019). In Thabo v. Z Transp., 452 N.J. Super. 359 (App. Div. 2017), discussed here, the Appellate Division made clear that before a complaint can be dismissed with prejudice ...
On March 15, 2006, the Supreme Court decided Perez v. Rent-A-Center, 186 N.J. 188 (2006). By a 6-1 vote, with Justice Rivera-Soto issuing a partial dissent, the Court held in an opinion by Justice Long that “rent-to-own” contracts are subject ...
Financial Services Vehicle Trust v. Panter, 458 N.J. Super. 244 (App. Div. 2019). This appeal actually involved four consolidated cases, all of them originating in the Small Claims Part of the Superior Court. In each case, the plaintiff had been ...
Jacobs v. Lindsay and Son Plumbing and Heating, Inc., 458 N.J. Super. 194 (App. Div. 2019). The defendant in this appeal, Mark Lindsay and Son Plumbing & Heating, Inc. (“MLSP”) has had “a history of instituting criminal actions as a ...
All the Way Towing, LLC v. Bucks County International, Inc., 236 N.J. 431 (2019). Plaintiffs (an individual and his company, treated as one plaintiff here) purchased a customized tow truck from defendant. Though it was customized, any member of the ...
Kernahan v. Home Warranty Administrator of Florida, Inc., 236 N.J. 301 (2019). When the Supreme Court grants review based on a particular issue raised by the petitioner, but the petitioner subsequently abandons that issue, the Court has at least three ...
Finkleman v. National Football League, 236 N.J. 280 (2019). This opinion by Justice Patterson today answers certified questions posed by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals arising out of a putative consumer class action. The questions involve N.J.S.A. 56:8-35.1 of ...
The Supreme Court announced on Friday that it has granted certification in five more cases. Those matters run the gamut from criminal cases to tort cases to a long-running consumer class action. The class action is Little v. Kia Motors ...