In re Pelvic Mesh-Gynecare Litig., 426 N.J. Super. 167 (App. Div. 2012). In this mass tort matter involving medical devices that are used to treat pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence, the Law Division barred defendants from using as an expert witness ...
Zehl v. Elizabeth Bd. of Educ., 426 N.J. Super. 129 (App. Div. 2012). Rule 4:41 allows a court to appoint a discovery master to deal with discovery issues “only upon approval by the Assignment Judge, and then only when all parties consent ...
O’Boyle v. Borough of Longport, 426 N.J. Super. 1 (App. Div. 2012). This is yet another Open Public Records Act (“OPRA”) case. Plaintiff was a frequent antagonist of the defendant Borough, hostility that began when the Borough cited him for a zoning ...
Bull v. United Parcel Service, Inc., 665 F.3d 68 (3d Cir. 2012). “After declaring a mistrial, the District Court dismissed Laureen Bull’s state-law employment discrimination case as a sanction for failing to produce originals of certain medical notes requested by United Parcel ...
A&M Farm & Garden Center v. American Sprinkler Mechanical, LLC, 423 N.J. Super. 528 (App. Div. 2012). No matter how often the courts inveigh against the failure of attorneys and parties to follow the detailed procedures of Rule 4:23-5 as regards dismissals with ...
K.L. v. Evesham Tp. Bd. of Educ., 423 N.J. Super. 337 (App. Div. 2011). There are not many published appellate cases in New Jersey that discuss in any detail the attorney-client privilege or the work product doctrine. Though this opinion, written by ...
Newark Morning Ledger Co. v. New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority, 423 N.J. Super. 140 (App. Div. 2011). The Newark Star-Ledger filed a request under the Open Public Records Act, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 to -13 (“OPRA”), seeking to obtain from the New Jersey ...
Jatczyszyn v. Marcal Paper Mills, Inc., ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2011). The key issue in this case involves how to calculate the discovery period permitted by the Court Rules in a circumstance where the case was removed to federal court by the defendant ...
Ott v. Guardian Protective Services, Inc.., 2011 WL 2297783 (App. Div. May 24, 2011). Final orders are immediately appealable, while interlocutory orders, which do not conclusively resolve all issues as to all parties, are interlocutory and not appealable without leave. In this case, a per ...
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 ...