Allen v. LaSalle Bank, N.A., 629 F.3d 364 (3d Cir. 2011).  Circuit Courts outside the Third Circuit have split on the question of whether a communication from a debt collector to a consumer’s attorney, as opposed to the consumer himself or herself, ...

Cooper University Hospital v. Sebelius, 396 Fed. Appx. 854 (3d Cir. Oct. 12, 2010).  It is rare for a published Third Circuit decision simply to adopt an opinion of the district court.   Here, however, Judge Barry, writing for a unanimous Third Circuit ...

Abbott v. Burke, 2011 WL 1990554 (2011).  On January 5, 2011, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in the latest of the many rounds of this case, which involves the constitutionally-required level of funding for schools.  The issue on this particular appeal ...

Hopewell Valley Citizens Group v. Berwind, 204 N.J. 569 (2011).  This was a case focused on whether a citizens group that objected to a development had timely filed a prerogative writ appeal.  A 6-1 majority of the Supreme Court, speaking through Justice ...

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 ...

New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Group/Garrison Lange v. Holger Trucking Corp., 417 N.J. Super. 393 (App. Div. 2011).  “N.J.S.A. 39:6A-9.1 requires that an insurer, which has provided personal injury protection (PIP) benefits, must commence suit for reimbursement from a tortfeasor within two years ...

Today, Justice Roberto Rivera-Soto notified Governor Christie that he did not wish to be reappointed to the Supreme Court when his seven-year initial term ends later this year.  Justice Rivera-Soto expressed the wish to return to his first love: the ...

D. Russo, Inc. v. Union Tp., ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2010). In Mason v. Hoboken, 196 N.J. 51 (2008), an Open Public Records Act (“OPRA”) case, the Supreme Court of New Jersey declined to follow Buckhannon Bd. & ...