Rockaway Shoprite Associates, Inc. v. City of Linden, 424 N.J. Super. 337 (App. Div. 2011). For many years, a large General Motors assembly plant occupied a 47.5 acre site in Linden. Eventually, General Motors closed that plant. The property sat ...
D’Alessandro v. Hartzel, 422 N.J. Super. 575 (App. Div. 2011). Every so often, the Appellate Division decides a case involving a “simple negligence” claim. This opinion, by Judge Parrillo, is such a case. Plaintiff rented defendants’ summer condominium home. Before going to ...
Santos-Reyes v. United States, 660 F.3d 196 (3d Cir. 2011). Under 8 U.S.C. §1229b(a), an alien who could otherwise be deported from the United States can have the deportation cancelled if the alien “has resided in the United States continuously for 7 ...
Princeton Healthcare System v. Netsmart New York, Inc., 422 N.J. Super. 467 (App. Div. 2011). This opinion, written by Judge Skillman, involves “a negotiated contract between corporations for the installation and implementation of a complex computer software system.” The panel found that ...
Jacobson v. United States, 422 N.J. Super. 561 (App. Div. 2011). It is not often that the United States is a party in a state court case. This matter involved a claim against the Social Security Administration for failure to withhold disability ...
Judge Feinberg’s decision yesterday finding unconstitutional a law that purported to increase the amount that sitting Superior Court judges and Supreme Court Justices must pay toward their pensions and health care has already aroused the predictable uninformed response from talk radio personalities and others. ...
Baskett v. Cheung, 422 N.J. Super. 377 (App. Div. 2011). The facts of this case, detailed in the opinion of Judge Harris for this appellate panel, were about as egregious as they come. Plaintiffs’ original counsel had an internal office communications snafu, resulting ...
Delalla v. Hanover Insurance, 660 F.3d 180 (3d Cir. 2011). The federal removal statute, 28 U.S.C. §1446(b), obligates a defendant who wishes to remove to federal court a case filed in state court to file removal papers within 30 days of the ...
State v. Correctional Medical Services, Inc., 422 N.J. Super. 363 (App. Div. 2011). The New Jersey False Claims Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:32C-1 to -15 and -17 to -18, was enacted on January 13, 2008. That statute provided that it “shall take effect on ...
President Obama has nominated Magistrate Judge Patty Shwartz to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. She would fill the “New Jersey seat” that was created when Judge Barry took senior status in June of this year. A native of Paterson, ...