Koseoglu v. Wry, 431 N.J. Super. 140 (App. Div. 2013). This opinion by Judge Lihotz was issued in April but was approved for publication only today. It is a medical malpractice case, on cross-appeals from motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (“n.o.v.”) ...
State v. A.R., 185 N.J. 256 (2013). This blog does not often report on criminal cases. But the attached decision, written by Judge Cuff for a unanimous Supreme Court, highlights the invited error doctrine, an important argument on appellate review that can ...
McLean v. Liberty Health System, 430 N.J. Super. 156 (App. Div. 2013). This opinion by Judge Ashrafi addresses a number of evidence issues. The most important, however, relates to the decision of the Law Division to limit plaintiff to one expert witness ...
Mandal v. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, 430 N.J. Super. 287 (App. Div. 2013). Plaintiff fell on the platform of a PATH train station and injured herself. She sued the Port Authority, which operates PATH. At trial, the judge ...
Henebema v. South Jersey Transportation Authority, 430 N.J. Super. 485 (App. Div. 2013). The key issue in this case, in which the opinion of the Appellate Division was written by Judge Fasciale, was whether a judge or a jury is to decide “whether defendants ...
Washington v. Perez, 430 N.J. Super. 121 (App. Div. 2013). In proper circumstances, a jury may be told that it can consider the fact that a party did not call a particular witness against that party. That is an “adverse inference charge.” ...
Jersey Central Power & Light Co. v. Melcar Utility Co., 212 N.J. 576 (2013). Article I, paragraph 9 of the New Jersey Constitution provides that “the right to trial by jury shall remain inviolate.” In civil cases, jury trials are available only ...
Mala v. Crown Bay Marina, Inc., 704 F.3d 239 (3d Cir. 2013). Plaintiff, a citizen of the Virgin Islands, refueled his powerboat at defendant’s fueling station. The boat’s tank overflowed with gasoline, and even though plaintiff tried to clean up the excess ...
Quinlan v. Curtiss-Wright Corp., 425 N.J. Super. 335 (App. Div. 2012). This is a long-running employment discrimination case that came back to the Appellate Division after a remand by the Supreme Court. Judge Sabatino wrote a comprehensive opinion for the panel that educates ...
State v. Morgan, 423 N.J. Super. 453 (App. Div. 2011). Rule 1:8-8(a) states that a trial court, “in its discretion, may submit a copy of all or part of its instructions to the jury for its consideration in the jury room.” In ...