On May 30, 2001, the Supreme Court decided Packard-Bamberger & Co. v. Collier, 167 N.J. 427 (2001). Writing for a unanimous Court, Justice Verniero held that a corporate director who had also acted as counsel to the corporation could be ...
In re Avandia Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation, 924 F.3d 662 (3d Cir. 2019). This appeal had an unusual subject: whether certain documents that defendant GlaxoSmithKline (“GSK”) had designated as confidential in the District Court, pursuant to a ...
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 ...
On this date in 1980, the Supreme Court decided Trentacost v. Brussel, 82 N.J. 214 (1980). As stated by Justice Pashman, who wrote the majority opinion, the question there was “whether a landlord who provides inadequate security for common areas ...
Mondsini v. Local Finance Board, 458 N.J. Super. 290 (App. Div. 2019). This opinion by Judge Messano deals with an issue under the Local Government Ethics Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:9-22.1 to -22.5 (“LGEL”) that was occasioned by Super Storm Sandy in ...
Dutton v. Rando, 458 N.J. Super. 213 (App. Div. 2019). In Lesniak v. County of Bergen, 117 N.J. 12 (1989), the Supreme Court stated that expert testimony is not required to establish the value of services such as advice, guidance, ...
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 ...
In reading an unpublished Appellate Division decision recently, I learned about the “two-court rule.” That rule, which dates back at least as far as a 1949 Supreme Court of the United States decision, Graver Tank & Mfg. Co. v. Linde ...
State v. Berisha, 458 N.J. Super. 105 (App. Div. 2019). None of us likes to admit our mistakes. That includes judges, of course, though judges sometimes do change their minds, as discussed here. Yesterday, Judge Fisher issued a panel opinion ...
On this date in 1954, the Supreme Court decided In re Plainfield-Union Water Co., 14 N.J. 296 (1954). Along with Handlon v. Town of Belleville, 4 N.J. 99 (1950), discussed here, Plainfield-Union is one of the foundation stones of administrative ...