There are very few cases that discuss Rules 2:9-5 or 2:9-6, the rules dealing with supersedeas bonds. One of those cases, Courvoisier v. Harley Davidson of Trenton, Inc., 162 N.J. 153 (1999), was decided on this date in 1999. In ...
United States v. Baroni, 909 F.3d 550 (3d Cir. 2018). In a unanimous opinion by Judge Scirica today, the Third Circuit upheld the convictions of “Bridgegate” defendants Bill Baroni and Bridget Kelly on charges of conspiracy to obtain by fraud, ...
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas v. Weiner, 456 N.J. Super. 546 (App. Div. 2018). Judge Fisher issued this short decision in this case today. The body of the opinion consumes just four pages of text, with the final word, “Affirmed,” ...
On October 31, 1955, the Supreme Court decided Rainier’s Dairies v. Raritan Valley Farms, Inc., 19 N.J. 552 (1955). It was a 6-1 decision, with Justice Jacobs writing for the majority. Justice Wachenfeld was the lone dissenter. The case arose ...
Piech v. Layendecker, 456 N.J. Super. 367 (App. Div. 2018). This opinion by Judge Fasciale effectively summarizes all the issues, and the result on each issue, in its opening paragraph. “This personal injury social-guest liability case deals with flawed jury ...
On October 19, 1977, the Supreme Court decided Polillo v. Deane, 74 N.J. 562 (1977). That decision is still the leading case under the New Jersey Sunshine Law, N.J.S.A. 10:4-6, otherwise known as the Open Public Meetings Act. There, the ...
Balducci v. Cige, 456 N.J. Super. 219 (App. Div. 2018). This opinion by Judge Nugent today affirmed a trial level decision, after a plenary hearing, that voided a retainer agreement between the defendant attorney and the plaintiff client for defendant ...
On this date in 1990, the Supreme Court decided Nolan v. Lee Ho, 120 N.J. 465 (1990). According to Westlaw, that case has been cited over 1,100 times. Generally, those citations invoke legal rules relating to settlement of litigation, such ...
Little v. Kia Motors America, Inc., 455 N.J. Super. 411 (App. Div. 2018). Class actions notoriously take a long time. But the case in which Judge Koblitz issued a decision for her Appellate Division panel today is nearly old enough ...
G.A.-H. v. K.G.G., 455 N.J. Super. 294 (App. Div. 2018). An emergency medical technician (“EMT”), designated as “Kenneth” in today’s opinion by Judge Fisher, engaged in an unlawful sexual relationship with plaintiff (designated as “Georgia”), who was then just fifteen ...