In an article available here, Law360 reports today that there has been a precipitious drop in requests for oral argument in the Appellate Division. Citing statistics from the judiciary, the article says that, for the Appellate Division term that began in September ...
I just happened on this quotation from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. “When a party comes to us with nine grounds for reversing the district court, that usually means there are none.” Fifth Third Mortg. Co. v. Chicago Title ...
Oyola v. Liu, 431 N.J. Super. 493 (App. Div. 2013). The main thrust of this opinion by Judge Alvarez was to affirm a decision of the Law Division that granted summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs and against the New Jersey Property-Liability ...
Belmont Condominium Ass’n, Inc. v. Geibel, 432 N.J. Super. 52 (App. Div. 2013). This case resulted in another magnum opus by Judge Parrillo. Plaintiff sued over defective construction of a condominium in Hoboken. Plaintiff also attacked certain statements that the ...
Heyert v. Taddese, 431 N.J. Super. 388 (App. Div. 2013). [Disclosure: My firm, Lite DePalma Greenberg, LLC, represented the Hoboken Rent Leveling & Stabilization Board in this appeal and in the other appeals discussed in this post]. This has been a busy ...
JB Pool Management, LLC v. Four Seasons at Smithville Homeowners Ass’n, Inc., 431 N.J. Super. 233 (App. Div. 2013). Plaintiff, a pool management company, contracted with defendant condominium association to supply lifeguards and maintenance service for the association’s indoor pool. During the ...
Hernandez v. North Jersey Neurosurgical Assocs., 2013 N.J. Super. LEXIS 1146 (App. Div. May 14, 2013). This decision, in a medical malpractice case, was designated as not precedential, but perhaps should be reconsidered for publication. It involves the decision of a Presiding Judge ...
Northgate Condominium Ass’n, Inc. v. Hillsdale Planning Bd., 214 N.J. 120 (2013). Opponents of land use development applications sometimes contest the adequacy of the notice given by development applicants, as occurred in a recent Appellate Division case. There, the Appellate Division upheld ...
In a Notice to the Bar, the Appellate Division has announced that, effective July 1, 2013, the Clerk’s Office will begin “strictly enforcing” various time limitations and page restrictions of the Court Rules. The time provisions at issue include the 45-day period for filing ...
Schepisi & McLaughlin, P.A. v. Lofaro, 430 N.J. Super. 347 (App. Div. 2013). In this decision by Judge Kennedy, the Appellate Division reversed rulings of the Law Division because, among other things, the plaintiff law firm had failed to comply with Rule 1:20A-6, which ...