Jacobs v. Jersey Central Power & Light Co., 452 N.J. Super. 494 (App. Div. 2017). This opinion by Judge Sabatino today is an abbreviated version of a longer opinion that was not approved for publication. As a result, the decision ...
Joyce v. Maersk Line Ltd., 876 F.3d 502 (3d Cir. 2017). Today’s decision by Judge Jordan for a unanimous en banc court began with a pun and continued as follows: “Today we stop swimming against the tide of opinion on ...
Thabo v. Z Transportation, 452 N.J. Super. 359 (App. Div. 2017). Under Rule 4:23-5, failure to make discovery can, in certain circumstances, result in dismissal of a complaint with prejudice. But Rule 4:23-5 contains “strict notice requirements” that embody “due ...
Sparroween, LLC v. Township of West Caldwell, 452 N.J. Super. 329 (App. Div. 2017). Plaintiffs operated the Cigar Emporium in West Caldwell. In that business, they sell tobacco products, but they also make tobacco products available to be smoked on ...
The Supreme Court announced that it has granted review in two new cases. The first is In re William R. Hendrickson, Jr. The question presented there, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk’s Office, is “What is the appropriate standard ...
Cottrell v. Alcon Laboratories, 874 F.3d 154 (3d Cir. 2017). Eye drops can be helpful to many people, but putting drops in one’s eyes is unpleasant at many levels. One of those levels– that prescription eye drop medication is delivered ...
Mellet v. Aquasid, LLC, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2017). The decision in this consumer protection case was issued in June as an unpublished opinion. Defendant then asked the Committee on Opinions to designate it for publication, pursuant to ...
Collins v. Mary Kay, Inc., 874 F.3d 176 (3d Cir. 2017). This opinion of the Third Circuit today, written by Judge Restrepo, answers what he called “a layered choice-of-law question: what law governs the interpretation of a forum selection clause ...
Dugan v. TGI Friday’s, Inc., 231 N.J. 24 (2017). In these two closely-watched consumer class action decisions, each of which involved claims regarding defendants’ alleged failure to disclose the price of drinks at their restaurants, plaintiffs and defendants each got ...
Blake v. Board of Review, 452 N.J. Super. 7 (App. Div. 2017). In McClain v. Board of Review, 451 N.J. Super. 461 (App. Div. 2017), discussed here, a panel of the Appellate Division recently addressed an amendment to N.J.S.A. 43:21-5(a) ...