Abboud v. National Union Fire Ins. Co., 450 N.J. Super. 400 (App. Div. 2017).  This opinion by Judge Ostrer interpreted an “insured vs. insured” exclusion in a directors and officers liability insurance policy.  That exclusion generally bars coverage for claims ...

Gil v. Clara Maass Medical Center, 450 N.J. Super. 368 (App. Div. 2017).  This was a medical malpractice case.  The appeal, however, resulted from the Law Division’s grant of summary judgment in favor of certain insurers, which threw out plaintiff’s ...

Larkins v. Solter, 450 N.J. Super. 519 (App. Div. 2017).  The Office of the State Comptroller (“OSC”) was established by the Legislature in 2007, in order to subject governmental financial activities to uniform, meaningful, and systematic public scrutiny.  N.J.S.A. 52:15C-1 ...

Stop & Shop Supermarket Co., LLC v. County of Bergen, 450 N.J. Super. 286 (App. Div. 2017).  The Open Public Records Act, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 to -13 (“OPRA”), permits suits for access to public records covered by OPRA.  A successful OPRA ...

Several days out of the office last week, and work on a large appellate brief, have left me well behind our appellate courts, who have produced a number of decisions in that interim.  To try to catch up, here are ...

Reilly v. City of Harrisburg, 858 F.3d 173 (3d Cir. 2017).  This case involved claims by plaintiffs that an ordinance of the City of Harrisburg unconstitutionally deprived them of the ability to protest outside abortion clinics.  The District Court denied ...

New Jersey Division of Child Permanency & Protection v. J.L.G., 450 N.J. Super. 113 (App. Div. 2015), aff’d o.b., 229 N.J. 113 (2017).  This abuse and neglect case resulted in a 2-1 split in the Appellate Division.  Judge Simonelli, joined ...

Allstate Ins. Co. v. Northfield Medical Center, P.C., 228 N.J. 596 (2017).  After a bench trial, defendants were found to have violated the Insurance Fraud Prevention Act, N.J.S.A. 17:33A-1 to -30 (“IFPA”).  The violation arose from defendants’ use of “a ...

In re N.J.A.C. 12:17-2.1, 450 N.J. Super. 152 (App. Div. 2017).  Given the deferential standard of review of the validity of regulations promulgated by administrative agencies, it is relatively rare that a court finds such a regulation to be arbitrary ...

Holmes v. Jersey City Police Department, 449 N.J. Super. 600 (App. Div. 2017).  Today’s decision by Judge Reisner in this case under the Law Against Discrimination, N.J.S.A. 10:5-2 et seq. (“LAD”), arises from the fact that the Appellate Division previously ...