M.F. v. JONAH (Jews Offering New Alternatives for Healing f/k/a Jews Offering New Alternatives to Homosexuality), _2021 N.J. Super. LEXIS ______ (App. Div. 2021). [Disclosure: I argued this appeal for the successful plaintiffs]. In June 2015, after several years of ...
Zilberberg v. Board of Trustees, Teachers’ Pension & Annuity Fund, ___ N.J. Siper. ___ (App. Div. 2021). Barbara Zilberg, a former school psychologist, got a pension loan in 2004 from the Teachers’ Pension and Annuity Fund (“TPAF”). Judge Whipple’s opinion ...
Talmadge Village, LLC v. Wilson, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2021). This short (six-page) opinion by Judge Enright today focuses on the effect of Governor Murphy’s Executive Order No. 106. That Executive Order, issued on March 19, 2020, following ...
Temple v. Temple, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2021). When plaintiff Jeffrey Temple and defendant Cynthia Temple divorced, they entered into a marital settlement agreement, incorporated into their 2004 dual judgment of divorce, under which Jeffery was to pay ...
Winberry Realty Partnership v. Borough of Rutherford, ___ N.J. ___ (2021). [Disclosure: I am one of the counsel for the successful plaintiffs in this case.] This case has a long history, having been filed in 2012 and having gone to ...
The Appellate Division issued four published opinions this week (two on Monday and two yesterday). Here are summaries of those rulings: Wilhelm v. Ryder Logistics & Transportation Solutions, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2021). This case actually involved four ...
State v. Szemple, ___ N.J ___ (2021); J.K. v. New Jersey State Parole Bd., ___ N.J. ___ (2021). The Court decided these two criminal appeals in the last two days. Szemple, issued on Wednesday, was a 4-3 decision, while J.K., ...
In re Renewal Application of TEAM Academy Charter School, ___ N.J. ___ (2021). Justice Patterson’s decision for a unanimous Supreme Court today addressed whether, when considering the expansion applications of seven Newark charter schools, the Commissioner of Education was required ...
Simmons v. Mercado, ___ N.J. ___ (2021). Justice Pierre-Louis issued this unanimous opinion for the Supreme Court today. The issue was “whether a records request for complaint-summonses from a municipal police department is proper under the Open Public Records Act ...
Rios v. Meda Pharmaceutical, Inc., ___ N.J. ___ (2021). In Taylor v. Metzger, 152 N.J. 490 (1998), the Supreme Court held that a single racial epithet “was sufficiently severe to contribute materially to the creation of a hostile work environment.” ...