In each of the last two days, the Supreme Court issued unanimous opinions involving the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, N.J.S.A. 10:5-1 to -42 (“LAD”). Yesterday, in Smith v. Millville Rescue Squad, 225 N.J. 373 (2016), the Court ruled that ...
Castello v. Wohler, 446 N.J. Super. 1 (App. Div. 2016). In Medina v. Pitta, 442 N.J. Super. 1 (App. Div. 2015), discussed here, the Appellate Division ruled that a physician who was retired at the time of the occurrence that ...
Berg v. Christie, 225 N.J. 245 (2016). Today’s decision in this closely-watched case shows once again the importance of the standard of review applied. In a 6-1 decision by Justice LaVecchia, the Court held that cost of living increases (“COLAs”) ...
State v. Bueso, 225 N.J. 193 (2016). Today, the Supreme Court addressed the issue of how a trial court should evaluate the competency of a child witness to testify. The child in question, M.C., was a seven-year old girl who ...
Capital Health System, Inc. v. New Jersey Dep’t of Banking & Insurance, 445 N.J. Super. 522 (App. Div. 2016). In September 2015, the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance (“the Department”) approved a plan put forward by Horizon Blue ...
AIT Global Inc. v. Yadav, 445 N.J. Super. 513 (App. Div. 2016). Plaintiff in this case was a temporary help service firm (“THSF”) that provided short-term information technology consultants for plaintiff’s customers. Defendant was one of those consultants. The parties ...
Torres v. Pabon, 225 N.J. 167 (2016). As Justice Patterson explained in her decision today for a unanimous Supreme Court, “cumulative error” exists when “the aggregate effect of a series of errors” deprives a party of a fair trial. In ...
United States v. One Palmetto State Armory PA-15 Machinegun, 822 F.3d 136 (3d Cir. 2016). Constitutional challenges to gun regulations are frequently filed, and most of them are without basis. This decision, written by Judge Thompson, who was sitting in ...
In re Estate of Byung-Tae Oh, 445 N.J. Super. 402 (App. Div. 2016). In 2001, the decedent in this estate matter, Byung-Tae Oh, at all times a citizen of South Korea, wired $900,000 of his money into the business account ...
In re Estate of Balk, 445 N.J. Super. 395 (App. Div. 2016). Mark Roseman was the executor of a decedent’s estate. The decedent’s two sons sued Roseman for breach of fiduciary duty in connection with his activities regarding the estate. ...