Dewey v. Volkswagen, A.G., 681 F.3d 170 (3d Cir. 2012). This class action case involved allegations that Volkswagen vehicles had defective sunroofs that allowed water to infiltrate into the interior of the vehicles. The parties reached a settlement that created two categories of ...
US Bank, N.A. v. Hough, 210 N.J. 187 (2012). There seems to be infinite room for judges, or Justices, to disagree about how to interpret statutes or regulations. Sometimes, there are differences even where the administrative agency that promulgated the regulations has weighed in. In ...
O’Boyle v. Borough of Longport, 426 N.J. Super. 1 (App. Div. 2012). This is yet another Open Public Records Act (“OPRA”) case. Plaintiff was a frequent antagonist of the defendant Borough, hostility that began when the Borough cited him for a zoning ...
Sauro v. Sauro, 425 N.J. Super. 555 (App. Div. 2012). This contentious divorce action boiled down to the complaint of a large law firm that an equitable distribution award was improper because, in making that award, the Family Part improperly elevated the interests of the ...
New Jersey Ass’n of School Adminstrators v. Schundler, 211 N.J. 535 (2012). This case required the Supreme Court to parse and reconcile an unusually complex scheme of statutes and regulations that dealt with benefits available by contract to high-level school administrators. In ...
Konop v. Rosen, 425 N.J. Super. 391 (App. Div. 2012). Trial lawyers and appellate lawyers take heed! The Appellate Division, speaking through an encyclopedic opinion by Judge Messano, has issued one of the relatively rare appellate opinions about the application of the ...
Walid v. Yolanda for Irene Couture, Inc.., 425 N.J. Super. 171 (App. Div. 2012). It is elemental that “justifiable reliance” on an allegedly fraudulent mispresentation is necessary to make out a fraud claim. But cases on what does or does not constitute ...
Walker v. Choudhary, 425 N.J. Super. 135 (App. Div. 2012). This was a medical malpractice and wrongful death action. Three defendants, a doctor, a medical group, and a company that owns a hospital, won summary judgment based on the statute of limitations. Plaintiff ...
Little v. Kia Motors America, Inc., 425 N.J. Super. 82 (App. Div. 2012). In this consumer class action, which involved alleged defects in Kia automobiles, Judge #1 presided over a classwide jury trial. The jury found for plaintiff and the class on the issue of ...
Sutter v. Oxford Health Plans, LLC, 675 F.3d 215 (3d Cir. 2012). Decisions in favor of class arbitration may seem to be few and far between these days. But in this case, an arbitrator and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals came ...