Bellino v. Verizon Wireless, 435 N.J. Super. 85 (App. Div. 2014). The Workers Compensation Act, N.J.S.A. 34:15-1 to -142 (“the Act”), contains an “anti-fraud” provision in N.J.S.A. 34:15-57.4. Under that provision, a person who “purposely or knowingly makes, when making a claim for benefits ...
Law v. Siegel, ___ U.S. ___ (2014). Outrageous behavior of a litigant deserves to be punished. That is why provisions such as Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 and a comparable bankruptcy rule, Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 9011, among ...
Platia v. Hamilton Tp. Bd. of Educ., 434 N.J. Super. 382 (App. Div. 2014). Plaintiff was employed as a special education teacher for more than three academic years in a four-year period. In the ordinary case, that would have been ...
New Jersey Dept’ of Labor & Workforce Development v. Crest Ultrasonics, 434 N.J. Super. 34 (App. Div. 2014). N.J.S.A. 34:8B-1 “bars employers seeking to fill job vacancies in this State from purposefully or knowingly publishing advertisements stating that job applicants ...
Bozzi v. City of Atlantic City, 434 N.J. Super. 326 (App. Div. 2014). Plaintiff wanted to get a copy of bid specifications for HVAC work at a local public building. He went to defendant’s official records custodian to make an ...
Finkel v. Hopewell Tp. Committee, 434 N.J. Super. 303 (App. Div. 2013). This case involves the principle of “capable of repetition yet evading review” to defeat a mootness argument. That principle was made famous by Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 ...
Redd v. Bowman, 433 N.J. Super. 178 (App. Div. 2013). This is another case that involves the power of citizens of a municipality established under the Faulkner Act, N.J.S.A. 40:69A-1 to -210, to propose municipal ordinances by initiative, N.J.S.A. 40:69A-184, or approve or ...
Allstate New Jersey Ins. Co. v. Lajara, 433 N.J. Super. 20 (App. Div. 2013). Plaintiff insurers sued a number of defendants under the Insurance Fraud Prevention Act, N.J.S.A. 17:33A-1 to -30 (“the Act”). Plaintiffs asserted that they had paid out ...
Farmers Mut. Fire Ins. Co. of Salem v. New Jersey Property-Liability Ins. Guar. Ass’n, 215 N.J. 552 (2013). Today’s unanimous opinion by Justice Albin addresses the proper allocation of environmental cleanup costs when one of the insurers on the risk is ...
The Supreme Court has granted certification to review the decision of the Appellate Division in Tumpson v. Farina, 431 N.J. Super. 164 (App. Div. 2013). The decision below is discussed here. The question presented, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk’s Office, ...