Newark Morning Ledger Co. v. New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority, 423 N.J. Super. 140 (App. Div. 2011).   The Newark Star-Ledger filed a request under the Open Public Records Act, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 to -13 (“OPRA”), seeking to obtain from the New Jersey ...

US Airways, Inc. v. McCutchen, 663 F.3d 671 (3d Cir. 2011).  After defendant McCutchen suffered a serious auto accident, a benefit plan administered by plaintiff US Airways paid him nearly $67,000 for his medical expenses.  When McCutchen recovered a larger sum than that ...

Since today, November 8, is Election Day, what better case could there be to highlight than In re Contest of November 8, 2005, 192 N.J. 546 (2007)?  Not only did that case involve an election on November 8, the Court’s 3-2 ...

Dugan v. TGI Friday’s, 2011 WL 5041391 (App. Div. Oct. 25, 2011).   Plaintiff bought a beer at the bar of a TGI Friday’s restaurant and was charged $2.00.  She then moved to a table, ordered another of the same beer, and ...

Santos-Reyes v. United States, 660 F.3d 196 (3d Cir. 2011).  Under 8 U.S.C. §1229b(a), an alien who could otherwise be deported from the United States can have the deportation cancelled if the alien “has resided in the United States continuously for 7 ...

Princeton Healthcare System v. Netsmart New York, Inc., 422 N.J. Super. 467 (App. Div. 2011).  This opinion, written by Judge Skillman, involves “a negotiated contract between corporations for the installation and implementation of a complex computer software system.”  The panel found that ...

The Supreme Court has granted review in Trautman v. Christie, 418 N.J. Super. 559 (App. Div. 2011).  The decision of the Appellate Division was discussed here.  The questions presented are whether “Kyleigh’s Law,” which requires drivers with a special learner’s permit ...

State v. Correctional Medical Services, Inc., 422 N.J. Super. 363 (App. Div. 2011).  The New Jersey False Claims Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:32C-1 to -15 and -17 to -18, was enacted on January 13, 2008.  That statute provided that it “shall take effect on ...

Albrecht v. Correctional Medical Services, 422 N.J. Super. 265 (App. Div. 2011).  The Affidavit of Merit statute, N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26 to -29, makes the submission of an affidavit that a suit has merit a prerequisite to a case against a “licensed person in his profession ...

Tymczyszyn v. Columbus Gardens, 422 N.J. Super. 253 (App. Div. 2011).  Plaintiff slipped on ice and fell on a sidewalk that abuts a “multi-unit residential property” operated by defendant Hoboken Housing Authority.  Plaintiff sued, and defendants won summary judgment based on various immunities ...