Medina v. Pitta, 442 N.J. Super. 1 (App. Div. 2015).  The New Jersey Medical Care Access and Responsibility and Patients First Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-37 to -42 (“PFA”), “established enhanced qualification requirements for experts who provide testimony or execute [affidavits of ...

Ross v. Lowitz, 222 N.J. 494 (2015).  This case involved damage resulting from the migration of home heating oil from an underground storage tank on one property onto a neighboring property.  Plaintiffs, who had a contract to buy the property ...

Lippman v. Ethicon, Inc., 222 N.J. 362 (2015).  In 2013, the Appellate Division determined that so-called “watchdog” employees (that is, employees whose job it is to bring forward issues relating to, for example, product safety) are protected as whistleblowers by ...

Morillo v. Monmouth County Sheriff’s Officers, 222 N.J. 104 (2015).  It has long been the case, especially under the federal Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. §1983, that law enforcement officers get broad protection by virtue of the doctrine of qualified ...

Cypress Point Condominium Ass’n, Inc. v. Adria Towers, LLC, 441 N.J. Super. 369 (App. Div. 2015).  A condominium association sued multiple parties, including insurers under commercial general liability (“CGL”) insurance policies, for consequential damages arising out of defective construction work ...

Jensen v. Pressler & Pressler, 791 F.3d 413 (3d Cir. 2015).  Plaintiff defaulted on a credit card debt.  The debt was sold, and the buyer attempted to collect on it.  After obtaining a default judgment, the buyer served plaintiff with ...

On May 22, 2002, the Supreme Court decided Shelcusky v. Garjulio, 172 N.J. 185 (2002).  That was a personal injury case in which a forklift driver at a plant where aerosol products were made suffered severe burns when defective or ...

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. v. Gateway Funding Diversified Mortgage Services, L.P., 785 F.3d 96 (3d Cir. 2015).  Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 10 requires an appellant to “order … a transcript of such parts of the proceedings not already on ...

State v. Perini Corp., 221 N.J. 412 (2015).  Three years ago, the Appellate Division issued an opinion that addressed whether the construction statute of repose, N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1a, runs from the date of substantial completion of an entire project or from ...

Torre v. Liberty Mutual Fire Ins. Co., 781 F.3d 651 (3d Cir. 2015).  This per curiam opinion deals with insurance coverage for the removal from plaintiffs’ land of Hurricane Sandy-generated debris (sand and other debris) not owned by plaintiffs.  The ...