West Pleasant-CPGT, Inc. v. U.S. Home Corp., 243 N.J. 92 (2020). [Disclosure: I represented the successful defendant in this appeal]. This unanimous decision by Justice LaVecchia today addressed an equitable remedy that lower courts have made available to foreclosure debtors ...
The Supreme Court announced that it has granted certification in State v. Njango. The question presented there, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk’s office, is “Where a person was wrongfully imprisoned beyond the term of incarceration, can prior service ...
Investors Bank v. Torres, 243 N.J. 25 (2020). As discussed here, the Appellate Division, in an opinion reported at 457 N.J. Super. 53 (App. Div. 2018), affirmed a summary judgment for plaintiff in this foreclosure action. The Supreme Court granted ...
Unlike the Supreme Court of the United States, which customarily (though apparently not this year) issues all its opinions for the term by June 30, the Supreme Court of New Jersey continues issuing opinions into the summer months, or even ...
The Supreme Court announced that it has granted certification in five new cases. They include a consumer class action, a parole matter, a criminal appeal, and two insurance-related cases. The consumer class action is Baskin v. P.C. Richard & Son, ...
Friedman v. Martinez, 242 N.J. 450 (2020). The Torts class in the first year of law school deals with, among other things, the tort of intrusion upon seclusion. It is one of several branches of the right to privacy. As ...
Due to a personal matter, there have been no posts on this blog since June 2. This post will summarize some of the decisions from our appellate courts since that date. Separately, Governor Murphy nominated Fabiana Pierre-Louis to fill the ...
Township of Manalapan v. Gentile, 242 N.J. 295 (2020). Justice Solomon wrote this opinion, issued today, for a unanimous Court. The question was whether, in this condemnation case, the Law Division erred in allowing the jury to hear testimony that ...
Sanchez v. Fitness Factory Edgewater, LLC, 242 N.J. 252 (2020). In Mellet v. Aquasid, LLC, 453 N.J. Super. 23 (App. Div. 2017), the Appellate Division ruled that the Retail Installment Sales Act, N.J.S.A. 17:16C-1 to -61 (“RISA”), does not apply ...
Matter of Russo., 242 N.J. 179 (2020). As Chief Justice Rabner recounted in his opinion for a unanimous Supreme Court yesterday, Judge John F. Russo, Jr., has been an attorney since 1997. After clerking in the Superior Court, he entered ...