Givaudan Fragrances Corp. v. Aetna Cas. & Surety Co., 227 N.J. 322 (2017). Today’s opinion by Justice LaVecchia, a 6-0 ruling (Justice Albin did not participate) aligned New Jersey with the majority of jurisdictions on an issue of insurance law. ...
The Supreme Court announced today that it has granted review in two more appeals. One case involves unemployment benefits, a subject that the Court visits only occasionally. The other is a criminal appeal. The unemployment matter is Ardan v. Board ...
The Supreme Court announced that it has granted review in three more cases. In Granata v. Broderick, the question presented, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk’s Office, is “Among other issues, can an attorney’s pledge of anticipated counsel fees ...
McCarrell v. Hoffman-LaRoche, Inc., 227 N.J. 569 (2017). Justice Albin’s opinion for a unanimous (6-0, with Justice Patterson not participating) Court today referred to “our evolving choice-of-law jurisprudence.” Today’s opinion, which adopted the test of the Restatement (Second) of Conflict ...
The Supreme Court announced that it has granted review in State v. Prall. The question presented, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk’s Office, is “In this trial for murder and arson, did the trial court err in admitting testimony ...
Today is inauguration day for Donald Trump. He and his designee to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Dr. Ben Carson, might take a lesson from a decision issued on this date in 1983 by a unanimous Supreme ...
“Pent-Up” Demand for Low and Moderate Income Housing Must be Accounted for as Part of “Present Need”
In re Declaratory Judgment Actions Filed by Various Municipalities, 227 N.J. 508 (2017). In the Appellate Division decision in this case, reported at 446 N.J. Super. 259 (App. Div. 2016), and discussed here, the panel faced the question of whether ...
Royster v. New Jersey State Police, 227 N.J. 482 (2017). Today’s decision is a unique one. Writing for the majority of five Justices (Justices LaVecchia, Patterson, Fernandez-Vina, Solomon, and Timpone), Justice Solomon affirmed the decision of the Appellate Division that ...
The Supreme Court announced today that it has granted review in two new cases. The first, New Jersey Division of Child Protection & Permanency v. A.B., is before the Court by virtue of a dissent in the Appellate Division. The ...
State v. Morrison, 227 N.J. 295 (2016). In today’s unanimous opinion by Justice Albin, the issue was whether a volunteer emergency medical technician (“EMT”) is a “public servant” who can be charged with official misconduct under N.J.S.A. 2C:30-2(a). This was ...