On this date in 2002, the Supreme Court of New Jersey decided Lonegan v. State, 174 N.J. 435 (2002). There, plaintiffs mounted a challenge to numerous types of state “contract debt” (that is, “bonds issued by an independent state authority on ...
Gannon v. American Home Products, Inc., 211 N.J. 454 (2012). This case presented the issue of whether a judgment against these personal injury plaintiffs in their federal court suit against the United States government for allegedly negligently permitting the marketing of ...
Cornett v. Johnson & Johnson, 211 N.J. 362 (2012). This is a long-awaited decision in the tort/medical device realm, involving as it does the issues of choice of law for statute of limitations purposes, the operation of the statute of limitations ...
In Shelton v. Restaurant.com, Inc., the Supreme Court of New Jersey took the relatively rare step of accepting questions certified to it by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. That occurrence was discussed here. The case was argued before the ...
Trautmann v. Christie, 211 N.J. 300 (2012). “Kyleigh’s Law” requires teenage drivers to place an identifying marker on their cars. That law displeased some, particularly the affected drivers and their families. One such objector sued, challenging the law as unconstitutional ...
Stancil v. ACE USA, ___ N.J. ___ (2012). “In this matter, we are asked to create a common law cause of action that would permit an injured employee, who is separately entitled to workers’ compensation benefits, to sue his employer’s ...
McDougall v. Lamm, 211 N.J. 203 (2012). In Portee v. Jaffee, 84 N.J. 88 (1980), the Supreme Court established limited circumstances under which a person who observes the negligently-caused death or serious injury of another person with whom that person ...
The Supreme Court has approved amendments to a number of Court Rules. The amendments take effect on September 1, 2012. The changes to the appellate rules fall into four general categories. A number of them are in accordance with recommendations ...
McGovern v. Rutgers, The State University, 211 N.J. 94 (2012). Plaintiff complained that the Board of Governors of Rutgers, The State University, violated the Open Public Meetings Act, N.J.S.A. 10:4-6 to -21 (“OPMA”), in connection with a special meeting on November 10, ...
DePascale v. State of New Jersey, 211 N.J. 40 (2012). Article VI, section 6, paragraph 6 of the New Jersey Constitution states that “[t]he Justices of the Supreme Court and the Judges of the Superior Court shall receive for their ...