The Supreme Court announced this morning that it will issue its decision in DePascale v. New Jersey, the “Judges Pension Case,” tomorrow at 10 A.M. The ruling is likely to be one of the most important ones of the current ...
Selective Ins. Co. v. Hudson East Pain Management, 210 N.J. 597 (2012). Defendants provided medical treatment to patients who had personal injury protection (“PIP”) insurance through plaintiff (“Selective”). The patients assigned their right to insurance benefits to defendants so that defendants could get paid ...
Murray v. Plainfield Rescue Squad, 210 N.J. 581 (2012). Plaintiffs’ son was shot in the chest by his brother. The Plainfield Rescue Squad was called. But there was allegedly a prolonged delay in transporting the victim to the hospital, and he died. Though plaintiffs sued multiple ...
The Supreme Court announced today that it will review the not for publication decision in Kern Augustine Conroy & Schoppmann, P.C. v. DiDonato. As phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk’s Office, the question presented is “May a law firm recover attorneys’ ...
In In re Plan for the Abolition of the Council on Affordable Housing, 424 N.J. Super. 410 (App. Div. 2012), the Appellate Division held that Governor Christie could not unilaterally abolish the Council on Affordable Housing, which had been created ...
The Supreme Court announced this morning that it has granted certification in State v. Heine, 424 N.J. Super. 48 (App. Div. 2012). The Appellate Division’s decision is discussed here. The question presented, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk’s Office, ...
In Abbott v. Burke, the long-running saga regarding school funding that began with what is now known as Abbott I, 100 N.J. 269 (1985), and continues today, the Supreme Court has issued more than twenty decisions. As a result, the odds ...
In re Kollman, Jr., Petition for Expungement, 210 N.J. 557 (2012). “To afford a second chance to one-time offenders convicted of less serious offenses, who have led law-abiding lives since conviction, the Legislature enacted a law that allows certain records to be ...
Sussex Commons Assocs., LLC v. Rutgers, the State University, 210 N.J. 531 (2012). Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, and its two law schools are unquestionably subject to the Open Public Records Act, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 to -13 (“OPRA”), as the Supreme Court ...
Van Dunk v. Reckson Associates Realty Corp., 210 N.J. 449 (2012). New Jersey’s Workers’ Compensation Act, N.J.S.A. 34:15-1 to -128.5 (“the Act”), creates what is normally the sole recourse for an employee who is injured on the job to be compensated for ...