Williams v. American Auto Logistics, 226 N.J. 117 (2016). Parties who fail to follow procedural rules are a source of frustration to busy trial judges. As Justice Fernandez-Vina noted in today’s opinion for a unanimous Supreme Court, courts have “a ...
The Third Circuit has posted a “save the date” notice, available here, for a bench-bar conference next year. The dates are April 19-21, 2017, and the venue will be Lancaster, PA, in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country. This will be the ...
Schwartz v. Accuratus Corp., 225 N.J. 517 (2016). A “take-home toxic tort” is very different than a take-home final examination or take-out foods. It refers to a cause of action that arises when an employee works with toxic materials and ...
Doe v. Hesketh, 828 F.3d 159 (3d Cir. 2016). Today, the Third Circuit, in an opinion by Judge Greenaway, ruled in a case of a child victim of federal crimes related to child pornography, under 18 U.S.C. §2255. The government ...
Roberts v. Ferman, 826 F.3d 117 (3d Cir. 2016). Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 10(c) deals with the circumstance in which a transcript of a District Court hearing or trial is unavailable. In such a case, the appellant “may prepare ...
United States v. One Palmetto State Armory PA-15 Machinegun, 822 F.3d 136 (3d Cir. 2016). Constitutional challenges to gun regulations are frequently filed, and most of them are without basis. This decision, written by Judge Thompson, who was sitting in ...
State Nat’l Ins. Co. v. County of Camden, 824 F.3d 399 (3d Cir. 2016). The case underlying today’s 2-1 decision involved claims of legal malpractice. The procedural history was a tortuous one. Ultimately, applying a “strict” view of a number ...
Presumptive Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump had promised months ago to announce a “short list” of his potential United States Supreme Court nominees. Especially in recent days, conservatives concerned about Trump’s bona fides as a “true conservative” have been pressing ...
In connection with the upcoming Bridgegate trial of Bill Baroni and Bridget Kelly, news outlets had asked Judge Wigenton, who is handling the matter in the District Court, to release to the public a list of names of unindicted co-conspirators. ...
In re NFL Players Concussion Injury Litig., 821 F.3d 410 (3d Cir. 2016). Too often, objectors to settlements of class action litigation “risk making the perfect the enemy of the good,” to quote Judge Ambro’s opinion for the Third Circuit ...