Education Law Center v. New Jersey State Bd. of Educ., 438 N.J. Super. 108 (App. Div. 2014).  In In re Grant of Charters to Merit Preparatory School and Newark Preparatory Charter School, 435 N.J. Super. 273 (App. Div. 2014), discussed ...

New Jersey Natural Gas Co. v. Borough of Red Bank, 438 N.J. Super. 164 (App. Div. 2014).  New Jersey Natural Gas (“NJNG”) proposed to remove underground gas regulators located in the Borough of Red Bank and replace them with above-ground ...

In re Petition of BofI Federal Bank to Assign Lottery Prize Payment Rights, 437 N.J. Super. 549 (App. Div. 2014).  These consolidated cases called on the Appellate Division to decide whether N.J.A.C. 17:20-7.9(j), which states that “no one shall have the ...

The Supreme Court denied certification in In re Grant of Charters to Merit Preparatory School and Newark Preparatory Charter School, 435 N.J. Super. 273 (App. Div. 2014).  The Appellate Division’s decision is discussed here.  The case involved the grant of charters to ...

Bloomfield 206 Corp. v. City of Hoboken, 2014 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 2175 (App. Div. Sept. 4, 2014).  It is not the goal of this blog to publicize the successes of my firm, Lite DePalma Greenberg, LLC.  Nonetheless, we have recently ...

Renner v. AT&T, 218 N.J. 435 (2014).  This opinion by a unanimous Supreme Court today, written by Judge Rodriguez, addresses the effect of a 1979 amendment to the Workers’ Compensation Law, N.J.S.A. 34:15-7.2.  “In that amendment, the Legislature set higher ...

My firm, Lite DePalma Greenberg, LLC, was successful in two Appellate Division cases within the last few days.  Last week, in Villaquiran v. All-State International, Inc.,  2014 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 1633 (App.  Div. July 8, 2014), one of my cases, ...

In re Opinion No. 17-2012 of the Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics, 220 N.J. 468 (2014).  Chapter 7 bankruptcy is the most common resource of indigent individuals who must file for bankruptcy.  Many Chapter 7 cases are “no-asset cases,” in which ...

Flinn v. Amboy Nat’l Bank, 436 N.J. Super. 274 (App. Div. 2014).  This opinion by Judge Sabatino contains, among other things, an encyclopedic discussion of cases that address the standards of review on a motion to dismiss a complaint.  Additionally, ...

Valent v. Board of Review, 436 N.J. Super. 41 (App. Div. 2014).  June Valent is a registered nurse who worked at Hackettstown Community Hospital.  In order to minimize the incidence of flu among hospital employees, the hospital promulgated a policy requiring ...