Raspavolo v. New Jersey State Police, 2011 WL 2848475 (App. Div. Sept. 20, 2011).  Plaintiff appealed the January 22, 2010 denial of his motion to vacate a previously entered dismissal of his complaint for failure to state a claim.  In an ...

One Step Up, Ltd.v. Sam Logistic, Inc., 419 N.J. Super. 500 (App. Div. 2011).  This opinion by Judge Graves contains a good discussion of a bailor’s rights and responsibilities in connection with conversion claims.  That discussion is probably the reason why the ...

In re Trusts to be Established in the Matter of the Estate of Margaret A. Flood, Deceased, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2010). The holding of this case was that where a decedent has left no will, the doctrine ...

Muracco v. Township of Washington, 2010 WL 5376867 (App. Div. Nov. 16, 2010).  Courts have repeatedly made clear that documents cannot be attached to a brief, but must be appended to a certification or affidavit made on personal knowledge, in ...

Motley v. Division of State Police, 2010 WL 4621498 (App. Div. Nov. 15, 2010).  In this appeal of the pre-trial dismissal of a CEPA case, the Appellate Division found itself “constrained to criticize plaintiff’s brief for failing to direct us ...

Fletcher v. Camden County Prosecutor’s Office, 2010 WL 4226150 (App. Div. Oct. 27, 2010).  In this appeal from a summary judgment, the Appellate Division questioned whether the appellate record was the same as the motion record below.  Somewhat unhappily, the ...

Kalathia v. PMM, Inc., 2010 WL 4156769 (App. Div. Oct. 25, 2010).  The court criticized the failure of the appellant to include in his appendix the contract that was at the center of the case.  After the court requested it, ...