Bell Tower Condominium Ass’n v. Haffert, 423 N.J. Super. 507 (App. Div. 2012). A condominium association imposed a special assessment on each of its five unit owners. The purpose of the assessment was repairs. Defendants, who owned the largest unit, were assessed ...
The Supreme Court has granted a petition for certification to review the decision of the Appellate Division in NAACP of Camden County East v. Foulke Mgmt. Corp., 421 N.J. Super. 404 (App. Div. 2011). The decision of the Appellate Division ...
Litman v. Cellco Partnership, 655 F.3d 225 (3d Cir. 2011). In AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, 131 S. Ct. 1740 (2011), a 5-4 majority of the Supreme Court of the United States rejected a California rule that often invalidated class action waivers in ...
NAACP of Camden County East v. Foulke Management Corp., 421 N.J. Super. 404 (App. Div. 2011). This consumer class action was the occasion for another typically scholarly opinion by Judge Sabatino. Geraldine Thomas, an African-American, bought a new automobile from defendant. She was ...
Open MRI & Imaging v. Mercury Ins. Group, 421 N.J. Super. 160 (App. Div. 2011). N.J.S.A. 2A:23A-18b, p;art of the Alternative Procedures for Dispute Resolution Act (“APDRA”), provides that “[u]pon the granting of an order confirming, modifying or correcting an [APDRA] ...
Frumer v. Nat’l Home Ins. Co., 420 N.J. Super. 7 (App. Div. 2011). This short opinion by Judge Simonelli, which involved claims under a new home warranty, reverses a lower court’s refusal to compel arbitration despite the seemingly plain language of an arbitration ...
On this date in 2008, the Supreme Court of New Jersey decided Wein v. Morris, 194 N.J. 364 (2008). That case involved an order dismissing a lawsuit and directing that the matter be arbitrated pursuant to an arbitration agreement between the ...
Policemen’s Benevolent Ass’n v. City of Trenton, 205 N.J. 422 (2011). The City of Trenton ordered certain employees to report for “muster” ten minutes before their shifts were to start, so that roll calls could be completed and the personnel promptly deployed ...
GMAC v. Pittella, 205 N.J. 572 (2011). In Wein v. Morris, 194 N.J. 364 (2008), the Supreme Court used its rulemaking power to amend Rule 2:2-3(a) to add orders compelling arbitration to the list of interlocutory orders that are deemed final for ...
Allstate New Jersey Ins. Co. v. Neurology Pain Associates, 418 N.J. Super. 246 (App. Div. 2011). The Automobile Insurance Cost Reduction Act (“AICRA”) changed the way personal injury protection (“PIP”) benefit arbitrations are handled under the No Fault Act, N.J.S.A. 39:6A-1 to ...