In re Estate of Thomas, 431 N.J. Super. 22 (App. Div. 2013). Rule 4:85-1 establishes a short time period (four months for New Jersey residents and six months for non-residents, subject to a “reasonable time” exception under Rule 4:50-1) within which anyone who ...
Lassiter v. City of Philadelphia, 716 F.3d 53 (3d Cir. 2013). The initial conference under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16 is a time for the court to set a proper course for a case including, in the words of Rule 16, “formulating ...
Hernandez v. North Jersey Neurosurgical Assocs., 2013 N.J. Super. LEXIS 1146 (App. Div. May 14, 2013). This decision, in a medical malpractice case, was designated as not precedential, but perhaps should be reconsidered for publication. It involves the decision of a Presiding Judge ...
In a Notice to the Bar, the Appellate Division has announced that, effective July 1, 2013, the Clerk’s Office will begin “strictly enforcing” various time limitations and page restrictions of the Court Rules. The time provisions at issue include the 45-day period for filing ...
Schepisi & McLaughlin, P.A. v. Lofaro, 430 N.J. Super. 347 (App. Div. 2013). In this decision by Judge Kennedy, the Appellate Division reversed rulings of the Law Division because, among other things, the plaintiff law firm had failed to comply with Rule 1:20A-6, which ...
Yesterday, the Third Circuit issued an Order, which is effective tomorrow, May 1, that reduces the number of paper copies of briefs that must be filed. Currently, Local Appellate Rule 31.1 requires a total of ten paper copies (an original ...
Genesis Healthcare Corp. v. Symczyk, 133 S.Ct. 1523 (2013). Of all the current sitting Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, Justice Scalia is the one who would normally come to mind when the subject of sarcasm in Supreme ...
McLean v. Liberty Health System, 430 N.J. Super. 156 (App. Div. 2013). This opinion by Judge Ashrafi addresses a number of evidence issues. The most important, however, relates to the decision of the Law Division to limit plaintiff to one expert witness ...
Henebema v. South Jersey Transportation Authority, 430 N.J. Super. 485 (App. Div. 2013). The key issue in this case, in which the opinion of the Appellate Division was written by Judge Fasciale, was whether a judge or a jury is to decide “whether defendants ...
In re Letter Decision of the Committee on Attorney Advertising, Docket No. 47-2007, 213 N.J. 171 (2013). New Jersey Rule of Professional Conduct 7.5 requires that a law firm’s name “include the full or last names of one or more of the ...