McClain v. Board of Review, 237 N.J. 445 (2019).  This appeal actually involved two consolidated cases, each of which was the subject of a published opinion in the Appellate Division.  McClain v. Board of Review, 451 N.J. Super. 461 (App. ...

On this date in 1965, the Supreme Court decided Tidewater Oil Co. v. Mayor & Council of Borough of Carteret, 44 N.J. 338 (1965), a municipal land use case.  That is still the leading case on the question of the ...

Salazar v. MKGC + Design, 458 N.J. Super. 551 (App. Div. 2019).  In Thabo v. Z Transp., 452 N.J. Super. 359 (App. Div. 2017), discussed here, the Appellate Division made clear that before a complaint can be dismissed with prejudice ...

Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Rodriguez, 458 N.J. Super. 515 (App. Div. 2019).  This short opinion by Judge Firko today involved how to calculate reimbursement to an insurer for its workers’ compensation benefits paid to an injured insured where the insured ...

Tirpak v. Borough of Point Pleasant Beach, 457 N.J. Super. 441 (App. Div. 2019).  This per curiam opinion, issued today by a panel consisting of Judges Sabatino, Haas, and Sumners, affirms a decision of Judge Marlene Lynch Ford of the ...

In both the Appellate Division and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, most opinions issued are not precedential.  Sometimes, however, parties wish to have a not precedential opinion changed to a precedential one so that it can be cited by ...

Finkleman v. National Football League, 236 N.J. 280 (2019).  This opinion by Justice Patterson today answers certified questions posed by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals arising out of a putative consumer class action.   The questions involve N.J.S.A. 56:8-35.1 of ...

Reinig v. RBS Citizens, N.A., 912 F.3d 115 (3d Cir. 2018).  This was the final published opinion of 2018 for the Third Circuit.  Authored by Judge Vanaskie, the opinion reverses an order that granted class certification under Federal Rule of ...

J.G. v. J.H., 457 N.J. Super. 365 (App. Div. 2019).  Though many cases involving child custody arise out of divorce proceedings, other such cases occur in other settings.  In the Appellate Division’s first published opinion of 2019, issued today by ...

There are very few cases that discuss Rules 2:9-5 or 2:9-6, the rules dealing with supersedeas bonds.  One of those cases, Courvoisier v. Harley Davidson of Trenton, Inc., 162 N.J. 153 (1999), was decided on this date in 1999. In ...