Palisadium Managemen Corp. v. Borough of Cliffside Park, 456 N.J. Super. 293 (App. Div. 2018). This opinion by Judge Accurso involved an appeal from decisions of the Tax Court that rejected plaintiff’s challenge to tax assessments on its properties. There ...
This time of the year there are slim pickings in terms of published opinions of the Supreme Court of New Jersey or the Appellate Division. Even unpublished Appellate Division opinions slow to a trickle. And, of course, the Supreme Court ...
Due to travel over most of the past two weeks (and getting “back in the game” once having returned), there have been no posts here. But the courts have been active during that time. Here, in brief, are some of ...
The Supreme Court announced late yesterday that it has adopted a number of amendments to the New Jersey Court Rules, effective as of September 1, 2018. The full list of rule changes can be found here. A number of appellate ...
Mielo v. Steak ‘n Shake Operations, Inc., 897 F.3d 467 (3d Cir. 2018). This was an appeal under Rule 23(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure from a District Court decision that granted class certification in this case under ...
Abdelkader v. Hosny, 2018 WL 3579897 (App. Div. July 26, 2018). In State in Interest of N.P., 453 N.J. Super. 480 (App. Div. 2018), discussed here, Judge Messano discussed the purpose of Rule 2:5-6(c). That rule, which allows a trial ...
Serico v. Rothberg, 234 N.J. 168 (2018). As discussed here, last year, the Appellate Division ruled in this medical malpractice case that a “high-low agreement” is a contract, and that where the agreement did not provide for plaintiff to recover ...
Carroll v. E One, Inc., 893 F.3d 139 (3d Cir. 2018). Near the start of his opinion in this case, Chief Judge Smith observed that “[a]ttorneys’ fees and costs are typically not awarded when a matter is voluntarily dismissed with ...
Giarusso v. Giarusso, 455 N.J. Super. 42 (App. Div. 2018). This opinion by Judge Geiger today involved an application for attorneys’ fees in a matrimonial matter by a well-known North Jersey firm. The firm had represented the plaintiff wife in ...
The Supreme Court announced that it is seeking comments on a proposed amendment to Rule 2:11-1(b)(3). That rule, which deals with oral argument in the appellate courts, currently states that “[n]o more than two attorneys will be heard for each ...