Beyer v. Sea Bright Borough, 440 N.J. Super. 424 (App. Div. 2015).  The New Jersey Tort Claims Act, N.J.S.A. 59:8-8, requires anyone who wants to bring a tort claim against a public agency to file a notice of tort claim ...

Bermudez v. Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, 439 N.J. Super. 35 (App. Div. 2015).  The different ways in which legislative language, even relatively precise definitions, can be seen to be ambiguous or unclear seem endless.  In today’s decision, the issue was whether the Kessler ...

This week’s New Jersey Law Journal contains the result of a Law Journal survey of practitioners who were asked to rate the judges of the Appellate Division in nine separate categories on a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the ...

Feliciano v. Faldetta, 434 N.J. Super. 543 (App. Div. 2014).  Rule 4:58-1 allows a plaintiff to make an offer of judgment.  If the defendant does not accept the offer, and the plaintiff then tries the case and achieves an award ...

Advance at Branchburg, II, LLC v. Branchburg Tp. Bd. of Adj., 433 N.J. Super. 247 (App. Div. 2013).  The normal, strict standards for a use variance, as expressed in Medici v. BPR Co., 107 N.J. 1 (1987), are relaxed where ...

Little v. Kia Motors America, Inc., 425 N.J. Super. 82 (App. Div. 2012).  In this consumer class action, which involved alleged defects in Kia automobiles, Judge #1 presided over a classwide jury trial.  The jury found for plaintiff and the class on the issue of ...