Tarabokia v. Structure Tone, 429 N.J. Super. 103 (App. Div. 2012).  “The issue is whether, under the circumstances presented, the general or prime contractor has a duty to ensure the safety of an employee of a subcontractor.”  The Law Division granted summary ...

Natural Medical, Inc. v. New Jersey Dep’t of Health & Human Services, 428 N.J. Super. 259 (App. Div. 2012).  This decision, written by Judge Parrillo, involved plaintiff’s interest in opening an alternative treatment center to cultivate and distribute marijuana pursuant to the ...

In re Estate of Richard Ehrlich, 427 N.J. Super. 64 (App. Div. 2012).  Richard Ehrlich, a trust and estates lawyer, died.  The only purported will of his that could be found was a fourteen-page document typed on traditional legal paper with Ehrlich’s ...

Rockaway Shoprite Associates, Inc. v. City of Linden, 424 N.J. Super. 337 (App. Div. 2011).  For many years, a large General Motors assembly plant occupied a 47.5 acre site in Linden.  Eventually, General Motors closed that plant.  The property sat ...

D’Alessandro v. Hartzel, 422 N.J. Super. 575 (App. Div. 2011).  Every so often, the Appellate Division decides a case involving a “simple negligence” claim.  This opinion, by Judge Parrillo, is such a case. Plaintiff rented defendants’ summer condominium home.  Before going to ...

Jacobson v. United States, 422 N.J. Super. 561 (App. Div. 2011).  It is not often that the United States is a party in a state court case.  This matter involved a claim against the Social Security Administration for failure to withhold disability ...

Riley v. New Jersey State Parole Bd., 423 N.J. Super. 224 (App. Div. 2011).  The Constitutions of both the United States and New Jersey contain provisions that ban ex post facto laws.  Few cases arise under those provisions.  Here, however, the issue ...

Prime Accounting Dep’t v. Township of Carney’s Point, 421 N.J. Super. 199 (App. Div. 2011).  A complaint that sought to contest the assessment of certain property was filed in the Tax Court.  The complaint named plaintiff Prime Accounting Department as the ...

Port Imperial Condominum Ass’n, Inc. v. K. Hovnanian Port Imperial Urban Renewal, Inc., 419 N.J. Super. 459 (App. Div. 2011).  The statute of repose, N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1, prevents a cause of action for “damages for any deficiency in the design, planning, surveying, supervision ...

The Supreme Court has granted certification to review the decision in Cornett v. Johnson & Johnson, 414 N.J. Super. 365 (App. Div. 2010).  [Disclosure:  I am co-counsel for plaintiffs in Cornett].   That opinion, written by Judge Parrillo, involved 49 consolidated matters, in all ...