By a 22-16 vote, the Senate passed and sent to the Assembly a bill known as S-2515. An identical bill, A-3269, has been introduced in the Assembly. That legislation would confer the title of “Acting Justice” on any judge of ...
Renner v. AT&T, 218 N.J. 435 (2014). This opinion by a unanimous Supreme Court today, written by Judge Rodriguez, addresses the effect of a 1979 amendment to the Workers’ Compensation Law, N.J.S.A. 34:15-7.2. “In that amendment, the Legislature set higher ...
As announced by the Supreme Court here, Judge Rodriguez will retire as a judge on September 1, 2014. Effective June 19, he has waived continued temporary service on the Supreme Court and will return to the Appellate Division. With the ...
State v. Carlucci, 217 N.J. 129 (2014). This is another guest post by Jeffrey A. Shooman, who was then my colleague in the Appellate Practice Group of Lite DePalma Greenberg, LLC. As discussed here, the Third Circuit noted several months ...
Longo v. Pleasure Productions, Inc., 215 N.J. 48 (2013). A plaintiff under the Conscientious Employee Protection Act, N.J.S.A. 34:19-1 to -8 (“CEPA”), can recover punitive damages against an employer, under the doctrine of respondeat superior, only where “there is actual participation [in ...
In an Order issued yesterday, Chief Justice Rabner announced the elevation of Judges Rodriguez and Cuff to the Supreme Court effective October 1, 2012. The Chief Justice acted pursuant to the authority of Article VI, section 2, paragraph 1 of the ...
Estate of Taylor v. Director, Div. of Taxation, 422 N.J. Super. 336 (App. Div. 2011). In FMC Stores v. Borough of Morris Plains, 100 N.J. 418 (1985), the Supreme Court announced the “square corners” doctrine. That doctrine says, in essence, that in ...