Mahwah Realty Associates, Inc. v. Mahwah Tp., 430 N.J. Super. 247 (App. Div. 2013).  This case, in which plaintiffs sought to block development of a health club, has been back and forth to the Appellate Division several times.  This round of proceedings involved a ...

Mandal v. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, 430 N.J. Super. 287 (App. Div. 2013).  Plaintiff fell on the platform of a PATH train station and injured herself.  She sued the Port Authority, which operates PATH.  At trial, the judge ...

Warren Hospital v. John Does, 430 N.J. Super. 225 (App. Div. 2013).  In Dendrite Int’l, Inc. v. Doe No. 3, 342 N.J. Super. 134 (App. Div. 2001), the Appellate Division laid out a four-part test for determining when a plaintiff who is ...

Washington v. Perez, 430 N.J. Super. 121 (App. Div. 2013).  In proper circumstances, a jury may be told that it can consider the fact that a party did not call a particular witness against that party.  That is an “adverse inference charge.”  ...

Vega v. 21st Century Ins. Co., 430 N.J. Super. 18 (App. Div. 2013).  More and more, courts are rejecting formalisms and looking to the realities of a situation.  This opinion by Judge Fisher is an example of that. Plaintiff, allegedly injured in ...

Tatham v. Tatham, 429 N.J. Super. 502 (App. Div. 2013).  It is not often that a family law opinion touches on so many fundamental procedural issues.  This opinion by Judge Fisher addresses subject matter jurisdiction, personal jurisdiction, forum non conveniens, and service ...

Estate of Murray v. Spiegle, 429 N.J. Super. 378 (App. Div. 2013).  Judge Fisher, who sat in the Chancery Division before being elevated to the Appellate Division, wrote this opinion for a unanimous panel.  The opinion is, in essence, a search for a ...

Sayles v. G&G Hotels, Inc., 429 N.J. Super. 266 (App. Div. 2013).  This case involved the interpretation of an indemnification clause.  In his opinion for the panel, Judge Fisher unpacked a “complex” provision and ultimately found it unambiguous even though the clause might ...

Nielsen v. Wal-Mart Store #2171, 429 N.J. Super. 251 (App. Div. 2013).  Defendant Wal-Mart Store #2171 owned a unit in a multi-unit condominium development owned by another defendant.  Plaintiff was an employee of an independent contractor whom Wal-Mart hired to do pest ...

Chiarello v. PERS Bd. of Trustees, 429 N.J. Super. 194 (App. Div. 2012).   This opinion by Judge Fisher addressed the question of whether the application of plaintiff for a disability retirement from his job with the South Jersey Transportation Authority while retaining ...