Gomes v. County of Monmouth, 444 N.J. Super. 479 (App. Div. 2016). The Tort Claims Act, N.J.S.A. 59:1-1 et seq. (“TCA”), requires that a plaintiff who intends to sue a “public entity” or “public employee” in tort must first serve ...
Walker v. Costco Wholesale Warehouse, 445 N.J. Super. 111 (App. Div. 2016). Earlier this year, in Troupe v. Burlington Coat Factory, 443 N.J. Super. 596 (App. Div. 2016), discussed here, Judge Suter, joined by Judge Sabatino, applied the Supreme Court’s ...
In James v. Ruiz, 440 N.J. Super. 45 (App. Div. 2015), discussed here, Judge Sabatino, who (in addition to his judicial duties) teaches evidence law at Rutgers-Camden Law School, addressed the admissibility of the opinions of non-testifying treating physicians contained ...
Gately v. Hamilton Memorial Home, Inc., 442 N.J. Super. 542 (App. Div. 2015). Apart from funeral directors, their attorneys, and a small number of judges, it’s likely that few people know that funeral directors are given qualified immunity from certain ...
Williams v. Borough of Clayton, 442 N.J. Super. 583 (App. Div. 2015). N.J.S.A. 40A:14-129 and -130 mandate that an officer seeking promotions to “superior position[s]”in police departments in smaller municipalities (that is, those not designated as “first class” or “second ...
Gonzalez v. Hugelmeyer, 441 N.J. Super. 451 (App. Div. 2015). This auto accident case went to trial and produced a verdict for plaintiffs. The defendant driver appealed, and the Appellate Division, perceiving multiple errors in the trial, reversed and remanded ...
Chief Justice Rabner has issued the General Assignment Order for 2015-16. The full Order, whose assignments take effect on September 1, 2015, can be viewed here. As far as the Appellate Division goes, the General Assignment Order shows that Judge Messano will ...
James v. Ruiz, 440 N.J. Super. 45 (App. Div. 2015). This opinion by Judge Sabatino is like the law school evidence class that some of us wish we had taken. In the context of an automobile accident verbal threshold trial, ...
Hill International, Inc. v. Atlantic City Bd. of Educ., 438 N.J. Super. 562 (App. Div. 2014). The Affidavit of Merit statute, N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26 to -29, requires that a plaintiff in a professional malpractice or professional negligence case submit at an ...
C.J.R. v. G.A., 438 N.J. Super. 387 (App. Div. 2014). Near the end of a closely-contested lacrosse game in a youth recreational league for less advanced players, a twelve-year-old player suffered a fractured arm after an eleven-year-old opponent struck him on the arm while trying to get ...