The Supreme Court announced today that it has granted review in two new cases. The first, New Jersey Division of Child Protection & Permanency v. A.B., is before the Court by virtue of a dissent in the Appellate Division. The ...
Today, Chief Justice Rabner issued the 2016-2017 General Assignment Order, which is available here. This document contains the assignments of all Superior and Tax Court judges for the coming term. Relevant to the Appellate Division, the General Assignment Order continues ...
Wolverine Flagship Fund Trading Limited v. American Oriental Bioengineering, Inc., 444 N.J. Super. 530 (App. Div. 2016). This opinion, issued today by Judge St. John, involved the denial of injunctive relief by the Chancery Division. The key issue was one ...
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 ...
Tumpson v. Farina, 431 N.J. Super. 164 (App. Div. 2013). This case arose under the Faulkner Act, N.J.S.A. 40:69A-1 to -210. [Disclosure: My firm, Lite DePalma Greenberg, LLC, represented defendants in this matter]. In Faulkner Act municipalities, citizens may petition to hold ...
Walker v. Choudhary, 425 N.J. Super. 135 (App. Div. 2012). This was a medical malpractice and wrongful death action. Three defendants, a doctor, a medical group, and a company that owns a hospital, won summary judgment based on the statute of limitations. Plaintiff ...
Chief Justice Rabner announced today that, effective August 1, 2011, Judges Hayden, Ostrer and St. John were all being elevated to the Appellate Division. All three of those judges were previously assigned temporarily to the Appellate Division. ...
Badalamenti v. Simkiss, 422 N.J. Super. 86 (App. Div. 2011). Advocates of “tort reform” like to complain that New Jersey courts will allow anyone to proceed, or even to recover, on any type of tort claim. This decision, written by ...