The Appellate Division does not issue many opinions in August, as the judges clean up remaining inventory. But there have been some significant published opinions in the last two weeks. Here are summaries of some of those rulings: Harvard v. ...
Chief Justice Rabner has issued the general Assignment Order for 2019-2020. It is available here. As occurs every year, the eight Appellate Division Parts have been reshuffled. But some things remain the same. Judge Messano continues as Presiding Judge for ...
Jacobs v. Lindsay and Son Plumbing and Heating, Inc., 458 N.J. Super. 194 (App. Div. 2019). The defendant in this appeal, Mark Lindsay and Son Plumbing & Heating, Inc. (“MLSP”) has had “a history of instituting criminal actions as a ...
Murray v. Comcast Corp., 457 N.J. Super. 464 (App. Div. 2019). In this employment case, the issue was whether the Law Division had subject matter jurisdiction to entertain a motion for reconsideration. On June 9, 2017, the Law Division granted ...
Due to travel over most of the past two weeks (and getting “back in the game” once having returned), there have been no posts here. But the courts have been active during that time. Here, in brief, are some of ...
The Supreme Court announced that it will review two more cases. Both are criminal appeals in which the Court granted certification. In State v. McNeil-Thomas, the question presented, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk’s Office, is “Among other issues, ...
Chief Justice Rabner has issued the General Assignment Order for 2018-19. It is available here. The Appellate Division lineup again features Judge Messano as Presiding Judge for Administration and Judge Sabatino as Deputy Presiding Judge for Administration. Those two judges, ...
Estate of Doerfler v. Federal Ins. Co., 454 N.J. Super. 298 (App. Div. 2018). This opinion by Judge Fuentes today is one of the shortest published opinions of the Appellate Division. It deals with breach of contract and bad faith ...
Judge Jose Fuentes has often been willing to share his views about what is and is not good appellate practice. Examples of that were discussed here and here. At last night’s NJSBA Appellate Practice Committee meeting, Judge Fuentes took questions ...
Estate of Yearby v. Middlesex County, 453 N.J. Super. 388 (App. Div. 2018). Today’s snowstorm offered the opportunity to circle back, belatedly, to this opinion by Judge Fuentes, which was issued on February 27. Plaintiffs’ decedent, who was allegedly mentally ...