Berkowitz v. Soper, 443 N.J. Super. 391 (App. Div. 2016). In this auto accident case, defendant was unexpectedly hospitalized for a “heart issue” two business days before trial was to begin. Defendant sought to adjourn the trial briefly so that ...
Opderbeck v. Midland Park Bd. of Educ., 442 N.J. Super. 40 (App. Div. 2015). The Open Public Meetings Act, N.J.S.A. 10:4-6 to -21 (“OPMA”), adopted in 1975, requires advance notice to the public of the “agenda, to the extent known” ...
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 ...
Walters v. YMCA, 437 N.J. Super. 111 (App. Div. 2014). This decision by Judge Fuentes, issued today, reverses a grant of summary judgment in favor of the YMCA in what Judge Fuentes called a “garden variety slip and fall case.” ...
My firm, Lite DePalma Greenberg, LLC, was successful in two Appellate Division cases within the last few days. Last week, in Villaquiran v. All-State International, Inc., 2014 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 1633 (App. Div. July 8, 2014), one of my cases, ...
Valent v. Board of Review, 436 N.J. Super. 41 (App. Div. 2014). June Valent is a registered nurse who worked at Hackettstown Community Hospital. In order to minimize the incidence of flu among hospital employees, the hospital promulgated a policy requiring ...
American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey v. New Jersey Div. of Criminal Justice, 435 N.J. Super. 533 (App. Div. 2014). Plaintiff ACLU filed an Open Public Records Act (“OPRA”) request with defendant Division of Criminal Justice. That request sought ...
Under Rule 2:8-1(b), motions in the Appellate Division are not normally argued orally. On March 5, however, an Appellate Division panel (Judges Fuentes, Simonelli, and Haas) heard oral argument, at the panel’s request, on a motion by the Fair Share ...
On March 25, the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education will present this seminar. Details and registration information can be found here. I am a panelist, in the extremely distinguished company of Justice Patterson, Judge Stern (ret.), and Judge ...
L.R. v. Division of Disability Services, 434 N.J. Super. 430 (App. Div. 2014). The core mission of the Division of Disability Services is “serving people who have become disabled as adults, whether through illness or injury.” The Division administers the ...