Chief Justice Rabner has issued the General Assignment Order for the coming Term. It is available here. At the Appellate Division level, the headline is that the number of Parts has been reduced from eight to seven, encompassing a total ...
Lanzo v. Cypress Amax Minerals Co., ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2021). This appeal arose out of plaintiffs’ claim that plaintiff Steven Lanzo III had contracted mesothelioma from his long-term use of Johnson Baby Powder and Johnson & Johnson’s ...
Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC v. Township of Neptune, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2021). Prudent practitioners who file cases under the Open Public Records Act, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq. (“OPRA”), include an alternative claim under the common law ...
Chief Justice Rabner has issued the General Assignment Order for 2020-21, which is available here. Judge Ostrer has replaced Judge Koblitz, who will be retiring, as Presiding Judge of Part C. The other Presiding Judges, who include Judges Sabatino, Fasciale, ...
Cameron v. South Jersey Pubs, Inc., 460 N.J. Super. 156 (App. Div. 2019). As discussed here, in Dugan v. TGI Friday’s, Inc., 231 N.J. 24 (2017), the Supreme Court rendered a split decision on class certification in two consolidated consumer ...
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 ...
In the last several weeks, this blog has largely focused on Supreme Court decisions and grants of review. That was not meant to slight the Appellate Division, whose judges have made some important rulings as well. Here are summaries of ...
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, ...
Due to an unusual amount of business travel (alas, only to three cold-weather locations) and a hefty appellate brief, I have not been able to keep up with the courts in recent weeks. Here is a belated, and far from ...
Today, the 2017-18 General Assignment Order issued by Chief Justice Rabner was published. It is available here. Judge Messano continues as Presiding Judge for Administration, and Judge Sabatino remains the Deputy Presiding Judge for Administration. The Presiding Judges of the ...