Scheeler v. Office of the Governor, 448 N.J. Super. 333 (App. Div. 2017).  In these consolidated appeals, plaintiffs each sent requests under the Open Public Records Act, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 to -13 (“OPRA”), to various public agencies.  Those requests all sought ...

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 ...

Dugan v. TGI Fridays, Inc., 445 N.J. Super. 59 (App. Div. 2016).  This putative consumer class action has a long procedural history, including a previous appeal to the Appellate Division, but its facts are relatively simple.  Plaintiffs bought drinks at ...

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 ...

Township of Neptune v. New Jersey Dep’t of Environmental Protection, 425 N.J. Super. 422 (App. Div. 2012).  The Township of Neptune sued the DEP in the Law Division for an order requiring the DEP to perform certain dredging of a waterway and ...

Selective Ins. Co. v. Rothman, 208 N.J. 580 (2012).  The issue in this case, which arose out of the plaintiff insurance company’s denial of personal injury protection (“PIP”) claims for payment of bills for an electrodiagnostic test known as needle electromyography (“EMG”), ...