Today’s seminar, which was sponsored by the NJSBA Appellate Practice Committee, took up the important topic of the record on appeal. Judge Messano, who headed up the panel, began by stating that the panel hoped actiually to make this topic ...
E&J Equities v. Franklin Tp. Bd. of Adj. , 226 N.J. 549 (2016). Billboards are not everyone’s favorite thing. Many view them as a blot on the landscape (and not humorous at all, unlike the 1980’s British comedy “Blott on ...
In the last ten days, the Supreme Court, nearing the end of its term, has issued a number of opinions. It has been hard to keep up with them all. To catch up, here are brief summaries of the Court’s ...
Rosenthal & Rosenthal, Inc. v. Benun, 226 N.J. 41 (2016). A future advance mortgage, in broad outline, is a mortgage that secures a loan that is made in stages, rather than all at once. This case called on the Supreme ...
In each of the last two days, the Supreme Court issued unanimous opinions involving the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, N.J.S.A. 10:5-1 to -42 (“LAD”). Yesterday, in Smith v. Millville Rescue Squad, 225 N.J. 373 (2016), the Court ruled that ...
This has been a busy past ten days for the Supreme Court. Unfortunately, that busy period coincided with one of my own busy periods. So here is a very brief recap of some of the actions that the Court took ...
Silviera-Francisco v. Elizabeth Bd. of Educ., 224 N.J. 126 (2016). “Whether a trial court order is final or interlocutory has bedeviled courts and attorneys for decades.” So said Judge Cuff in her opinion for the Court today in this matter, ...
Department of Children & Families v. E.D.-O., 223 N.J. 166 (2015). Child abuse and neglect cases are often heartbreaking. Branding a parent as abusive and neglectful is a hard step to take, but is sometimes necessary to protect the child. ...
Fernandes v. DAR Development Corp., 222 N.J. 390 (2015). Kane v. Hartz Mountain Industries, Inc., 278 N.J. Super. 129 (App. Div.1994), aff’d o.b., 143 N.J. 141 (1996), ruled that the comparative negligence of an employee who is injured in a ...
By a 22-16 vote, the Senate passed and sent to the Assembly a bill known as S-2515. An identical bill, A-3269, has been introduced in the Assembly. That legislation would confer the title of “Acting Justice” on any judge of ...