Mische v. Bracey’s Supermarket, 420 N.J. Super. 487 (App. Div. 2011). The requirements for personal jurisdiction over a defendant are fairly well-settled, but sometimes challenging to apply. Judge Skillman’s opinion in this case addresses whether a defendant is subject to personal jurisdiction ...
Nostrame v. Santiago, 420 N.J. Super. 427 (App. Div. 2011). Many attorneys have seen a potentially lucrative case walk out the door because the client has decided to switch attorneys. The temptation is to sue someone, perhaps the successor counsel. That ...
State v. Kennedy, 419 N.J. Super. 475 (App. Div. 2011). Under N.J.S.A. 2C:44-1(f)(2), the State can appeal a criminal sentence only under limited circumstances. The defendant in this case, an employee of the Morristown Public Works Department, was indicted on heroin charges, as ...
Mid-Atlantic Solar Energy Industries Ass’n v. Christie, 418 N.J. Super. 499 (App. Div. 2011). In 1999, the Legislature authorized electric and gas public utilities to impose a “societal benefits charge” on customers in order to recover certain costs, and for use in ...
In re Adoption of Regional Affordable Housing Development Program Guidelines, 418 N.J. Super. 387 (App. Div. 2011). In 2009, the Council on Affordable Housing (“COAH”) adopted Regional Affordable Housing Development Program Guidelines, in order to implement an amendment to the Fair Housing Act, ...
Allstate New Jersey Ins. Co. v. Neurology Pain Associates, 418 N.J. Super. 246 (App. Div. 2011). The Automobile Insurance Cost Reduction Act (“AICRA”) changed the way personal injury protection (“PIP”) benefit arbitrations are handled under the No Fault Act, N.J.S.A. 39:6A-1 to ...
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Ford, 418 N.J. Super. 592 (App. Div. 2011). The question of whether foreclosing mortgagees have the proper proofs to support their cases has been all over the news lately. Now, in an opinion by Judge Skillman, the Appellate ...
Perez v. Farmers Mutual Fire Ins. Co., 417 N.J. Super. 403 (App. Div. 2011). “The issue presented by this appeal is whether a fifteen-passenger van owned by a church, which it used to transport members of the congregation to church services, falls ...
With the recent retirement of Judge Skillman, Judge Parrillo has been promoted to Presiding Judge of Part A. Judge Skillman remains with Part A on recall. ...
In re Issuance of Access Conforming Lot Permit No A-17-N-N040-2007, 417 N.J. Super. 115 (App. Div. 2010). This case involved an appeal by an objector to a highway access permit whose objections were not considered by the New Jersey Department ...