In addition to the Supreme Court’s grant of review in a case involving the termination of a contract of sale of residential real estate, discussed here, the Court announced in the last several days that it would review four other ...
My three-week trial ended late last week, with a successful jury verdict. But June was a very busy month in the world of New Jersey appellate practice, with numerous important decisions by the federal and state appellate courts. Some of ...
Delray Holding, LLC v. Sofia Design & Development, 439 N.J. Super. 502 (App. Div. 2015). Two real estate development entities (“the Sofia Entities”) went into bankruptcy and, during bankruptcy proceedings, settled claims that they had against two other real estate development entities ...
Education Law Center v. New Jersey State Bd. of Educ., 438 N.J. Super. 108 (App. Div. 2014). In In re Grant of Charters to Merit Preparatory School and Newark Preparatory Charter School, 435 N.J. Super. 273 (App. Div. 2014), discussed ...
Vosough v. Kierce, 437 N.J. Super. 218 (App. Div. 2014). Plaintiffs, all “highly-regarded OB/GYN specialists,” had independent contractor agreements (“ICA’s”) with St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson. Under those ICA’s, plaintiffs served as attending physicians in St. Joseph’s; OB/GYN ...
Cherilus v. Federal Express, 435 N.J. Super. 172 (App. Div. 2014). Plaintiff Joseph Cherilus was injured while working on a Federal Express loading dock. A “cargo lift” was the cause of his injury. He and his wife sued Linc Facilities ...
In re Grant of Charters to Merit Preparatory Charter School and Newark Preparatory Charter School, 435 N.J. Super. 273 (App. Div. 2014). Charter schools are the subject of much controversy. In this case, the Commissioner of Education issued charters to two schools, Merit ...
DeMarco v. Stoddard, 434 N.J. Super. 352 (App. Div. 2014). In P.V. v. Camp Jaycee, 197 N.J. 132 (2008), discussed here, the Supreme Court replaced the “governmental interest test” that had guided choice of law decisions with the “most significant relationship” test ...
McLean v. Liberty Health System, 430 N.J. Super. 156 (App. Div. 2013). This opinion by Judge Ashrafi addresses a number of evidence issues. The most important, however, relates to the decision of the Law Division to limit plaintiff to one expert witness ...
In separate Orders issued on January 4 and made public today, Chief Justice Rabner has reassigned Judge Ashrafi to Part G of the Appellate Division and Judge Hayden to Part C. Both reassignments will be effective as of February 1. ...