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, ...
Salazar v. MKGC + Design, 458 N.J. Super. 551 (App. Div. 2019). In Thabo v. Z Transp., 452 N.J. Super. 359 (App. Div. 2017), discussed here, the Appellate Division made clear that before a complaint can be dismissed with prejudice ...
Balducci v. Cige, 456 N.J. Super. 219 (App. Div. 2018). This opinion by Judge Nugent today affirmed a trial level decision, after a plenary hearing, that voided a retainer agreement between the defendant attorney and the plaintiff client for defendant ...
T.L. v. Goldberg, 453 N.J. Super. 539 (App. Div. 2018). The Appellate Division split 2-1 in this medical malpractice case. The issue was whether the defendant doctor’s unexpected change in his sworn testimony, from an interrogatory answer that stated that ...
Estate of Francis P. Kennedy v. Rosenblatt, 447 N.J. Super. 444 (App. Div. 2016). Judge Nugent’s decision for the Appellate Division in this case today encapsulated in its opening paragraph the messy fact pattern that presented itself: “This interlocutory appeal ...
Winberry Realty Partnership v. Borough of Rutherford, 2016 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 1019 (App. Div. May 4, 2016). [Disclosure: I represented the successful plaintiffs-appellants on this appeal]. Qualified immunity is a significant defense that is available to defendants in cases ...
Moraes v. Wesler, 439 N.J. Super. 375 (App. Div. 2015). Plaintiff was injured in a car accident in November 2011, for which she filed suit in 2012. Then, in 2013, she was in another auto accident in which she again sustained injuries, including ...