In re Robbinsville Tp. Bd. of Educ. v. Washington Tp. Educ. Ass’n, 227 N.J. 192 (2016). In Borough of Keyport v. International Union of Operating Engineers, 222 N.J. 314 (2015), the Supreme Court approved temporary layoffs of public workers where ...
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 ...
Schwartz v. Accuratus Corp., 225 N.J. 517 (2016). A “take-home toxic tort” is very different than a take-home final examination or take-out foods. It refers to a cause of action that arises when an employee works with toxic materials and ...
Rodriguez v. Raymours Furniture Co., Inc., 225 N.J. 343 (2016). Plaintiff became employed by defendant, who is better known to the public as Raymour & Flanigan. The employment application that he signed contained a clause that said “I agree that ...
Berg v. Christie, 225 N.J. 245 (2016). Today’s decision in this closely-watched case shows once again the importance of the standard of review applied. In a 6-1 decision by Justice LaVecchia, the Court held that cost of living increases (“COLAs”) ...
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 ...
Ross v. Lowitz, 222 N.J. 494 (2015). This case involved damage resulting from the migration of home heating oil from an underground storage tank on one property onto a neighboring property. Plaintiffs, who had a contract to buy the property ...
Lippman v. Ethicon, Inc., 222 N.J. 362 (2015). In 2013, the Appellate Division determined that so-called “watchdog” employees (that is, employees whose job it is to bring forward issues relating to, for example, product safety) are protected as whistleblowers by ...
Morillo v. Monmouth County Sheriff’s Officers, 222 N.J. 104 (2015). It has long been the case, especially under the federal Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. §1983, that law enforcement officers get broad protection by virtue of the doctrine of qualified ...
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 ...