Morristown Associates v. Grant Oil Co., 220 N.J. 360 (2015). The New Jersey Spill Compensation and Control Act, konwn as the “Spill Act,” allows parties who clean up contamination to seek contribution from others for those cleanup costs. N.J.S.A. 58:10-23.11f(a)(2)(a). But ...
On this date thirty-nine years ago, the Supreme Court decided three seminal rent conrol cases, which have come to be known as the “rent control trilogy.” Troy Hills Village v. Parsippany-Troy Hills Tp. Council, 68 N.J. 604 (1975); Brunetti v. ...
The Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Judicial Conference of the United States has proposed amendments to various sets of federal procedural rules. The entire set of proposals can be viewed here. Of particular interest to appellate ...
Wreden v. Township of Lafayette, 436 N.J. Super. 117 (App. Div. 2014). As Judge Haas described it in this opinion, the “continuing tort doctrine, also known as the ‘continuing violation doctrine,’ provides that when an individual is subjected to a ...
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 ...
Newman v. Board of Review, 434 N.J. Super. 493 (App. Div. 2014). This is a case in which plaintiff sought unemployment benefits. The detailed facts of the case are almost not relevant. In an opinion by Judge Koblitz, on plaintiff’s appeal ...
McGlynn v. State of New Jersey, 434 N.J. Super. 23 (App. Div. 2014). This was a negligence and wrongful death case. Suit was brought against various defendants, including Jersey Central Power & Light, after a tree fell on a car in ...
Alicea v. Board of Review, 432 N.J. Super. 347 (App. Div. 2013). In Rivera v. Board of Review, 127 N.J. 578 (1992), a case that, like today’s decision, involved a claim for unemployment benefits, the Supreme Court stated that there ...
Cumberland Cty. Bd. of Freeholders v. Vitetta Group, P.C., 431 N.J. Super. 596 (App. Div. 2013). Most cases involving the construction statute of repose, N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1, involve how to determine when the statute begins to run. This case, in contrast, deals with ...
Belmont Condominium Ass’n, Inc. v. Geibel, 432 N.J. Super. 52 (App. Div. 2013). This case resulted in another magnum opus by Judge Parrillo. Plaintiff sued over defective construction of a condominium in Hoboken. Plaintiff also attacked certain statements that the ...