Freeman v. Pittsburgh Glass Works, LLC, 709 F.3d 240 (3d Cir. 2013). This appeal involved plaintiff’s assertion that an arbitration award should be vacated because the arbitrator was biased. The district court rejected that argument. On appeal, the Third Circuit affirmed in an opinion ...
In re Diet Drugs, 706 F.3d 217 (3d Cir. 2013). This is the latest of the many chapters in the Diet Drugs class action litigation, which was the subject of a global settlement in 1999. A pair of class members, the Cauthens, sought ...
, 707 F.3d 223 (3d Cir. 2013). This is an antitrust standing case. The Third Circuit’s opinion, written by Judge Jordan, found that plaintiff had no antitrust standing. From an appellate practice perspective, though, the opinion contains two important principles, one of ...
Mazdabrook Commons Homewoners Ass’n v. Khan, 210 N.J. 482 (2012). “The question in this appeal is whether a homeowners’ association can prohibit residents from posting political signs in the windows of their own homes.” That was how Chief Justice Rabner began his opinion ...
Cole v. Jersey City Medical Center, 425 N.J. Super. 48 (App. Div. 2012). Plaintiff, a nurse anesthetist at Jersey Medical Center, sued the Medical Center and her immediate employer, Liberty Anesthesia Associates (“Liberty”), for retaliatory discharge, employment discrimination, and other things. Plaintiff ...
Rockaway Shoprite Associates, Inc. v. City of Linden, 424 N.J. Super. 337 (App. Div. 2011). For many years, a large General Motors assembly plant occupied a 47.5 acre site in Linden. Eventually, General Motors closed that plant. The property sat ...
Jacobson v. United States, 422 N.J. Super. 561 (App. Div. 2011). It is not often that the United States is a party in a state court case. This matter involved a claim against the Social Security Administration for failure to withhold disability ...
Investors Savings Bank v. Waldo Jersey City LLP, 418 N.J. Super. 149 (App. Div. 2011). A loan agreement provided that all documents relating to the loan were legal, valid, binding and enforceable, and “free from any right of setoff, counterclaim or other defense.” Plaintiff, ...
Barefoot Architect, Inc. v. Bunge, 632 F.3d 822 (3d Cir. 2011). This was a group of appeals in a Virgin Islands case that involved, among other things, copyright, Lanham Act, and common law claims, including a claim for tortuous interference. (Yes, the ...
Romano v. Stubbs, 2010 WL 5392942 (App. Div. Dec. 16, 2010). In this personal injury case, the plaintiff’s trial summation was accompanied by a Powerpoint presentation that the plaintiff did not show to the defense or the trial court before ...