On Tuesday, November 18, judges on Part D will hear oral argument in Rider v. Jersey City Transfer, Inc. The case arose out of an auto accident in Maryland, in which plaintiff, after striking one vehicle with her own car and getting out of the car, was hit by a tractor-trailer owned by defendant. Plaintiff suffered grisly injuries, sued, and obtained a judgment of over $59 million once the $55 million jury verdict was molded. Defendants appealed....
The Supreme Court announced that it has granted certification in Campoverde v. NY-NJ Link Developer, LLC. The question presented, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk's office, is "What is the applicable standard under New Jersey law for determining whether a general contractor owes a duty to a subcontractor's employees for the purpose of determining liability for the injuries sustained by a subcontractor's employee?"...
The Supreme Court issued a Notice, available here, that proposes to revolutionize the process for briefing in the Supreme Court. If adopted, the new procedures would require substantial revisions to Rule 2:12, which currently governs Supreme Court briefing....
On Thursday, November 13, judges on Part C of the Appellate Division will hear oral argument in Arminio v. Monroe Township Board of Education. The case raises several issues under the Open Public Meetings Act, N.J.S.A. 10:4-6 et seq. ("OPMA")....
Johnson v. Wilkerson, ___ N.J. ___ (2025). Chief Justice Rabner's opinion for a unanimous Court follows on the Court's September 19, 2025 Order that upheld a ruling by Judge Sabatino in an emergent appeal by a candidate for a Roselle council seat. That Order stated that an opinion would follow....
Tomorrow, October 28, judges on Part E of the Appellate Division will hear oral argument in Nagel Rice, LLP v. Starkey, Kelly, Kenneally, Cunningham & Turnbach. It is relatively rare for one law firm to sue another, but that has occurred here....
The Supreme Court announced that it has granted review in three new matters. Two of them involve questions certified to the Court by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, under Rule 2:12A. It is relatively rare for the Court to receive, and rarer for it to grant, petitions to decide certified questions, and it appears unprecedented for the Court to have granted review in two such cases at the same time. The other new case is a grant of leave to appeal to address one of the same issues presented in one of the certified question matters....
This blog has in the past noted anniversaries of Supreme Court decisions involving appeals from the Court's Committee on Character, on which I served for fifteen years. Today is another such anniversary, as on October 22, 1997, the Court decided In re Triffin, 151 N.J. 510 (1997)....
Tomorrow, October 18, is the fifteenth anniversary of this blog. Over 2,400 posts have appeared here during that time....
On Wednesday, October 22, judges on Part B of the Appellate Division will hear oral argument in Borough of Montvale v. State of New Jersey. The case is before the Appellate Division on a grant of leave to appeal....
