Estate of Doerfler v. Federal Ins. Co., 454 N.J. Super. 298 (App. Div. 2018). This opinion by Judge Fuentes today is one of the shortest published opinions of the Appellate...
The Supreme Court announced that it has granted review in two more cases. The first, Blake v. Board of Review, was discussed here. Since the Court had previously granted review...
This past Monday, I argued two appeals in the Supreme Court of New Jersey. They were the Accutane matters discussed and . In the period leading up to those arguments,...
On this date in 1983, the Supreme Court decided In re Vincenti, 92 N.J. 591 (1983). As noted here, this is a morbidly entertaining disciplinary opinion involving a practitioner who...
The Supreme Court announced that it will review two new cases. One is at the Court as of right, due to a dissent in the Appellate Division. The Court granted...
Spade v. Select Comfort Corp., 232 N.J. 504 (2018). [Disclosure: My partner Susana Cruz Hodge and I submitted an amicus curiae brief in support of the plaintiffs in this case,...
The White House announced two nominees to fill seats on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. They are Paul Matey of New Jersey and David Porter of Pennsylvania. Matey is...
Morris v. T.D. Bank, 454 N.J. Super. 203 (App. Div. 2018). This case arose out of a robbery at a T.D. Bank in Union, New Jersey. Plaintiff, an African-American man,...
Chief Justice Rabner has announced that Judges Lisa A. Firko and Arnold L. Nitali, Jr., have been temporarily assigned to the Appellate Division. Both judges will serve in the Appellate...
Unsuccessful litigants sometimes try to persuade appellate courts to reconsider and amend or reverse their decisions. Rarely does that succeed. On this day in 1972, however, the Supreme Court, acting...