On this date in 1973, the Supreme Court decided Lopez v. Swyer, 62 N.J. 267 (1973). That opinion, written by Justice Mountain for a unanimous Court, applied and extended the...

Electronic filing in the Appellate Division was heralded several years ago, and the rollout began in June 2013. But the process has been slow to expand. This week, however, a...

As discussed (perhaps among other places) here, the Appellate Division has long frowned on attempts to file appeals as of right when there is in fact no final judgment on all...

Vanderslice v. Stewart, 220 N.J. 385 (2015). This case arose out of a mandatory, non-binding arbitration of an auto accident. Rule 4:21A-6(b)(1) requires that a party who seeks to appeal...

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...

Griepenburg v. Ocean Tp., 220 N.J. 239 (2015). In Riggs v. Long Beach Tp., 109 N.J. 601 (1988), the Supreme Court established a test for determining whether a municipal zoning...

New Jersey Division of Youth & Family Services v. S.H., 439 N.J. Super. 137 (App. Div. 2015). Scott, a fifteen-year old with ADHD, was accused by his older sister, Sara,...

Arias v. Elite Mortgage Group, Inc., 439 N.J. Super. 273 (App. Div. 2015). This opinion by Judge Reisner affirmed a grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendant bank...

Myers v. Ocean City Bd. of Adj., 439 N.J. Super. 96 (App. Div. 2015). This opinion by Judge Ostrer, issued last Friday, addresses N.J.S.A. 40:55D-62(a), a provision of the Municipal...

Costa v. Costa, 440 N.J. Super. 1 (App. Div. 2015). This decision today by Judge Leone is a matrimonial appeal. Plaintiff Sandra Costa and defendant Paulo Costa, having married in...