In orders dated yesterday and published this morning, Chief Justice Rabner announced significant changes in the Appellate Division. Four new judges have been temporarily elevated to that court, while a...
E.T. v. The Boys and Girls Club of Hudson County, 478 N.J. Super. 102 (App. Div. 2024). This appeal actually consisted of six consolidated matters. Similar to recent decisions involving...
In an Order available here, Chief Justice Rabner announced that, effective March 11, 2024, Judge Mayer will become Presiding Judge of Part G of the Appellate Division. This is the...
Ng v. Fairleigh Dickinson University, 478 N.J. Super. 41 (App. Div. 2024). This opinion by Judge Smith upheld the decision of the Board of Trustees to terminate the employment of...
Judge Haas, the Presiding Judge of the Appellate Division's Part D, will soon reach age 70, the mandatory judicial retirement age. As a result, as stated in a February 12...
Yesterday, the Supreme Court decided Sanjuan v. School District of West New York, 256 N.J. 369 (2024). There, plaintiff, a long-serving teacher who was also an assistant principal and tenured...
While the Supreme Court has been quiet since it handed down this decision, the Appellate Division has issued six published opinions during the recent period. Here are summaries of those...
AC Ocean Walk, LLC v. American Guarantee & Liability Ins. Co., 256 N.J. 294 (2024). [Disclosure: I was one of the counsel for United Policyholders, an amicus in support of...
Yesterday and today each saw a decision by the Supreme Court in criminal matters. Today's ruling in State v. Hill, 256 N.J. 266 (2024), authored by Justice Wainer Apter, involved...
Allure Pet Products, LLC v. Donnelly Marketing & Development LLC, 477 N.J. Super. 541 (App. Div. 2024). Today's opinion by Judge Sabatino in this case dealt with the question of...