Rogers v. Cape May County Office of the Public Defender, 208 N.J. 414 (2011). Rogers sought to sue his public defender attorney for legal malpractice after Rogers's application for post-conviction relief was...
State v. Yough, 208 N.J. 385 (2011). The main focus of this opinion by Justice Albin was whether the Law Division abused its discretion in declining to grant a mistrial when a...
New Jersey DYFS v. I.S.. 423 N.J. Super. 124 (App. Div. 2011). The Appellate Division is often asked to reconsider its decisions. It does so only rarely, and even more rarely does...
On November 18, an Appellate Division panel consisting of Judges Carchman, Fisher and Nugent denied the State's motion for a stay pending the appeal, now before the Supreme Court on...
US Airways, Inc. v. McCutchen, 663 F.3d 671 (3d Cir. 2011). After defendant McCutchen suffered a serious auto accident, a benefit plan administered by plaintiff US Airways paid him nearly $67,000 for his...
The Supreme Court's grant last Thursday of direct certification of the judges' pension case, DePascale v. New Jersey, has generated some controversy. Governor Christie, for example, criticized the Court for preempting Appellate Division review....
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...
Today, the Supreme Court issued an order granting direct certification in DePascale v. New Jersey. The question presented, as summarized by the Supreme Court Clerk's Office, is "as applied to certain justices and judges,...
Barna v. Maldonado, 2011 WL 5244968 (App. Div. Nov. 4, 2011). The two appellants, who were plaintiffs in this case, appeared pro se. In the Law Division, they had won a jury...
Dugan v. TGI Friday's, 2011 WL 5041391 (App. Div. Oct. 25, 2011). Plaintiff bought a beer at the bar of a TGI Friday's restaurant and was charged $2.00. She then moved...
