Walker v. Giuffre, 209 N.J. 124 (2012). In Walker and Humphries v. Powder Mill Shopping Plaza, two different Appellate Division panels had each ruled that restrictive principles governing attorneys' fee awards under federal fee-shifting statutes, as...

Jersey Central Power & Light Co. v. Melcar Utility Co., 212 N.J. 576 (2013). Article I, paragraph 9 of the New Jersey Constitution provides that "the right to trial by jury shall...

Polzo v. County of Essex, 209 N.J. 151 (2012). Plaintiff's wife was riding with other bicyclists on the shoulder of an Essex County road. She rode over a 1-1/4? depression (a dip in...

A&M Farm & Garden Center v. American Sprinkler Mechanical, LLC, 423 N.J. Super. 528 (App. Div. 2012). No matter how often the courts inveigh against the failure of attorneys and parties to follow...

The Supreme Court announced today that it has granted certification in Willingboro Mall, Ltd. v. 240/242 Franklin Avenue, LLC, 421 N.J. Super. 445 (App. Div. 2011). The decision of the Appellate Division...

Selective Ins. Co. v. Rothman, 208 N.J. 580 (2012). The issue in this case, which arose out of the plaintiff insurance company's denial of personal injury protection ("PIP") claims for payment of...

Repossession Specialists v. Geico Ins. Co., 423 N.J. Super. 518 (App. Div. 2012). Annetta Jackson defaulted on her car loan, and Repossession Specialists ("Repossession") was sent to repossess the vehicle. After the...

Bell Tower Condominium Ass'n v. Haffert, 423 N.J. Super. 507 (App. Div. 2012). A condominium association imposed a special assessment on each of its five unit owners. The purpose of the assessment...

Johnson v. Downe Tp. Combined Planning/Zoning Bd., 2012 WL 33897 (App. Div. Jan. 9, 2012). How many times has the Appellate Division warned that a purported appeal as of right from...

Cambria v. Two JFK Blvd, LLC, 423 N.J. Super. 499 (App. Div. 2012). Plaintiff was injured when he fell in the parking lot of a strip mall owned by defendant Two JFK...