Marrero v. Feintuch, 418 N.J. Super. 48 (App. Div. 2011). Numerous cases say that in New Jersey state courts, pretrial discovery in civil cases is very broad. This case reiterates that principle...
Einhorn v. M.L. Ruberton Const. Co., 632 F.3d 89 (3d Cir. 2011). When two firms merge, the successor firm may be liable for delinquent ERISA fund contributions of the predecessor. But where one entity...
Nead v. Union Cty. Educ. Servs. Comm'n, 2011 WL 166205 (App. Div. Jan. 20, 2011). This case, which resulted in a reversal of a trial court's decision to dismiss an employment discrimination case, teaches several things...
Allen v. LaSalle Bank, N.A., 629 F.3d 364 (3d Cir. 2011). Circuit Courts outside the Third Circuit have split on the question of whether a communication from a debt collector to a...
An "Attaboy" for Judge Simandle
Cooper University Hospital v. Sebelius, 396 Fed. Appx. 854 (3d Cir. Oct. 12, 2010). It is rare for a published Third Circuit decision simply to adopt an opinion of the district court....
Abbott v. Burke, 2011 WL 1990554 (2011). On January 5, 2011, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in the latest of the many rounds of this case, which involves the constitutionally-required level...
Division of Youth & Family Services v. M.D., 417 N.J. Super. 583 (App. Div. 2011). This lengthy opinion by Judge Messano focuses on what information counsel must provide to a defendant who...
Triffin v. Liccardi Ford, Inc., 417 N.J. Super. 453 (App. Div. 2011). Robert J. Triffin is in the business of "buying dishonored checks and attempting to collect on them," as Judge Reisner's...
Hopewell Valley Citizens Group v. Berwind, 204 N.J. 569 (2011). This was a case focused on whether a citizens group that objected to a development had timely filed a prerogative writ appeal....
Perez v. Farmers Mutual Fire Ins. Co., 417 N.J. Super. 403 (App. Div. 2011). "The issue presented by this appeal is whether a fifteen-passenger van owned by a church, which it used...
