On this date in 2003, the Appellate Division decided Seacoast Builders Corp. v. Rutgers, 358 N.J. Super. 524 (App. Div. 2003). This was a relatively rare case in which the...

One might not think that February 2, a date in the dead of winter, would have anything to do with access to New Jersey's beaches. But on this date in...

Givaudan Fragrances Corp. v. Aetna Cas. & Surety Co., 227 N.J. 322 (2017). Today's opinion by Justice LaVecchia, a 6-0 ruling (Justice Albin did not participate) aligned New Jersey with...

Scheeler v. Office of the Governor, 448 N.J. Super. 333 (App. Div. 2017). In these consolidated appeals, plaintiffs each sent requests under the Open Public Records Act, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 to...

Today is inauguration day for Donald Trump. He and his designee to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Dr. Ben Carson, might take a lesson from a decision...

State of New Jersey in the Interest of A.R., 447 N.J. Super. 485 (App. Div. 2016). Judge Sabatino teaches at Rutgers-Camden Law School. Students there pay to be educated by...

Have you ever wondered about the very first opinion ever to appear in New Jersey Reports? If not (and it's certainly more than understandable if you have not expended time...

As discussed here, many veteran lawyers know of Judson v. Peoples Bank & Trust Co. of Westfield, 17 N.J. 67 (1957), as the predecessor to Brill v. Guardian Life Ins....

Cuevas v. Wentworth Group, 226 N.J. 480 (2016). In He v. Miller, 207 N.J. 230 (2011), the Supreme Court addressed issues of remittitur at length and in detail. Among other...

On this date in 1994, the Supreme Court decided Cox v. Sears Roebuck & Co., 138 N.J. 2 (1994). This unanimous opinion by Justice Clifford continues to be one of...