Komlodi v. Picciano, 217 N.J. 387 (2014). Causation is often a key factor in medical malpractice cases. And jury charges in such cases are, as in all cases, important to...
Nuveen Municipal Trust v. WithumSmith Brown P.C., 752 F.3d 600 (3d Cir. 2014). As discussed here, the Supreme Court of New Jersey has occasionally accepted requests from the the Third Circuit...
In an article available here, today's Star-Ledger reports that Chief Justice Rabner appeared for jury duty yesterday in Essex County Superior Court. AFter watching an orientation video for jurors that featured...
American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey v. New Jersey Div. of Criminal Justice, 435 N.J. Super. 533 (App. Div. 2014). Plaintiff ACLU filed an Open Public Records Act ("OPRA")...
Matthew Stiegler, an attorney in Pennsylvania, recently began to publish a Third Circuit of Appeals blog. It is available at http://thirdcircuitblog.com. He has already posted some very interesting things, and has...
A session with this title was conducted today at the Third Circuit Judicial Conference. Judge Greenaway headlined the panel. But the real driver was a Senior Consultant from Aon Risk...
State v. Buckner, 437 N.J. Super. 8 (App. Div. 2014). The issue of whether mandatory retirement of judges at age 70 is constitutional was discussed here. (As an aside, the Supreme Court ....
The after-dinner speaker at tonight's opening session of the Third Circuit Judicial Conference in Hershey, PA was Justice Alito, reprising his 2011 appearance. After being introduced by Chief Judge McKee...
Last Friday, Chief Justice Rabner issued the schedule for Appellate Division summer Parts. That schedule is available here. The schedule covers the period from June 16 through September 7. Each...
Carrera v. Bayer Corp., 727 F.3d 300 (3d Cir. 2013), severely restricted class certification in cases that involve products of whose purchasers selling defendants do not keep records. That is the...