Following yesterdays' 11-2 Senate Judiciary Committee vote in favor of the reappointment of Chief Justice Rabner, the Judiciary Committee held a one-hour hearing on Governor Christie's nomination of Judge Lee...
The Senate Judiciary Committee this afternoon voted 11-2 to recommend to the full Senate that Chief Justice Rabner be granted tenure on the Supreme Court. The only negative votes came from Senators Michael...
Litwin v. Whirlpool Corp., 436 N.J. Super. 80 (App. Div. 2014). In Portee v. Jaffee, 84 N.J. 88 (1980), the Supreme Court established "a cause of action for damages to...
Senator Nicholas Scutari (D-Union), the Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has announced that the Judiciary Committee will hold hearings on Governor Christie's nominations of Chief Justice Rabner for tenure...
In re Makowka, 754 F.3d 143 (3d Cir. 2014). This opinion by Judge Hardiman, involving as it does an issue of Pennsylvania law with bankruptcy implications, likely would ordinarily be of...
Valent v. Board of Review, 436 N.J. Super. 41 (App. Div. 2014). June Valent is a registered nurse who worked at Hackettstown Community Hospital. In order to minimize the incidence of...
Perez v. Zagami, LLC, 218 N.J. 202 (2014), and Cottrell v. Zagami, LLC, 218 N.J. 217 (2014). In these two cases, the Supreme Court addressed the question of whether the...
Traetto v. Palazzo, 436 N.J. Super. 6 (App. Div. 2014). Plaintiff sought to enjoin defendants, her next-door neighbors, from allowing their son to play the drums in defendants' detached garage....
State v. Witt, 435 N.J. Super. 608 (App. Div. 2014). Only the Supreme Court of New Jersey can overrule one of its own decisions. But a party who wishes to...
Bryan v. Erie County Office of Children & Youth, 752 F.3d 316 (3d Cir. 2014). A "high-low agreement" is one in which parties agree that, regardless of the outcome of...
