State v. Ciancaglini, 204 N.J. 597 (2011). This case posed the question of whether a violation of the breathalyzer refusal statute, N.J.S.A. 39:4-50.4a, can be used to enhance a conviction under the DWI...

The courts are closed today for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. That may mean that there is some time to check out the recently updated version of the New Jersey...

Oceanside Charter School v. New Jersey Dep't of Education, 418 N.J. Super. 1 (App. Div. 2011). On the merits, this decision, written by Judge Carchman, stands for a simple proposition: a...

Price v. Hudson Heights Development, LLC, 417 N.J. Super. 462 (App. Div. 2011). The appellant, a frequent objector to development who has also often been successful, pro se, in his objections, won...

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....

Flaherty v. New Jersey, 2011 WL 66990 (App. Div. Jan. 11, 2011). Two months ago, the Appellate Division reminded us, in a case involving a pro se appellant, that an...

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...

New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Group/Garrison Lange v. Holger Trucking Corp., 417 N.J. Super. 393 (App. Div. 2011). "N.J.S.A. 39:6A-9.1 requires that an insurer, which has provided personal injury protection (PIP) benefits, must...