State v. Smith, 251 N.J. 244 (2022). Here is how Justice Solomon began his opinion for a unanimous Court in this case today: "N.J.S.A. 39:3-74 prohibits operation of a vehicle...
Sipko v. Koger, Inc., ___ N.J. ___ (2022). This is the second time that this intra-family business divorce case came before the Supreme Court. The first iteration, which dates back...
The last few days have seen three opinions by the Supreme Court in criminal appeals. Here are summaries of those decisions: State v. Rivas, 251 N.J. 132 (2022). This opinion...
The Supreme Court announced that it has granted certification in two new cases, State v. A.M. and State v. Oliver. The question presented, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk's...
Samolyk v. Berthe, 251 N.J. 732 (2022). As discussed here, this case involved a set of facts in which one of the plaintiffs jumped into a lagoon to rescue their...
No Need for Three-Day Attorney Review Clause in Absolute Auction Sale of Residential Real Estate
Sullivan v. Max Spann Real Estate & Auction Co., 251 N.J. 45 (2022). In an opinion reported at 465 N.J. Super. 243 (App. Div. 2020), and discussed here, the Appellate...
The Supreme Court announced that it has granted certification in four new cases. Three of those matters are criminal appeals, one of which involves a published Appellate Division opinion. The...
Mack-Cali Realty Corp. v. State of New Jersey, 250 N.J. 550 (2022). As summarized here, the Appellate Division's published opinion, written by Judge Messano, affirmed the Law Division's dismissal of...
On this date in 1990, the Supreme Court decided Scafidi v. Seiler, 119 N.J. 93 (1990), a medical malpractice case. The key fact question there was, according to Justice Stein's...
The Supreme Court announced that it has granted certification in two new cases. Both are criminal appeals, and both come to the Court following unpublished opinions by two-judge Appellate Division...