On Wednesday, April 29, judges on Part B of the Appellate Division will hear oral argument in Dornacker v. Laborante. The case is an unusual one....
In the recent period, the Supreme Court issued one opinion and the Appellate Division published four decisions. Here are summaries:...
After a hiatus, for Passover and other reasons, this blog is back in action and ready to cover New Jersey appellate developments in April. This month has seen only two published opinions, both in criminal appeals, from the Appellate Division so far. There have not yet been any Supreme Court opinions this month....
Chief Justice Rabner announced that Judge Marysol Rosero has been temporarily assigned to the Appellate Division. Her term of service there began on April 6 and runs until May 31....
Due to the press of other work, it's been awhile since this blog reported on Supreme Court and published Appellate Division decisions. There are four opinions to discuss, one of which addressed two cases in a single ruling. Here are summaries:...
This week began with two published opinions by the Appellate Division in different areas of municipal land use. Here are summaries:...
[Couldn't resist the title given last week's major blizzard in New Jersey] Last week was a big week for decisions in criminal appeals. All three of the Supreme Court's opinions last week, and both of last week's published Appellate Division opinions, were in criminal cases. Here are summaries....
Paciorkowski v. Jetson Electric Bikes LLC, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2026). Plaintiff, an attorney, filed a putative class action for consumer fraud and on other theories against defendant He alleged that he had purchased three electric bikes from defendant, that the bikes had several problems that made them essentially unusable by adults, and that New Jersey law effectively made the bikes illegal to use in New Jersey....
On March 19, 2018, the Appellate Division issued guidelines setting forth the criteria considered by the court in reviewing applications for permission to file an emergent motion and offered examples of how those guidelines are applied. Yesterday, the Appellate Division issued an amendment that addresses the procedures for emergent applications after hours, on weekends, or on holidays....
Pine Ridge Realty Associates, LLC v. A.O., ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2026). One might think that there are no novel legal issues in landlord-tenant law. Today's opinion by Judge Bishop-Thompson shows the error of that belief....
