State v. Bueso, 225 N.J. 193 (2016). Today, the Supreme Court addressed the issue of how a trial court should evaluate the competency of a child witness to testify. The...

State Nat'l Ins. Co. v. County of Camden, 824 F.3d 399 (3d Cir. 2016). The case underlying today's 2-1 decision involved claims of legal malpractice. The procedural history was a...

Winberry Realty Partnership v. Borough of Rutherford, 2016 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 1019 (App. Div. May 4, 2016). [Disclosure: I represented the successful plaintiffs-appellants on this appeal]. Qualified immunity is...

Cranford Development Associates v. Cranford Tp., 445 N.J. Super. 220 (App. Div. 2016). This Mount Laurel litigation resulted in a builder's remedy for construction of a 360-unit residential development in...

In addition to the Supreme Court's grant of review in a case involving the termination of a contract of sale of residential real estate, discussed here, the Court announced in...

Walker v. Costco Wholesale Warehouse, 445 N.J. Super. 111 (App. Div. 2016). Earlier this year, in Troupe v. Burlington Coat Factory, 443 N.J. Super. 596 (App. Div. 2016), discussed here,...

Yesterday, Governor Christie announced that he was nominating Monmouth County Superior Court Judge David Bauman to fill the Supreme Court seat currently occupied by Judge Cuff. The announcement was a...

As discussed here, the en banc Third Circuit was to hear oral argument in this case today, and it did so this morning. The audio of that oral argument, which...

The Supreme Court has published for comments the report of its Civil Practice Committee. The report is available here. The Committee has proposed revisions to three appellate rules. There are...

Troupe v. Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp., 443 N.J. Super. 596 (App. Div. 2016). Today, Judge Suter authored her first published opinion for the Appellate Division. While shopping at a...