State v. W.B., 205 N.J. 588 (2011). After some twists and turns, recounted here, Justice Rivera-Soto stated that he would vote in cases where Judge Stern, who has been temporarily assigned to...
Dover-Chester Associates v. Randolph Tp., 419 N.J. Super. 184 (App. Div. 2011). The procedural history of these consolidated appeals was somewhat convoluted, but the legal issue was straightforward, as Judge Espinosa phrased...
Botis v. Estate of Kudrick, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2011). January 18, 2010 was the effective date of an amendment to the Statute of Frauds that includes palimony agreements among...
Conforti v. Kantorowski, 2011 WL 1433764 (App. Div. April 15, 2011). The Appellate Division often expresses displeasure, or worse, with stratagems designed to obtain immediate appellate review of a decision that is...
Rezem Family Associates, LP v. Borough of Millstone, 2011 WL 1432181 (App. Div. April 15, 2011). Plaintiff ("Rezem") owned a 67-acre tract of vacant land. Rezem entered into a series of contracts to sell...
On this date in 2008, the Supreme Court of New Jersey decided Wein v. Morris, 194 N.J. 364 (2008). That case involved an order dismissing a lawsuit and directing that...
State v. Witczak, 2011 WL 1364012 (App. Div. April 12, 2011). This blog usually is allergic to criminal decisions. But this criminal case involved a virtually even split in the federal Circuit Courts...
Sean Wood, LLC v. Hegarty Group, Inc., 2011 WL 1529730 (App. Div. April 25, 2011). These two commercial parties each accused the other of breach of contract in connection with plaintiff's rigging out,...
Yousef v. General Dynamics Corp., 205 N.J. 543 (2011). In deciding where a case can be brought, New Jersey courts normally honor the plaintiff's choice of forum, especially where the plaintiff is a...
Huertas v. Galaxy Asset Management, 2011 WL 1361568 (3d Cir. April 11, 2011). It may seem strange that someone can lawfully try to collect a debt even after the statute of limitations...
