Torres v. Pabon, 225 N.J. 167 (2016). As Justice Patterson explained in her decision today for a unanimous Supreme Court, "cumulative error" exists when "the aggregate effect of a series...
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...
In re Estate of Byung-Tae Oh, 445 N.J. Super. 402 (App. Div. 2016). In 2001, the decedent in this estate matter, Byung-Tae Oh, at all times a citizen of South...
Sackman v. New Jersey Manufacturers Ins. Co., 445 N.J. Super. 278 (App. Div. 2016). [Disclosure: I represent New Jersey Manufacturers in certain litigation, but not in this case]. This opinion,...
Robertelli v. New Jersey Office of Attorney Ethics, 224 N.J. 470 (2016). As today's decision by Chief Justice Rabner describes in exquisite detail, the Supreme Court has established two different...
In re NFL Players Concussion Injury Litig., 821 F.3d 410 (3d Cir. 2016). Too often, objectors to settlements of class action litigation "risk making the perfect the enemy of the...
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...
Wrongful Denial of a Trial Adjournment, and Other Flaws, Lead to Reversal of a $2 Million Plaintiff's Verdict
Berkowitz v. Soper, 443 N.J. Super. 391 (App. Div. 2016). In this auto accident case, defendant was unexpectedly hospitalized for a "heart issue" two business days before trial was to...
Silviera-Francisco v. Elizabeth Bd. of Educ., 224 N.J. 126 (2016). "Whether a trial court order is final or interlocutory has bedeviled courts and attorneys for decades." So said Judge Cuff...
Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez, 136 S. Ct. 846 (2016). The Supreme Court of the United States has made some dreadful decisions in the class action area, including notorious rulings restricting...
