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...
Chief Justice Rabner announced that Judges Berdote Byrne, Bishop-Thompson, and Marczyk have each been temporarily assigned to the Appellate Division, effective August 1, 2022. There is no end date for...
Mac Property Group, LLC v. Selective Fire & Cas. Ins. Co. , 473 N.J. Super. 1 (App. Div. 2022). [Disclosure: I am counsel for insureds in another appeal regarding the...
Bryant v. County of Cumberland, 472 N.J. Super. 626 (App. Div. 2022). In what may be the shortest published opinion of the current Term, Judge Fisher today addressed this "matter...
The last several days have seen some interesting published opinions by the Appellate Division. Here are summaries of three of them: Petro v. Platkin, 472 N.J. Super. 536 (App. Div....
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...
In re Wade, 250 N.J. 581 (2022). In In re Wilson, 81 N.J. 451 (1979), the Supreme Court established a bright line rule that attorneys who knowingly misappropriate client funds...
Savage v. Township of Neptune, 472 N.J. Super. 291 (App. Div. 2022). Judge Haas issued this opinion of the Appellate Division. Plaintiff, a former sergeant with the Neptune Township police,...
