Today, the 2017-18 General Assignment Order issued by Chief Justice Rabner was published. It is available here. Judge Messano continues as Presiding Judge for Administration, and Judge Sabatino remains the...
Today's seminar, which was sponsored by the NJSBA Appellate Practice Committee, took up the important topic of the record on appeal. Judge Messano, who headed up the panel, began by...
Royal Tax Lien Services, LLC v. Shuaib, 2017 WL 1955269 (App. Div. May 11, 2017). Rule 2:10-5 authorizes an appellate court to exercise "such original jurisdiction as is necessary to...
The Appellate Division schedule of Parts for the period June 19 through September 13 was published today and is available here. As usual, no judge is on duty for more...
In this electronic age, technology is everywhere. So it was perhaps inevitable, and welcome to most, that the common thread running through much of the Third Circuit Judicial Conference, which...
Due to a major of my own in a mass tort case on Tuesday of this week, I missed the announcement that five trial level judges are receiving additional temporary...
Serico v. Rothberg, 448 N.J. Super. 604 (App. Div. 2017). In this medical malpractice case, plaintiff and defendant entered into a "high-low" agreement while awaiting a jury verdict. As Judge...
Kean Federation of Teachers v. Morell, 448 N.J. Super. 520 (App. Div. 2017). As a public body, Kean University's Board of Trustees is subject to the Open Public Meetings Act,...
The Associated Press has reported that Judge Barry has decided to go on inactive status. According to Chief Judge Smith, Judge Barry will be giving up her chambers and staff....
Judge Carol E. Higbee, who has been an Appellate Division judge for two years and, before that, a trial level judge in Atlantic County for 21 years, died on January...
