Rowe v. Mazel Thirty, LLC, 209 N.J. 35 (2012). Plaintiff was a police officer whose duties in a "Safe Streets" program included checking vacant apartment buildings for drugs or other illicit activity. Plaintiff was going down...
Haybarger v. Lawrence County Adult Probation & Parole, 667 F.3d 408 (3d Cir. 2012). Plaintiff Debra Haybarger worked for defendant, an agency of the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas. Plaintiff has several...
Polzo v. County of Essex, 209 N.J. 151 (2012). Plaintiff's wife was riding with other bicyclists on the shoulder of an Essex County road. She rode over a 1-1/4? depression (a dip in...
Repossession Specialists v. Geico Ins. Co., 423 N.J. Super. 518 (App. Div. 2012). Annetta Jackson defaulted on her car loan, and Repossession Specialists ("Repossession") was sent to repossess the vehicle. After the...
Cambria v. Two JFK Blvd, LLC, 423 N.J. Super. 499 (App. Div. 2012). Plaintiff was injured when he fell in the parking lot of a strip mall owned by defendant Two JFK...
McDade v. Siazon, 208 N.J. 463 (2011). Under the Tort Claims Act, N.J.S.A. 59:8-8(a), one who wishes to make a tort claim against a public entity must first file a notice of...
Sullivan v. DB Investments, Inc., 667 F.3d 273 (3d Cir. 2011). By a 7-2 vote, the Third Circuit, sitting en banc, disagreed with a panel decision (613 F.3d 134 (3d Cir. 2010)), vacated...
Most New Jersey lawyers know that Brill v. Guardian Life Ins. Co., 142 N.J. 520 (1995), is the seminal case that states the standards for summary judgment. But what did lawyers cite...
D'Alessandro v. Hartzel, 422 N.J. Super. 575 (App. Div. 2011). Every so often, the Appellate Division decides a case involving a "simple negligence" claim. This opinion, by Judge Parrillo, is such a...
Princeton Healthcare System v. Netsmart New York, Inc., 422 N.J. Super. 467 (App. Div. 2011). This opinion, written by Judge Skillman, involves "a negotiated contract between corporations for the installation and implementation...