NJ Appellate Law Blog

More Criticism of Strategies Contrived to Make an Interlocutory Order Appear Final

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...

Public Employer May Deny Use of Compensatory Time on Requested Date Even Without Showing Undue Disruption

Nutley Policemen's Benevolent Ass'n v. Township of Nutley, 419 N.J. Super. 160 (App. Div. 2011). The federal Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") , 29 U.S.C. §§201-219, requires a public employer who gives an...

If You Feel Threatened and Ask for Help, The Helper May Sue You if He/She Gets Injured

Estate of Desir v. Vertus, 418 N.J. Super. 310 (App. Div. 2011). "[W]here an imperiled person draws in another to his predicament, it is foreseeable that the person drawn in will be...

Some Philadelphia Rail Stations are Unlawfully Handicapped-Inaccessible, Third Circuit Says

Disabled in Action of Pennsylvania v. SEPTA, 635 F.3d 87 (3d Cir. 2011). The Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"), a federal statute, by definition applies nationwide. As a result, the Third Circuit's decision in...

The Power of a Power of Attorney

AMB Property, LP v. Penn America Ins. Co., 418 N.J. Super. 441 (App. Div. 2011). The plaintiff's warehouse tenant, Mystic, obtained a liability insurance policy from the defendant, through the defendant's agent, Jimcor. Imperial, a...

Mortgagee Lacks Standing to Enforce Note and Mortgage Unless Documents are Properly Authenticated

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Ford, 418 N.J. Super. 592 (App. Div. 2011). The question of whether foreclosing mortgagees have the proper proofs to support their cases has been all over the news...

Entity That Purchases Another Entity's Assets Can be Liable for Delinquent ERISA Fund Contributions

Einhorn v. M.L. Ruberton Const. Co., 632 F.3d 89 (3d Cir. 2011). When two firms merge, the successor firm may be liable for delinquent ERISA fund contributions of the predecessor. But where one entity...

Some Lessons About Motions for Reconsideration

Nead v. Union Cty. Educ. Servs. Comm'n, 2011 WL 166205 (App. Div. Jan. 20, 2011). This case, which resulted in a reversal of a trial court's decision to dismiss an employment discrimination case, teaches several things...

If You Don't List it in Your Notice of Appeal … (redux)

Flaherty v. New Jersey, 2011 WL 66990 (App. Div. Jan. 11, 2011). Two months ago, the Appellate Division reminded us, in a case involving a pro se appellant, that an...

Punctilious About Punctuation

Commerce Bancorp., Inc. v. Interarch, Inc., 417 N.J. Super. 329 (App. Div. 2010). The question in this case revolved around Commerce Bank's indemnification of Interarch and its principal, Shirley Hill, the wife...

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No "Appellate Division Oral Argument of the Week" Posts for This Week and Next Week

There are no Appellate Division oral arguments scheduled for this week or next week, as the court takes a holiday break to that extent. So there will be no "Appellate Division Oral Argument of the Week" posts here for this week or next....

A Privity of Contract Anniversary

On this date in 1984, the Supreme Court decided Arohnson v. Mandara, 98 N.J. 92 (1984). A unanimous opinion written by Justice Schreiber, the opinion was one of a series that cut back on privity of contract as a defense....

Another Supreme Court Per Curiam Affirmance, With an "Attagirl" for Judge Puglisi

Amato v. Township of Ocean School District, ___ N.J. ___ (2025). Yesterday's post included discussion of a per curiam affirmance by the Supreme Court. Today, the Court published another per curiam affirmance in this case. The Court affirmed "substantially for the reasons stated in Judge Puglisi's thorough and thoughtful opinion" for the Appellate Division. That decision was published at 480 N.J. Super. 239 (App. Div. 2024)....

Two Short Ones From the Supreme Court

Supreme Court opinions often extend toward the longer side. This week, however, the Court issued two opinions, both involving administrative agency actions, that were shorter than average. In neither case did more need to be said....