Badalamenti v. Simkiss, 422 N.J. Super. 86 (App. Div. 2011). Advocates of "tort reform" like to complain that New Jersey courts will allow anyone to proceed, or even to recover,...

Canter v. Lakewood of Voorhees, 420 N.J. Super. 508 (App. Div. 2011). Under cases such as State v. Ventron, 94 N.J. 473 (1983), a court may, in proper circumstances, "pierce the...

Murnane v. Finch Landscaping, LLC, 420 N.J. Super. 331 (App. Div. 2011). Does the fact that a homeowner acts as his own general contractor in dealing with multiple contractors on...

Voellinger v. Dow, 420 N.J. Super. 480 (App. Div. 2011). In this case, the State seized property pursuant to a valid warrant in 1985. Not until 2007, when the property became potentially...

Kent Motor Cars, Inc. v. Reynolds & Reynolds Co., 207 N.J. 428 (2011). Rule 4:5-1(b)(2) requires the first pleading of each party to disclose the names of any non-party who...

Port Imperial Condominum Ass'n, Inc. v. K. Hovnanian Port Imperial Urban Renewal, Inc., 419 N.J. Super. 459 (App. Div. 2011). The statute of repose, N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1, prevents a cause of action for...

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...

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...

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...

McGovern v. Rutgers, The State University, 418 N.J. Super. 458 (App. Div. 2011). New Jersey's Sunshine Law, also known as the Open Public Meetings Act, N.J.S.A. 10:4-6 to -21, is the focus...