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...
Coleman v. Superintendent Greene SCI, 845 F.3d 73 (3d Cir. 2017). Today, Judge Hardiman, writing for the Third Circuit in a habeas corpus case, addressed the weight to be given...
DeGarmeaux v. DNV Concepts, Inc., 448 N.J. Super. 148 (App. Div. 2016). As Judge Manahan stated in his opinion for the Appellate Division in this case, "[t]he issue of reasonbleness...
State v. Morrison, 227 N.J. 295 (2016). In today's unanimous opinion by Justice Albin, the issue was whether a volunteer emergency medical technician ("EMT") is a "public servant" who can...
This morning, the Supreme Court published a notice to the Bar, available here, regarding a new Court Rule that addresses review by the Court of Appellate Division rulings regarding pretrial...
This morning, the Supreme Court announced that it will review five more cases. Three of those are criminal cases, one is an insurance coverage case, and one is a constitutional...
Thieme v. Aucoin-Thieme, 227 N.J. 269 (2016). Plaintiff and defendant cohabited for eight years, were married for a short time, and then divorced. Before and during the marriage, plaintiff had...
Krzykalski v. Tindall, 448 N.J. Super. 1 (App. Div. 2016). This was an auto accident case. At trial, the jury was allowed to consider in the comparative negligence mix not...
The Supreme Court announced this afternoon that it has granted review in three more cases. The first is an Open Public Records Act ("OPRA") case, Paff v. Ocean County Prosecutor's...
Communication Workers of America, AFL-CIO v. New Jersey Civil Service Comm'n, 447 N.J. Super. 584 (App. Div. 2016). Article V, section 4, paragraph 6 of the New Jersey Constitution, approved...
