Kaye v. Rosefielde, 223 N.J. 218 (2015). Kaye v. Rosefielde, 432 N.J. Super. 421 (App. Div. 2013), discussed here, seemed destined for Supreme Court review. The Court did grant review,...
Redd v. Bowman, 223 N.J. 87 (2015). In Redd v. Bowman, 433 N.J. Super. 178 (App. Div. 2013), discussed here, the Appellate Division held that an initiative petition with a...
Ross v. Lowitz, 222 N.J. 494 (2015). This case involved damage resulting from the migration of home heating oil from an underground storage tank on one property onto a neighboring...
My three-week trial ended late last week, with a successful jury verdict. But June was a very busy month in the world of New Jersey appellate practice, with numerous important...
Townsend v. Pierre, 221 N.J. 36 (2015). In this opinion, issued yesterday, the Supreme Court reversed a ruling of the Appellate Division. The Appellate Division's decision was discussed here. The...
Washington v. Perez, 219 N.J. 338 (2014). Under certain circumstances, a party is entitled to a charge that permits a jury to draw an adverse inference from an opposing party's failure to...
Last night, the Morris County Bar Association presented "New Jersey Appellate Practice: Tips from the Bench and Bar." The program and participants were discussed here. Roughly 125 people attended, and...
In September 2013, the Morris County Bar Association presented a seminar titled "Building the Trial Record and Arguing it on Appeal." The panelists were Justice Patterson, Judges Sabatino, Stern, and...
Tumpson v. Farina, 218 N.J. 450 (2014). [Disclosure: Victor A. Afanador and Jeffrey A. Shooman, my colleagues at Lite DePalma Greenberg, LLC, represented the municipal defendants in this case]. The Appellate Division in...
This is another guest post by Jeffrey A. Shooman, my colleague at Lite DePalma Greenberg, LLC: State v. Coles, 217 N.J. 467 (2014). Sergeant Zsakhiem James of the Camden Police...
