The Supreme Court has published for comments the report of its Civil Practice Committee. The report is available here. The Committee has proposed revisions to three appellate rules. There are...
Templo Fuente De Vida Corp. v. Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co., 224 N.J. 189 (2016). Insurance policies normally require insureds to provide timely notice of claims against them to their...
I have posted before about the relatively low percentage of Third Circuit appeals in which oral argument is heard. The latest statistics show that little has changed in this regard....
Wrongful Denial of a Trial Adjournment, and Other Flaws, Lead to Reversal of a $2 Million Plaintiff's Verdict
Berkowitz v. Soper, 443 N.J. Super. 391 (App. Div. 2016). In this auto accident case, defendant was unexpectedly hospitalized for a "heart issue" two business days before trial was to...
Silviera-Francisco v. Elizabeth Bd. of Educ., 224 N.J. 126 (2016). "Whether a trial court order is final or interlocutory has bedeviled courts and attorneys for decades." So said Judge Cuff...
Troupe v. Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp., 443 N.J. Super. 596 (App. Div. 2016). Today, Judge Suter authored her first published opinion for the Appellate Division. While shopping at a...
Perez v. Zagami, LLC, 443 N.J. Super. 359 (App. Div. 2016). Plaintiff Perez and defendant Zagami have a lengthy history of litigation against each other, including one case that went...
Matison v. Lisnyansky, 443 N.J. Super. 549 (App. Div. 2016). This opinion by Judge Koblitz today, which dismisses the appeal, is one of the shortest published Appellate Division decision that...
By a vote of 82-6, the United States Senate last night confirmed Judge Luis Felipe Restrepo to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge Restrepo fills the vacancy that arose...
Last night's meeting of the New Jersey State Bar Association's Appellate Practice Committee featured Judge Fisher. He took questions and discussed various issues of practice and the preferences of Appellate...