Chief Justice Rabner has announced the elevation of three judges to the Appellate Division. Two of them, Judges Firko and Natali, have been serving on temporary assignment to the Appellate...
MTK Food Services, Inc. v. Sirius America Ins. Co., 455 N.J. Super. 307 (App. Div. 2018). In McCarrell v. Hoffman-LaRoche, Inc., 227 N.J. 569 (2017), discussed here, the Supreme Court...
Harz v. Borough of Spring Lake, 234 N.J. 317 (2018). The New Jersey Civil Rights Act, N.J.S.A. 10:6-1 to -2 ("NJCRA") is, in general, the New Jersey analog to the...
The Supreme Court has added one more case to its docket. That case is State v. Camey, in which the Court granted leave to appeal. The question presented, as phrased...
Carroll v. E One, Inc., 893 F.3d 139 (3d Cir. 2018). Near the start of his opinion in this case, Chief Judge Smith observed that "[a]ttorneys' fees and costs are...
Mark Neary, who has served as Clerk of the Supreme Court for over nine years, will retire in November of this year. A search is on for his replacement. A...
Kean Federation of Teachers v. Morell, 233 N.J. 566 (2018). Yesterday's opinion by Justice LaVecchia reversed in part and affirmed as modified a decision of the Appellate Division that was...
G.A.-H. v. K.G.G., 455 N.J. Super. 294 (App. Div. 2018). An emergency medical technician ("EMT"), designated as "Kenneth" in today's opinion by Judge Fisher, engaged in an unlawful sexual relationship...
At last night's NJSBA Appellate Practice Committee meeting, it was announced that three judges of the Appellate Division will be retiring shortly. They are Judges Carroll, Leone, and Manahan. Each...
Dunbar Homes, Inc. v. Franklin Tp. Bd. of Adj., 233 N.J. 546 (2018). In a development application under the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq. ("MLUL"), the law...