Landers v. Landers, 444 N.J. Super. 315 (App. Div. 2016). This opinion by Judge Lihotz addresses when alimony can be changed due to the retirement of the spouse obligated to...
Bardis v. Stinson, 444 N.J. Super. 448 (App. Div. 2016). This insurance coverage matter is a case with an unusual sequence of appellate events. The case was argued before the...
Mammaro v. New Jersey Div. of Child Protection & Permanency, 814 F.3d 164 (3d Cir. 2016). In this case, plaintiff brought a civil rights case against the New Jersey Division...
As discussed here, the en banc Third Circuit was to hear oral argument in this case today, and it did so this morning. The audio of that oral argument, which...
Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court of the United States died yesterday. Born in Trenton, New Jersey on March 11, 1936, he was 79 at his death. A graduate...
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....
I have been tapped to deliver the 27th Annual Alice and Stephen Evangelides Lecture at the Eagleton Institute of Politics in New Brunswick on February 9 at 8 P.M. The...
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...