Twenty-First Century Rail Corp. v. New Jersey Transit Corp., 419 N.J. Super. 343 (App. Div. 2011). Rule of Professional Conduct 1.9(a) states that "[a] lawyer who has represented a client in a...
Stancil v. ACE USA, 418 N.J. Super. 79 (App. Div. 2011). A series of articles in The Star-Ledger in April 2008 exposed a pervasive problem of insurance companies flouting the orders of...
G.D. v. Kenny, 205 N.J. 275 (2011). A political campaign flyer charged that a candidate had as an aide "a DRUG DEALER who went to JAIL for FIVE YEARS for selling coke...
Allstate New Jersey Ins. Co. v. Neurology Pain Associates, 418 N.J. Super. 246 (App. Div. 2011). The Automobile Insurance Cost Reduction Act ("AICRA") changed the way personal injury protection ("PIP") benefit arbitrations...
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Ford, 418 N.J. Super. 592 (App. Div. 2011). The question of whether foreclosing mortgagees have the proper proofs to support their cases has been all over the news...
State v. Gaffey, 92 N.J. 374 (1983). Today is the 28th anniversary of this opinion, so it seems appropriate to revisit this case today. Though the "meritorious issue [was] whether...
Marrero v. Feintuch, 418 N.J. Super. 48 (App. Div. 2011). Numerous cases say that in New Jersey state courts, pretrial discovery in civil cases is very broad. This case reiterates that principle...
Einhorn v. M.L. Ruberton Const. Co., 632 F.3d 89 (3d Cir. 2011). When two firms merge, the successor firm may be liable for delinquent ERISA fund contributions of the predecessor. But where one entity...
Porreca v. City of Millville, 419 N.J. Super. 212 (App. Div. 2011). Rule 4:42-9(a)(2) permits recovery of attorneys' fees from a "fund in court." Porreca, a decision written by Judge Axelrad, held that the...
Taylor v. Community Medical Center, 2011 WL 181370 (App. Div. Jan. 21, 2011). This was an appeal by a plaintiff in a medical malpractice matter. Her complaint was dismissed for...