S.V. v. RWJ Barnabas Health, Inc., ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2025). This opinion by Judge Sabatino addressed the denial of a defense summary judgment on a claim of medical malpractice. As the opinion stated at its outset, "plaintiff S.V. alleges that defendants prematurely released her sister ("J.V.") from their care after J.V. was treated for seventeen days on a voluntary admission basis for psychiatric care at defendants' facility. The day after her psychiatric discharge, J.V. crashed her car into a utility pole, injuring plaintiff S.V. who was a passenger in the vehicle."...

N.A.R., Inc. v. Eastern Outdoor Furnishings A/K/A JC Partners, LLC, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2025). This opinion by Judge Sabatino is an example of a party that "won the battle but lost the war." Defendant/third-party plaintiff Eastern Outdoor Furnishings ("Eastern Outdoor") asserted that third-party defendant AMD Direct, Inc. ("AMD") violated the New Jersey Franchise Practices Act, N.J.S.A. 56:10-1 et seq. ("NJFPA"), in terminating Eastern Outdoor's alleged franchise to sell AMD's products. The Law Division granted summary judgment to AMD, holding that there was no written agreement that established a franchise relationship....

No one can say that in the days before Christmas, "not a creature was stirring" in our appellate courts. The Supreme Court issued one decision and the Appellate Division published...

Rodriguez v. Shelbourne Spring, LLC, ___ N.J. ___ (2024). The first signed opinion of the current Term was by Justice Fasciale. The Court addressed issues relating to whether Hartford Underwriters...

State v. Kearney, 479 N.J. Super. 539 (App. Div. 2024). This appeal was from the denial of post-conviction relief. Defendant had been convicted of murder and other offenses. He raised...

The Annual Chief Justice Joseph Weintraub Lecture at Rutgers Law School in Newark has long been one of the premier events in the New Jersey legal community. The Law School...

The final two days of July saw one Supreme Court opinion and two published opinions by the Appellate Division. Here are summaries: New Jersey Division of Child Protection & Permanency...

The 2024-25 General Assignment has been issued and is available here. As was true in the 2023-24 Term, there are seven Parts. All but Part C, which has five judges,...

June came to a close last week. There were no Supreme Court decisions. The Appellate Division, however, issued five published opinions. Only one of them was discussed, here. Here are...

Patel v. New Jersey Department of Treasury, 479 N.J. Super. 26 (App. Div. 2024). Judge Sabatino's opinion in this case began by explaining its background and the novel issue presented:...