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Judges Vanek and Vinci Are Permanently Assigned to the Appellate Division

Chief Justice Rabner announced that Judges Vinci and Vanek have been permanently assigned to the Appellate Division. They had each been temporarily assigned to that court previously. The Orders making...

Appeals From a Municipal Court to the Law Division Require a Hearing

State v. Jang, 478 N.J. Super. 252 (App. Div. 2024). A party unhappy with a ruling by a Municipal Court may appeal to the Law Division for a trial de...

Affidavit of Merit "Alleging Collective Negligence by Multiple Unidentifiable Nurses Was Inadequate"

Hargett v. Hamilton Park Opco, LLC, 477 N.J. Super. 390 (App. Div. 2023). Judge Vinci wrote the opinion in this case under the Affidavit of Merit statute, N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26 et...

Judges Vanek and Vinci Are Again Temporarily Elevated to the Appellate Division

Chief Justice Rabner announced that Judges Christine Vanek and Robert Vinci have been temporarily assigned to the Appellate Division. Both assignments are effective on January 2, 2024 and have no...

Judges Vanek and Vinci Are Temporarily Assigned to the Appellate Division

Chief Justice Rabner announced that Judges Christine Vanek and Robert Vinci are being temporarily assigned to the Appellate Division for the period of October 2- December 1, 2023. Judge Vanek...

The Supreme Court Takes Up a Paramedics Immunity Case

The Supreme Court announced late yesterday that it has granted certification in Almonte v. Township of Union. The question presented, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk's office, is "Under the circumstances presented, are the paramedics entitled to immunity because they provided advanced life support services "in accordance with this act" as required by N.J.S.A. 26:2K-14, specifically, N.J.S.A. 26:2K-10(a), which requires that the paramedic "maintains direct voice communication with and is taking orders from a licensed physician or physician directed registered professional nurse"?...

Three Big Decisions From the Supreme Court

Last week was an eventful one in the Supreme Court. The Court ruled in three appeals, all in closely watched cases. They are summarized here in reverse chronological order....

Two OPRA Cases and a Municipal Land Use Law Case for the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court announced that it has granted review in three new matters. All three involve grants of certification, but one also is an appeal as of right due to a relatively rare dissent in the Appellate Division....

The Third Circuit Returns to New Jersey Appellate Law Blog

When this blog began, in October 2010, it covered goings-on in the Supreme Court of New Jersey, the Appellate Division, and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, with occasional posts about the Supreme Court of the United States. That continued for many years. More recently, however, it became too difficult to keep up with all of those three courts, and coverage of the Third Circuit disappeared virtually entirely. But since the Supreme Court and the Appellate Division have not published many decisions recently (a circumstance that is certain to change shortly), this blog will resume covering the Third Circuit at least on occasion, beginning today....