NJ Appellate Law Blog

Literal Reading of Police and Fire Public Interest Arbitration Reform Act on Applicability of Cap on Arbitration Awards Would Yield Absurd Results, so the Appellate Division Rejects That Outcome

In re State of New Jersey and Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 91, 450 N.J. Super. 286 (App. Div. 2017). In her opinion for the Appellate Division today, Judge Reisner...

Appellate Division Oral Argument of the Week: Must Representative Actions Under the New Jersey Wage and Hour Law or the Prevailing Wage Act Satisfy Rule 4:32, Which Governs Class Actions?

On Thursday, March 12, the Appellate Division will hear oral argument in Martinez v. T. Slack Environmental Services, Inc. The issue on appeal is whether plaintiff's lawsuit, predicated on the New Jersey Wage and Hour Law, and the Prevailing Wage Act, must satisfy the criteria of Rule 4:32, the class action rule. The Law Division found that unnecessary....

Appellate Division Oral Argument of the Week: Must Representative Actions Under the Wage and Hour Law or the Prevailing Wage Act Satisfy Rule 4:32, Which Governs Class Actions?

On Thursday, March 12, the Appellate Division will hear oral argument in Martinez v. T. Slack Environmental Services, Inc. The issue is whether plaintiff's lawsuit, predicated on the New Jersey Wage and Hour Law, and the Prevailing Wage Act, must satisfy the criteria of Rule 4:32, the class action rule. The Law Division found that unnecessary....

Two Land Use Decisions by the Appellate Division

This week began with two published opinions by the Appellate Division in different areas of municipal land use. Here are summaries:...

A Blizzard of Criminal Law Decisions Last Week

[Couldn't resist the title given last week's major blizzard in New Jersey] Last week was a big week for decisions in criminal appeals. All three of the Supreme Court's opinions last week, and both of last week's published Appellate Division opinions, were in criminal cases. Here are summaries....