In a Notice to the Bar, the Appellate Division has announced that, effective July 1, 2013, the Clerk's Office will begin "strictly enforcing" various time limitations and page restrictions of the Court Rules....
On this date fifty three years ago, the Supreme Court decided Henningsen v. Bloomfield Motors, Inc., 32 N.J. 358 (1960). In a unanimous opinion of over 50 pages, the longest...
Wolf v. Galex, 2013 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 1053 (App. Div. May 6, 2013). [Dislosure: I am co-counsel for Mr. Wolf in this matter, and I argued this appeal before the Appellate...
Cologna v. Board of Trustees, Police & Firemen's Retirement Syst., 430 N.J. Super. 362 (App. Div. 2013). By statute, a former member of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System ("PFRS") normally has two...
Schepisi & McLaughlin, P.A. v. Lofaro, 430 N.J. Super. 347 (App. Div. 2013). In this decision by Judge Kennedy, the Appellate Division reversed rulings of the Law Division because, among other things, the...
Yesterday, the Third Circuit issued an Order, which is effective tomorrow, May 1, that reduces the number of paper copies of briefs that must be filed. Currently, Local Appellate Rule...
Yesterday, Senate Bill 2052 was proposed for introduction. The legislation would limit the amount of an appeal bond in civil actions to $50 million. This same legislation was proposed in 2012,...
Regalado v. Curling, 430 N.J. Super. 342 (App. Div. 2013). The lesson of this short opinion by Judge Sapp-Peterson, issued the day after this appeal was orally argued due to the need...
The list of summer Parts for the Appellate Division was just published and can be viewed here. It is a good thing to keep at hand as needed....
Nicholas v. Mynster, 213 N.J. 463 (2013). Until the advent of the New Jersey Medical Care Access and Responsibility and Patients First Act, codified in part at N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-41, "in medical-malpractice cases, physician experts...