In Nostrame v. Santiago, 420 N.J. Super. 427 (App. Div. 2011), discussed here, the Appellate Division held that an attorney whose client replaced him with another attorney could not sue...
Schulmann v. Director, New Jersey Div. of Taxation, 423 N.J. Super. 333 (App. Div. 2011). Daniel Schulmann used personal funds to pay certain commissions that two "S corporations" were contractually obligated to pay to...
Rogers v. Cape May County Office of the Public Defender, 208 N.J. 414 (2011). Rogers sought to sue his public defender attorney for legal malpractice after Rogers's application for post-conviction relief was...
Animal Protection League of New Jersey v. New Jersey Dep't of Environmental Protection, 423 N.J. Super. 549 (App. Div. 2011). With the coming of this season often comes an effort by the...
State v. Yough, 208 N.J. 385 (2011). The main focus of this opinion by Justice Albin was whether the Law Division abused its discretion in declining to grant a mistrial when a...
Kane Properties, LLC v. City of Hoboken, 423 N.J. Super. 49 (App. Div. 2011). Plaintiff had obtained use variances from Hoboken's Zoning Board of Adjustment. Those variances allowed plaintiff to build a high-rise...
New Jersey DYFS v. I.S.. 423 N.J. Super. 124 (App. Div. 2011). The Appellate Division is often asked to reconsider its decisions. It does so only rarely, and even more rarely does...
Happy Thanksgiving to all readers of this blog. At your Thanksgiving table, think about this: the opposite of gratitude is not ingratitude– it is expectation. Enjoy the holiday!...
On November 18, an Appellate Division panel consisting of Judges Carchman, Fisher and Nugent denied the State's motion for a stay pending the appeal, now before the Supreme Court on...
US Airways, Inc. v. McCutchen, 663 F.3d 671 (3d Cir. 2011). After defendant McCutchen suffered a serious auto accident, a benefit plan administered by plaintiff US Airways paid him nearly $67,000 for his...