Bellino v. Verizon Wireless, 435 N.J. Super. 85 (App. Div. 2014). The Workers Compensation Act, N.J.S.A. 34:15-1 to -142 ("the Act"), contains an "anti-fraud" provision in N.J.S.A. 34:15-57.4. Under that...

Today witnessed the latest event in the ongoing saga regarding third round rules for low and moderate-income housing to be adopted by the Council on Affordable Housing ("COAH"). As discussed...

As discussed here, on March 7, the Appellate Division directed the Council on Affordable Housing ("COAH") to meet on an expedited basis and adopt third round rules regarding municipal shares of...

Under Rule 2:8-1(b), motions in the Appellate Division are not normally argued orally. On March 5, however, an Appellate Division panel (Judges Fuentes, Simonelli, and Haas) heard oral argument, at...

The landmark right to counsel case of Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963), famously involved a prisoner's handwritten petition for certiorari that was granted and went on to change the legal...

Newman v. Board of Review, 434 N.J. Super. 493 (App. Div. 2014). This is a case in which plaintiff sought unemployment benefits. The detailed facts of the case are almost not...

Platia v. Hamilton Tp. Bd. of Educ., 434 N.J. Super. 382 (App. Div. 2014). Plaintiff was employed as a special education teacher for more than three academic years in a...

L.R. v. Division of Disability Services, 434 N.J. Super. 430 (App. Div. 2014). The core mission of the Division of Disability Services is "serving people who have become disabled as...

Caporusso v. New Jersey Dep't of Health & Senior Services, 434 N.J. Super. 88 (App. Div. 2014). The prerogative writ of mandamus is the centerpiece of this opinion by Judge...

Department of Children & Families v. E.D.-O., 434 N.J. Super. 154 (App. Div. 2014). Appellant "Eleanor" admitted that she had parked her car about 150 feet from a Dollar Tree...