As discussed here, Judge Fisher, the Presiding Judge of the Appellate Division's Part F, will reach mandatory retirement age on November 29. Chief Justice Rabner has now announced that, as of...

State v. Wade, 252 N.J. 209 (2022). As Justice Solomon said in his unanimous opinion for the Supreme Court today in this murder case, New Jersey courts "rarely find an...

Chief Justice Rabner issued Orders, effective yesterday, temporarily assigning two trial level judges to the Appellate Division. Judge James Paganelli, who sits in the Essex County Chancery Division, General Equity,...

The Supreme Court announced that it will consider three new matters. Two of those involved grants of certification, while the third was an appeal as of right. The appeal as...

Asphalt Paving Systems, Inc. v. The Borough of Stone Harbor, 474 N.J. Super. 56 (App. Div. 2022). This opinion by Judge Fisher today consumed only six pages. The issue was...

Carelli v. Borough of Caldwell, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2022). N.J.S.A. 40A:9-138 deals with the removal of a municipal administrator from office. The statute provides for a resolution...

Gilligan v. Junod, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2022). As Judge Gilson stated in his opinion for the Appellate Division today, this case "present[ed] a question of first impression:...

Alam v. Ameribuilt Contractors, 474 N.J. Super. 30 (App. Div. 2022). This was a workers' compensation appeal in which the Law Division had disqualified insurance company-assigned counsel for respondent-appellant Ameribuilt...

Chief Justice Rabner issued an Order titled as above yesterday. The full Order is available here. The Order supersedes the Court's November 18, 2021 Order regarding in-person versus virtual proceedings....

New Jersey Division of Child Protection & Permanency v. D.C.A., 474 N.J. Super. 11 (App. Div. 2022). This opinion today by Judge Whipple affirmed the decision of a Family Part...