Statutory interpretation

Standing to Appeal

United States v. Stoerr, 695 F.3d 271 (3d Cir. 2012). Defendant was convicted of participating in bid-rigging and receiving kickbacks while employed at Sevenson Environmental Services, Inc. ("Sevenson"). Sevenson, which...

Seatbelt Law is Intended to Protect Public Health and Safety and Can be Used as a Predicate for Conviction of a Serious Crime

State v. Lenihan, 427 N.J. Super. 499 (App. Div. 2012). Would it not seem "obvious" that N.J.S.A. 39:3-76.2f, New Jersey's "seatbelt law," is intended to protect the public health and...

Administrative Regulation Was Not Authorized by Statute, and Thus Could Not Bar Tuition Aid Grant to U.S. Citizen Whose Parents Are Not Legal New Jersey Residents

A.Z. v. Higher Education Student Assistance Authority, 427 N.J. Super. 389 (App. Div. 2012). As this opinion by Judge Ostrer describes, though administrative agency regulations are entitled to a presumption...

Employee Cannot Sue Employer's Worker's Compensation Carrier for Pain and Suffering Caused by Carrier's Delay in Paying Benefits

Stancil v. ACE USA, ___ N.J. ___ (2012). "In this matter, we are asked to create a common law cause of action that would permit an injured employee, who is...

Rutgers Violated Open Public Meetings Act in Some Respects, But That Statute Gave Plaintiff No Remedy

McGovern v. Rutgers, The State University, 211 N.J. 94 (2012). Plaintiff complained that the Board of Governors of Rutgers, The State University, violated the Open Public Meetings Act, N.J.S.A. 10:4-6...

A "Deadly" Administrative Law Decision

In re Challenge of New Jersey State Funeral Directors Association to Certain N.J.A.C. Amendments, 427 N.J. Super. 268 (App. Div. 2012). This case involved a challenge to amendments to administrative...

Foreign Citizen Whose Admission to the United States Limits Him to a Single Employer is Not "Available for Work" and Eligible for Unemployment Benefits When That Employer Discharges Him

Makutoff v. Board of Review, 427 N.J. Super. 218 (App. Div. 2012). Plaintiff, a Canadian citizen, was employed in this country under a limited work authorization issued by the Department...

Sales Taxes Under the Bankruptcy Code: A Fascinating, and Difficult, Issue of Statutory Interpretation

In re Michael Calabrese, Jr., 689 F.3d 312 (3d Cir. 2012). Most issues of statutory interpretation can be resolved either by the plain language of the statute, by an analysis of...

Can an Insurer, Suspicious of Insurance Fraud, Require Health Providers Who Seek Reimbursement from the Insurer, to Supply Information About Their Ownership Structure and Billing Practices?

Selective Ins. Co. v. Hudson East Pain Management, 210 N.J. 597 (2012). Defendants provided medical treatment to patients who had personal injury protection ("PIP") insurance through plaintiff ("Selective"). The patients assigned their right to...

Immunity Statute Protects Rescue Squad Personnel, but Not the Rescue Squad as an Entity

Murray v. Plainfield Rescue Squad, 210 N.J. 581 (2012). Plaintiffs' son was shot in the chest by his brother. The Plainfield Rescue Squad was called. But there was allegedly a prolonged delay in transporting...

1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950515253545556…