The Supreme Court announced that it has granted certification in five new cases. They include a consumer class action, a parole matter, a criminal appeal, and two insurance-related cases. The...

State v. Greene, 242 N.J. 530 (2020). Until today, the Supreme Court "has not had occasion to squarely address a prosecutor's opening statement that detailed evidence of a defendant's guilt...

As discussed here, the Supreme Court recently added due process protections to Governor Murphy's Executive Order No. 124, which created a mechanism to identify persons held in state prisons or...

Lembo v. Marchese, 242 N.J. 477 (2020). Employees of plaintiff, a dentist, forged endorsements on checks payable to plaintiff's dental practice and deposited those checks into their own accounts at...

Friedman v. Martinez, 242 N.J. 450 (2020). The Torts class in the first year of law school deals with, among other things, the tort of intrusion upon seclusion. It is...

LVNV Funding, LLC v. DeAngelo, 464 N.J. Super. 103 (App. Div. 2020). What does a court do when each party is, for different reasons, in the wrong? That is the...

Due to a personal matter, there have been no posts on this blog since June 2. This post will summarize some of the decisions from our appellate courts since that...

Township of Manalapan v. Gentile, 242 N.J. 295 (2020). Justice Solomon wrote this opinion, issued today, for a unanimous Court. The question was whether, in this condemnation case, the Law...

Sanchez v. Fitness Factory Edgewater, LLC, 242 N.J. 252 (2020). In Mellet v. Aquasid, LLC, 453 N.J. Super. 23 (App. Div. 2017), the Appellate Division ruled that the Retail Installment...

The Supreme Court announced that it has granted certification in five new cases. Two of them involve published opinions of the Appellate Division. Delanoy v. Township of Ocean resulted in...