State v. Faber, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2020). As discussed here, last month, the Appellate Division affirmed defendant’s Municipal Court convictions but remanded for correction of his sentence. The panel cited two matters that the Law Division had overlooked in sentencing. One of those was a statutory requirement that defendant install an ignition interlock in his vehicle. Today, however, the panel issued an opinion that “revises and replaces” the prior ruling. Judge Fuentes explained the reason for that. “After the opinion was published, the State filed a...

Rialto-Capitol Condominium Ass’n, Inc. v. Baldwin Assets Assocs. Urban Renewal Co., LLC, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2020). As Judge Fisher noted in his opinion in this case, “[t]he law is well settled that [condominium] unit owners have standing to bring claims for damages to their units, including the units’ contents or those fixed items that form part of the units, while the condominium] association has standing to pursue a claim for damages caused to the common elements. See Siller v. Hartz Mountain Assocs., 93 N.J. 370, 378 (1983); Belmont Condo. Ass’n, Inc....

Narleski v. Gomes, ___ N.J. ___ (2020). Near the beginning of his opinion for a unanimous Supreme Court in this case, Justice Albin summarized the issue: “Under our statutes and case law, a social host over the age of twenty-one has a duty not to serve alcohol to a visibly intoxicated guest, either an adult or a minor,if it is reasonably foreseeable the guest is about to drive. This case presents a variation on that theme. Does a young adult, over the age of eighteen but under the age of twenty-one –an adult under the lawful drinking age –have a duty not to facilitate the...