Quinlan v. Curtiss-Wright Corp., ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2012).  This is a long-running employment discrimination case that came back to the Appellate Division after a remand by the Supreme Court.  Judge Sabatino wrote a comprehensive opinion for the panel that educates even the novice employment lawyer, on either side, about ”front pay.”  “‘Front pay’ is a concept that attempts to project and measure the ongoing economic harm, continuing after t

State v. Morgan, 423 N.J. Super. 453 (App. Div. 2011).  Rule 1:8-8(a) states that a trial court, “in its discretion, may submit a copy of all or part of its instructions to the jury for its consideration in the jury room.”  In this criminal case, however, the trial judge allowed the jury to take the jury instructions home for the weekend after the jury foreperson asked for the right to do that, stating that “[w]e want homework.  We’re a studious bunch.”  The j

Symczyk v. Genesis Healthcare Corp., 656 F.3d 189 (3d Cir. 2011).  In Weiss v. Regal Collections, 385 F.3d 337 (3d Cir. 2004), the Third Circuit held that a defendant in a class action could not moot the case by making an offer of judgment that would satisfy the damage claim of the named plaintiff only.  [Disclosure:  I was counsel for the defendant in Weiss v. Regal Collections].  Judge Scirica, then the Chief Judge of the Third Circuit, wrote th