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There are very few cases that discuss Rules 2:9-5 or 2:9-6, the rules dealing with supersedeas bonds.  One of those cases, Courvoisier v. Harley Davidson of Trenton, Inc., 162 N.J. 153 (1999), was decided on this date in 1999. In that case, plaintiff was badly injured in a motorcycle accident.  He sued Harley Davidson of Trenton, Inc., who had sold and serviced the motorcycle, asserting that negligent maintenance of the motorcycle caused the accident.  Plaintiff won a jury verdict of over $1 million. Harley Davidson had a garage liability insurance policy with American Hardware Mutual...

United States v. Baroni, ___ F.3d ___ (3d Cir. 2018).  In a unanimous opinion by Judge Scirica today, the Third Circuit upheld the convictions of “Bridgegate” defendants Bill Baroni and Bridget Kelly on charges of conspiracy to obtain by fraud, knowingly convert, or intentionally misapply property of an organization receiving federal benefits, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and the substantive offenses associated with those conspiracy charges.  But the panel reversed and vacated defendants’ convictions for conspiracy against civil rights and the related substantive...