Little v. Kia Motors America, Inc., ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2018).  Class actions notoriously take a long time.  But the case in which Judge Koblitz issued a decision for her Appellate Division panel today is nearly old enough to vote.  As her opinion recited, plaintiffs, who are owners or lessees of Kia Sephia model year 1997-2000 vehicles with allegedly defective brakes, began in 2001. In August 2003, plaintiffs obtained class certification.  Contrary to the notion that defendants simply settle once a class is certified, the case continued, and a classwide jury trial occurred in...

G.A.-H. v. K.G.G., ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2018).  An emergency medical technician (“EMT”), designated as “Kenneth” in today’s opinion by Judge Fisher, engaged in an unlawful sexual relationship with plaintiff (designated as “Georgia”), who was then just fifteen years old.  The prosecutor pursued criminal charges against Kenneth, and he was convicted and incarcerated.  Georgia brought a civil suit against Kenneth, who defaulted.  She also sued another EMT, “Arthur,” the EMTs’ employer, and a soccer club that had allegedly...

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