Personal Service Ins. Co. v. Relievus, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2018).  This opinion, issued by Judge Sumners today for a unanimous panel, concerned “whether a Law Division summary action seeking to vacate an award by a dispute resolution professional (DRP) as well as an appeal award of a three-member DRP panel, which affirmed the DRP’s decision, was timely made within the forty-five-day time frame under N.J.S.A. 2A:23A-13(a), when it was filed 159 days after the DRP’s award, but forty-three days after the DRP panel’s award.”  The Law Division found the...

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In re Accutane Litigation, ___ N.J. ___ (2018).  [Disclosure:  I argued this appeal, together with co-counsel, on behalf of the plaintiffs.  The opinions expressed in this post are mine alone, and are not attributable to or necessarily reflective of the views of other counsel for plaintiffs in the matter.].  Today, in a 6-0 opinion by Justice LaVecchia, the Supreme Court reversed the decision of the Appellate Division, reported at 451 N.J. Super. 153 (App. Div. 2017), and discussed here, that had found that the Law Division “mistakenly exercised discretion” in excluding...