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Jan 4

The Passaic River Was Navigable at the Route 3 Bridge, Entitling an Injured Maritime Worker to Benefits

Posted by Bruce D. Greenberg on Jan 4, 2021 in Administrative agency actions, Judges, Standards of review, Statutory interpretation, Third Circuit Court of Appeals | 0 comments
Wilson v. Director, Office of Workers Compensation Programs, United States Dep’t of Labor, ___ F.3d ___ (3d Cir. 2020). The final published opinion of the Third Circuit in 2020 was a case in which plaintiff, a maritime construction worker on a project to replace a Route 3 bridge spanning the Passaic River between Clifton and Rutherford, NJ, suffered hearing impairment due to the noise of the construction work. He sought benefits under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. 901 et seq. (“LHWCA”). But the LHWCA affords benefits only if a maritime...
Dec 28

A (No) Charitable Immunity Anniversary

Posted by Bruce D. Greenberg on Dec 28, 2020 in Notable opinion writing, Statutory interpretation, Summary judgment, Supreme Court of New Jersey | 0 comments
As 2005 neared its close, the Supreme Court decided Tonelli v. Wyckoff Tp. Bd. of Educ., 185 N.J. 438 (2005), on December 28 of that year. The case arose when plaintiff Virginia Tonelli, after watching her granddaughter play soccer on a school field owned by the defendant school board, tripped over a speed the school’s parking lot on the way back to her car. She fractured her hip and later died as a result of complications from her injuries. Her husband sued the Board for negligently creating and maintaining the speed bump. Asserting that it was a non-profit entity organized...
Dec 4

Successive Tortfeasors and the “Settlement Credit” of Ciluffo v. Middlesex Gen’l Hosp.

Posted by Bruce D. Greenberg on Dec 4, 2020 in Appellate Division, Effect of decisions by other courts, Judges, Notable opinion writing, Statutory interpretation | 0 comments
Glassman v. Friedel, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2020). Ciluffo v. Middlesex Gen’l Hosp., 146 N.J. Super. 476 (App. Div. 1977), was a case involving how to handle a plaintiff’s claims against “successive independent tortfeasors” when the plaintiff settles with fewer than all defendants and then tries his or her case against the others. That case held that, in order to “avoid duplicating compensation to the plaintiff,” a non-settling defendant was entitled to a “settlement credit” for part of the payment made by the settling defendant. The...
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Bruce D. Greenberg, a partner of Lite DePalma Greenberg & Afanador, LLC, has more than 35 years of appellate experience.  He has argued dozens of cases in New Jersey’s Appellate Division, and he has handled oral arguments in the Supreme Court of New Jersey and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals as well.  Mr. Greenberg’s appellate cases have ranged from . . more

 

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