Flanzman v. Jenny Craig, Inc., ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2018).  The Appellate Division previously issued its opinion in this case, written by Judge Fasciale, on October 17, 2018, as discussed here.  Today, the court reissued the opinion in a somewhat more expansive form.  The result is the same– an arbitration clause that did not specify a forum or process for the arbitration did not reflect a meeting of the minds and was not enforceable. The new opinion includes a footnote 1 that clarifies that the named individual defendants were dismissed after plaintiff failed to serve them...

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Russo v. Friedrich, 2018 WL ______ (App. Div. Oct. 10, 2018); City of Newark Public Schools v. OPEIU Local 32, 2018 WL _________ (App. Div. Oct. 10, 2018).  It’s a good day when one wins an appeal.  It’s a better day when one’s firm wins two appeals on the same day.  Today is one of those days. In Russo v. Friedrich, my colleague Francis A. Kenny and I represented the plaintiff in an appeal from an adverse jury verdict in a medical malpractice wrongful death case.  Other counsel had ably handled the trial, but there were serious errors that hamstrung plaintiff.  The...