Rockaway Shoprite Associates, Inc. v. City of Linden, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2011).  For many years, a large General Motors assembly plant occupied a 47.5 acre site in Linden.  Eventually, General Motors closed that plant.  The property sat vacant for some years.  In December 2007, a developer, Linden Development, LLC, purchased the site, intending to redevelop it with a mix of retail, commercial, industrial, warehouse, and multi-unit residential

D’Alessandro v. Hartzel, 422 N.J. Super. 575 (App. Div. 2011).  Every so often, the Appellate Division decides a case involving a “simple negligence” claim.  This opinion, by Judge Parrillo, is such a case.

Plaintiff rented defendants’ summer condominium home.  Before going to the property for her vacation, plaintiff viewed its layout on-line, where she saw pictures of the condominium unit.  When plaintiff arrived at the unit, she was pulling a suitca

Jacobson v. United States, 422 N.J. Super. 561 (App. Div. 2011).  It is not often that the United States is a party in a state court case.  This matter involved a claim against the Social Security Administration for failure to withhold disability benefits payments pursuant to a proper child support garnishment order.  Plaintiff won in the Law Division, but the United States appealed and prevailed, based on sovereign immunity.  Judge Parrillo wrote the panel’s opinion.