Certain Underwriters at Lloyds Subscribing to Policy PLH-0013397 v. Public Service Electric and Gas, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2019). Judge Fisher’s opinion in this appeal today was barely longer than the title and the caption of this case. The issue was whether, “when a defendant’s negligence has caused a homeowner to be displaced … whether [the] homeowner’s damages are limited to the cost of alternate shelter or whether the homeowner may also seek additional damages based on a broader concept of inconvenience.” The case arose out of a winter storm...

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Park Crest Cleaners, LLC v. A Plus Cleaners & Alterations Corp., ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2019).  This opinion by Judge Fisher today dismissed an appeal under convoluted facts.  To dramatically oversimplify (and it’s worth reading the opinion, which, characteristically for Judge Fisher, was not long), the parties litigated a commercial case that resulted, after a jury trial, in a judgment for plaintiffs against defendants and the owner of property that was involved in the lawsuit.  The Chancery Division reduced the damage figure awarded by the jury to a lesser amount. The...