Chief Justice Rabner has issued the general Assignment Order for 2019-2020. It is available here. As occurs every year, the eight Appellate Division Parts have been reshuffled. But some things remain the same. Judge Messano continues as Presiding Judge for Administration, and Judge Sabatino as Deputy Presiding Judge for Administration. Those two judges, as well as Judges Koblitz, Alvarez, Fisher, Yannotti, and Fuentes remain as Presiding Judges of their respective Parts. Judge Fasciale has become the Presiding Judge of Part B, a position previously held by Judge Simonelli. There are two...

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Murray v. Comcast Corp., 457 N.J. Super. 464 (App. Div. 2019).  In this employment case, the issue was whether the Law Division had subject matter jurisdiction to entertain a motion for reconsideration.  On June 9, 2017, the Law Division granted defendants’ motion to compel arbitration of plaintiff’s claims.  Plaintiff mailed in a motion for reconsideration on July 20, 2017, 41 days after the order as to which reconsideration was sought, and the Law Division did not receive that motion until July 26, 2017, 47 days after the order compelling arbitration.  On November 16, 2017, the...