Sauro v. Sauro, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2012).  This contentious divorce action boiled down to the complaint of a large law firm that an equitable distribution award was improper because, in making that award, the Family Part improperly elevated the interests of the divorcing couple’s children in having money available for their college education above the law firm’s charging lien.  Though the two parents had agreed on virtually nothing else in that lengthy litigation, both parents, acting pro se in the Appellate Division, contended that the Family Part ha

Cole v. Jersey City Medical Center, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2012).  Plaintiff, a nurse anesthetist at Jersey Medical Center, sued the Medical Center and her immediate employer, Liberty Anesthesia Associates (“Liberty”), for retaliatory discharge, employment discrimination, and other things.  Plaintiff settled with the Medical Center, and Liberty won summary judgment on some of the claims against it.  Thereafter, three days before the scheduled trial date, and twe

Spinelli v. Echeverry Industries, LLC, 2012 WL ____________ (App. Div. Feb. 7, 2012).  Rule 2:8-3 authorizes parties on appeal to move for summary disposition of that appeal at any time.  It is not often that such motions get granted, however, and opinions doing so are relatively rare.  In this case, the Appellate Division (Judges Fuentes and Lihotz) issued a per curiam opinion granting a motion for summary disposition.  This must give hope to practitioners who seek to s