Lord v. Board of Review, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2012).  Did an employee who accepted his employer’s directive that he “had to resign” leave his job “voluntarily” so as to disqualify him from receiving unemployment benefits under N.J.S.A. 43:21-5(a)?  That was the question in this case.  Judge Skillman, writing for the Appellate Division, said “no” and reversed the contrary decision of the Board of Review.

Talmage Lord had a job that req

Investors Savings Bank v. Keybank Nat’l Ass’n, ___ N.J. Super. ___  (App. Div. 2012).  It is not often that a suit between two banks results in a published opinion.  This case, in which Judge Skillman wrote for the panel, involved a dispute as to which of two mortgages had priority.  Plaintiff bank refinanced a loan that had preceded defendant’s loan in time.  After defendant obtained a judgment against the borrower, plaintiff brought a declaratory judg

In re Petition for Referendum to Repeal Ordinance 2010-27 of Margate City, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2012).  The Home Rule Act, N.J.S.A. 40:49-27, establishes the right to a public referendum regarding any ordinance that authorizes the incurring of an indebtedness.  The question in this case, in which Judge Skillman wrote the opinion, was whether that right applies to a municipality organized under the Walsh Act, N.J.S.A. 40:70-1