Gonzalez v. Owens Corning, ___ F.3d ___ (3d Cir. 2018).  This putative class action case, brought by consumers in four states, asserted that “Oakridge” roof shingles sold by defendants (“Owens Corning”) were defective, and that defendants misrepresented the shingles’ useful life.  The District Court denied plaintiffs’ motion for class certification.  Plaintiffs sought interlocutory review of that ruling under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(f),

City Select Auto Sales, Inc. v. David Randall Associates, Inc., ___ F.3d ___ (3d Cir. 2018).  This Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) case, involving unwanted faxes, was tried to a jury as to the individual defendant, the former president and co-owner of the corporate defendant.  The jury returned a defense verdict.  Plaintiff appealed, complaining of the jury instructions regarding personal liability under the TCPA.  Applying

Due to an unusual amount of business travel (alas, only to three cold-weather locations) and a hefty appellate brief, I have not been able to keep up with the courts in recent weeks.  Here is a belated, and far from complete, summary of some of the decisions that our appellate courts have made in that time:

Ardan v. Board of Review, ___ N.J. ___ (2018).  In a relatively unusual (for the Supreme Court of New Jersey) 4-3 decision, the Court ruled that the Board of Review proper