State v. Perini Corp., ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2012).  N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1a establishes a ten-year statute of repose for actions involving alleged deficiencies “in the design, planning, surveying, supervision or construction of an improvement to real property.”  Writing for the panel in this case, Judge Ashrafi faced three issues:  (1) does the ten-year period of repose “run from the substantial completion of a phase or component of a construction project or from complet

Holst-Knudsen v. Mikisch, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2012).  In Emma v. Evans, 424 N.J. Super. 36 (App. Div. 2012), a panel of the Appellate Division addressed the issue of a name change for a child born in wedlock and ruled that “the presumption in favor of the parent of primary residence when seeking, over the other parent’s objection, a change in the surname of a child,” did not apply t

K.L. v. Evesham Tp. Bd. of Educ., 423 N.J. Super. 337 (App. Div. 2011).  There are not many published appellate cases in New Jersey that discuss in any detail the attorney-client privilege or the work product doctrine.  Though this opinion, written by Judge Ashrafi, is primarily an Open Public Records Act (“OPRA”) case, it is worth reading by everyone because of its discussion of attorney-client and work product.  The panel concluded that the attorney-client pri