Walker v. Choudhary, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2012).  This was a medical malpractice and wrongful death action.  Three defendants, a doctor, a medical group, and a company that owns a hospital, won summary judgment based on the statute of limitations.  Plaintiff appealed and the Appellate Division, in an opinion by Judge St. John, reversed as to each defendant.  Judge St. John observed that the Appellate Division employs the same summary judgment standard as does a trial level judge, and t

Kendall v. Hoffman-LaRoche, Inc.., 209 N.J. 173 (2012).  In this case, the 5-1 majority opinion by Justice Long offers a comprehensive tutorial about New Jersey’s “discovery rule,” which mitigates the strict statute of limitations in various circumstances.  But the main issue in the case, which involved the drug Accutane and its tendency to cause inflammatory bowel disease (including ulcerative colitis), was whether the presumption of labeling adequacy con

Newark Morning Ledger Co. v. New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority, 423 N.J. Super. 140 (App. Div. 2011).   The Newark Star-Ledger filed a request under the Open Public Records Act, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 to -13 (“OPRA”), seeking to obtain from the New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority copies of contracts between the Authority and event promoters for performances held at the IZOD Center.  The Authority released the cont