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

Rockaway Shoprite Associates, Inc. v. City of Linden, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2011).  For many years, a large General Motors assembly plant occupied a 47.5 acre site in Linden.  Eventually, General Motors closed that plant.  The property sat vacant for some years.  In December 2007, a developer, Linden Development, LLC, purchased the site, intending to redevelop it with a mix of retail, commercial, industrial, warehouse, and multi-unit residential

Jacobson v. United States, 422 N.J. Super. 561 (App. Div. 2011).  It is not often that the United States is a party in a state court case.  This matter involved a claim against the Social Security Administration for failure to withhold disability benefits payments pursuant to a proper child support garnishment order.  Plaintiff won in the Law Division, but the United States appealed and prevailed, based on sovereign immunity.  Judge Parrillo wrote the panel’s opinion.