Smith v. Hudson County Register, 2011 WL 1529730 (App. Div. April 25, 2011). This opinion, by Judge Sabatino, applied the catalyst doctrine to an Open Public Records Act (“OPRA”) case. In Mason ...
Saffos v. Avaya, Inc., 419 N.J. Super. 244 (App. Div. 2011). A jury found that defendant Avaya’s termination of plaintiff’s employment had violated the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (“NJLAD”), in that ...
Jones v. Hayman, 418 N.J. Super. 291 (App. Div. 2011). This was a class action suit by women inmates against the Department of Corrections (“DOC”). The key question in the case, as stated ...
The Supreme Court of New Jersey has granted certification to review that portion of the decision in Walker v. Giuffre, 415 N.J. Super. 597 (App. Div. 2010), that involved an ...
Porreca v. City of Millville, 419 N.J. Super. 212 (App. Div. 2011). Rule 4:42-9(a)(2) permits recovery of attorneys’ fees from a “fund in court.” Porreca, a decision written by Judge Axelrad, held that the ...
D. Russo, Inc. v. Union Tp., ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2010). In Mason v. Hoboken, 196 N.J. 51 (2008), an Open Public Records Act (“OPRA”) case, the Supreme ...
Sisolak v. Briarwood Sportsman’s Club, 2010 WL 4483387 (App. Div. Nov. 10, 2010). This opinion states that while it is “generally preferable to have counsel fee applications filed contemporaneously with, ...
Hillcrest Garden, Inc. v. Victorian Florist, Inc., 2010 WL 4137191 (App. Div. Oct. 22, 2010). In this credit contract appeal, the agreement provided for “reasonable attorneys’ fees of 25% of ...