Henebema v. South Jersey Transportation Authority, 430 N.J. Super. 485 (App. Div. 2013).  The key issue in this case, in which the opinion of the Appellate Division was written by Judge Fasciale, was ...

Washington v. Perez, 430 N.J. Super. 121 (App. Div. 2013).  In proper circumstances, a jury may be told that it can consider the fact that a party did not call a particular ...

Jersey Central Power & Light Co. v. Melcar Utility Co., 212 N.J. 576 (2013).  Article I, paragraph 9 of the New Jersey Constitution provides that “the right to trial by jury shall ...

Mala v. Crown Bay Marina, Inc., 704 F.3d 239 (3d Cir. 2013).  Plaintiff, a citizen of the Virgin Islands, refueled his powerboat at defendant’s fueling station.  The boat’s tank overflowed with gasoline, ...

Quinlan v. Curtiss-Wright Corp., 425 N.J. Super. 335 (App. Div. 2012).  This is a long-running employment discrimination case that came back to the Appellate Division after a remand by the Supreme Court.  ...

State v. Morgan, 423 N.J. Super. 453 (App. Div. 2011).  Rule 1:8-8(a) states that a trial court, “in its discretion, may submit a copy of all or part of its instructions to ...

Symczyk v. Genesis Healthcare Corp., 656 F.3d 189 (3d Cir. 2011).  In Weiss v. Regal Collections, 385 F.3d 337 (3d Cir. 2004), the Third Circuit held that a defendant in a class action could ...

Risko v. Thompson Muller Automotive Group, Inc., 206  N.J. 506 (2011).  This case came to the Supreme Court because of improper remarks made by plaintiff’s counsel in his trial summation.  ...

Wood v. New Jersey Manufacturers Ins. Co., 206 N.J. 562 (2011).  The question of what claims are triable to a jury has vexed the courts for many years, in various ...

State v. Miller, 205 N.J. 79 (2011).  Today, live court reporters are rare in state courts.  Most courtrooms rely on video or audio recording of trials instead.  The issue in this multi-count ...