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APPEALS ADDED IN THE NEW JERSEY SUPREME COURT LISTED NEWEST TO OLDEST
The following statements of issues on appeal are prepared by the Office of the Clerk for the convenience of the reader. They have been neither reviewed nor approved by the Supreme Court. Please note that, in the interest of brevity, some issues may not have been summarized.
Beginning on July 16, 2010, each appeal summary posted on this website includes its "posted" date, which is necessary for calculating certain due dates for filing briefs and motions under revised Rule 1:13-9, "Amicus Curiae."
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A-61-13 State v. Darien Weston (073032) Was defendant’s right to a fair trial violated when the jury was allowed unrestricted access to the videotaped statements of two eyewitnesses during deliberations?
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A-60-13 Terry Kuchera v. Jersey Shore Family Health Center (073483) Does this non-profit community outreach clinic have a charitable or educational purpose entitling it to absolute immunity under N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-7, or is it organized exclusively for hospital purposes and therefore subject to a $250,000 limit on its liability pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-8?
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A-59-13 L.A. and The Horace Mann Ins. Co. v. Bd. of Edu. of the City of Trenton (073401) Was there sufficient evidence presented that this employee’s inappropriate contact with a student was not undertaken in the course of his employment such that the Board of Education was not obligated to indemnify the employee for his costs in defending a civil action pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:2016-6?
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A-58-13 Joseph Vanderslice v. Harold Stewart (073362) Under the circumstances presented, should the time period for filing a demand for a trial de novo following a non-binding arbitration be relaxed to permit a late filing by the County?
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A-57-13 Kimba Medical Supply v. Allstate Insurance Co. of N.J. (073158) Under the New Jersey Alternative Procedure for Dispute Resolution Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:23A-1 thru -19, and associated personal injury protection (“PIP") regulations, does the trial court have the authority to remand unresolved factual questions to a dispute resolution professional after that court has vacated or modified the professional’s decision?
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A-56-13 State v. Terrell Hubbard (073539) Was it appropriate under the circumstances for the Appellate Division to rely on its independent review of the video recording of defendant’s statement to reverse the trial court’s order suppressing that statement?
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A-55-13 Griepenburg v. Twp. of Ocean (073290) Was the municipality’s rezoning of plaintiffs’ property to an environmentally sensitive land use designation that required minimum lot sizes of 20 acres for residential development arbitrary and capricious?
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Was plaintiffs’ action challenging the municipal redevelopment ordinance time barred and, if not, was the ordinance invalid because of the municipality’s failure to submit an application for approval of the issuance of bonds to the Local Finance Board in the Department of Community Affairs?
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A-53-13 Grabowsky v. Twp. of Montclair (07320142) Were these municipal officials disqualified from voting on this redevelopment ordinance because of their membership in a church located on property that is next to the site to be redeveloped?
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A-52-13 Gnall v. Gnall (073321) Was it appropriate for the Appellate Division to reverse the trial court’s award of limited duration alimony and to remand for consideration of permanent alimony under the circumstances of this case, which included a marriage of fifteen years?
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A-51-13 Gaskill v. CITI Mortgage, Inc. (071804) Where a judgment creditor does not receive actual notice of the debtor’s bankruptcy petition or discharge in bankruptcy, may equitable principles be applied to toll the provisions of N.J.S.A. 2A:2016-49.1, which allows the debtor to cancel a lien after one year has elapsed since the date of the discharge in bankruptcy?
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A-50-13 Maida v. Kuskin (073429) Is a request that a guilty plea entered in municipal court not be evidential in any civil proceeding required to be made in open court at the time of the entry of the plea?
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A-49-13 State v. Edwin Urbina (073209) In pleading guilty to the crime of aggravated manslaughter, did defendant’s assertion of facts implying that he acted in self-defense render the factual basis inadequate?
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A-47/48-13 State v. State v. James Grate; State v. Fuquan Cromwell (072750) Does the “knowingly" mens rea requirement of N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5(e)(1), third-degree unlawful possession of a weapon at an education institution, apply to both the possession of the firearm and the presence at an educational institution; and did the trial court err in sentencing defendants to mandatory minimum terms?
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A-46-13 State v. John Tate (072754) Did defendant’s admission during his plea allocution to cursing and using off-color language in such a way as to debauch a child’s morals provide an adequate factual basis to establish child neglect under N.J.S.A. 9:6-3?
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A-45-13 State v. William A. Case, Jr. (072688) Was defendant properly sentenced to a discretionary parole disqualifier under N.J.S.A. 2C:43-6(b)?
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A-43/44-13 IMO Borough of Keyport v. Local 68 (072361) Were these municipalities authorized to unilaterally impose temporary layoffs approved by the Civil Service Commission pursuant to N.J.S.A. 11A:8-1 to -4, or were the municipalities required to negotiate the layoffs pursuant to the New Jersey Employer-Employee Act, N.J.S.A. 34:13A-1 to -30?
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A-42-13 Jarrell v. Kaul, M.D. (072363) Could plaintiffs maintain a cause of action against a medical doctor for failure to disclose that he did not have malpractice insurance to cover the relevant procedure; and can plaintiffs maintain a cause of action against a medical facility that allowed the medical doctor to perform in the facility procedures for which the doctor does not have malpractice insurance?
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A-41-13 State v. Julie Kuropchak (072718) In this appeal challenging a conviction of driving while intoxicated, was it error to admit the documentary evidence and the Alcotest results, and was the observational evidence sufficient to sustain the conviction?
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A-40-13 State v. Tahir Gregory (072715) Was defendant’s guilty plea sufficient to establish a factual basis for the crime of knowing possession of a controlled dangerous substance with intent to distribute within a school zone?
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