Recent Arguments Before the Supreme Court

Can plaintiff Helen Alexandra Christakos, who was not defendant’s client but was a potential beneficiary of her uncle’s previous will, maintain a cause of action for legal malpractice against defendant alleging that her uncle, defendant’s client, lacked testamentary capacity to execute a subsequent will?

Did the insurer have a duty to defend and indemnify the insured under the circumstances presented, where (i) the commercial insurance policy had a provision excluding coverage if the director or officer of the insured entity engaged in wrongful corporate acts arising out of their capacity as a director or officer of another entity, and (ii) the director or officer is alleged to have engaged in wrongful corporate acts in a dual capacity as a director or officer of the insured entity and as a director or officer of a different, uninsured entity?

Does a police officer need to be qualified as an expert to testify about cell tower locations based on phone records and explain that cell phones generally connect to cell towers based on physical proximity?

Was the County of Bergen entitled to immunity under the Landowners Liability Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:42A-2 to -10, where plaintiff fell in a hole while rollerblading in Van Saun County Park and filed suit against the County alleging negligence and seeking damages for injuries she suffered from the fall?