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Under the circumstances presented, where defendant’s house was on fire, was the warrantless seizure of evidence from the garage justified under the exigent circumstances exception to the warrant requirement?

Under the New Jersey Charitable Immunity Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-7 to -11, is defendant Newark Community Health Centers, Inc., organized exclusively for educational purposes, organized for charitable purposes such that a source-of-funds assessment was required, or organized exclusively for hospital purposes such that it is liable for up to $250,000 under N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-8?

Under Rule 1:2-1(b), should defendant’s expert be permitted to testify remotely at an evidentiary hearing and at trial?

Can spreading salt on a parking lot during a storm be an “unusual circumstance” such that the ongoing storm rule adopted in Pareja v. Princeton International Properties, 246 N.J. 546 (2021), does not apply, and can a landowner be held liable for the actions of a contractor if the contractor was granted summary judgment?

Can defendant, who was charged with reckless vehicular homicide, introduce expert testimony that the victim died because of the medical care she received, if the State is relying exclusively on the first prong of N.J.S.A. 2C:2-3(c) to prove causation?

Should the jury have been instructed on passion/provocation manslaughter, should defendant’s trial for murder been severed from his trial for aggravated assault, and if so, should defendant’s conviction for aggravated assault be reversed?