- PATRICK PANTUSCO VS. NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS (NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS) A-1680-22 Appellate March 13, 2024
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. DARIUS BECKETT (19-04-0535, BURLINGTON COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-1705-22 Appellate March 13, 2024
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. M.M. (11-07-0761, UNION COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) (RECORD IMPOUNDED) A-3875-22 Appellate March 13, 2024
- Harris v. Harris MON-C-41-22 Trial March 12, 2024
- Players Place II Condominium Association, Inc. v. K.P. and B.F. (088139) (Camden County & Statewide) A-60/61-22 Supreme March 13, 2024 Oral Argument A-60/61-22 A-60/61-22 - Part 1 Audio for A-60/61-22 - Part 1 A-60/61-22 - Part 2 Audio for A-60/61-22 - Part 2 Close Summary A-60/61-22 Requests for reasonable accommodations like the one here should be assessed under the following framework: Individuals who seek an accommodation must show that they have a disability under the LAD and demonstrate that the requested accommodation may be necessary to afford them an “equal opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling.” N.J.A.C. 13:13-3.4(f)(2). Housing providers then have the burden to prove the requested accommodation is unreasonable. During that process, both sides should engage in a good-faith, interactive dialogue. In the end, if the parties cannot resolve the request, courts may be called on to balance the need for, and benefits of, the requested accommodation against the cost and administrative burdens it presents. Here, the claims should not have been dismissed. Close
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. REGGIE JACKSON (96-11-1121, PASSAIC COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-2262-17 Appellate March 14, 2024
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. LARRY BOSTIC (17-09-0834, CUMBERLAND COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) (RECORD IMPOUNDED) A-3549-19 Appellate March 14, 2024
- CAROLINE J. FRANCAVILLA, ETC. VS. ABSOLUTE RESOLUTIONS VI, LLC, ET AL. (L-0170-19, ESSEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-2951-21 Appellate March 14, 2024 Summary A-2951-21 In this matter, the court considers whether the trial court properly dismissed plaintiff's complaint with prejudice after finding it was barred by the entire controversy doctrine and res judicata. Plaintiff's putative class action complaint, filed in Essex County, sought to claw back funds she paid in full satisfaction of a final default judgment, entered in a prior lawsuit adjudicated in Bergen County. The court holds that the entire controversy doctrine precludes plaintiff from relitigating a final default judgment through the filing of a new complaint in a different court when she failed to pursue any of her substantive arguments in the previous litigation. Plaintiff defaulted on paying an outstanding credit card balance, so the bank closed out her account and assigned her outstanding debt to defendants. Through a complaint filed in Bergen County, defendants obtained a final default judgment against plaintiff, which she did not move to vacate or otherwise appeal. Plaintiff fully satisfied the judgment through wage garnishments. Plaintiff filed a putative class action complaint in Essex County against defendants seeking a declaratory judgment voiding the debt and any judgments enforcing that debt, as well as treble damages and disgorgement of amounts previously paid to defendants, based on the assertion that defendant was not licensed, as required by the New Jersey Consumer Finance Licensing Act (CFLA), N.J.S.A. 17:11C-1 to -49. Since the entire controversy doctrine precludes plaintiff from pursuing the Essex County litigation predicated on substantive defenses that could have been raised in the prior Bergen County litigation, there was no amendment to the pleading that could have rendered plaintiff's complaint viable. Thus, dismissal of the complaint with prejudice based on the entire controversy doctrine was appropriate. The court affirms the Essex County order. Close
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. FENTON J. CARSTARPHEN (16-04-1087, CAMDEN COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-3876-21 Appellate March 14, 2024
- ANTHONY ACCARDI, ET AL. VS. MGC-RSC, INC., ET AL. (L-0355-21, SOMERSET COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-0169-22 Appellate March 14, 2024
- PEP BOYS - MANNY, MOE & JACK OF DELAWARE, INC. VS. THE CONLIN TRUST, ET AL. (C-000042-21, GLOUCESTER COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-0834-22 Appellate March 14, 2024
- K.P. VS. N.G. (FM-02-2963-12, BERGEN COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-1425-22 Appellate March 14, 2024
- ROTIMI A. OWOH VS. PHH MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC (L-5739-22, MIDDLESEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-1854-22 Appellate March 14, 2024
- PCS REALTY, LLC VS. RALPH FREDERICKS, ET AL. (C-000067-22, MORRIS COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-1947-22 Appellate March 14, 2024
- BENEFICIAL NEW JERSEY INC., ETC. VS. NORBERTO JOHN DIAZ, ET AL. (F-028256-09, HUDSON COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-1976-22 Appellate March 14, 2024
- KENNETH REID VS. CITY OF PLAINFIELD, ET AL. (L-3967-17, UNION COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-2426-21 Appellate March 15, 2024
- BENJAMIN W. LEWITT VS. TOWNSHIP OF GLOUCESTER, ET AL. (L-0164-20, CAMDEN COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-3037-21 Appellate March 15, 2024
- IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF BARBARA ELLEN HEINECKE (P-2021-1101, BURLINGTON COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-3604-21 Appellate March 15, 2024
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. JOSHUA MALMGREN (12-11-0748, CAPE MAY COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-0324-22 Appellate April 16, 2024
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. ENDY ROLANDO CRUZ CRUZ (2-22, CUMBERLAND COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-1301-22 Appellate March 15, 2024