- SANTANDER BANK, N.A. VS. CIMPLE SYSTEMS, INC., ET AL. (L-0470-15, CAMDEN COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-1560-23 Appellate Nov. 21, 2024
- MILDRED A. GREEN VS. RICARDO A. ARBOLEDA GUAPACHA, ET AL. (L-8001-20, ESSEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-1928-23 Appellate Nov. 21, 2024
- JOHN P. GROSS, ET AL. VS. OCEAN BEACH SURF CLUB UNIT 1, ET AL. (C-000125-22, OCEAN COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-2235-23 Appellate Nov. 21, 2024
- BRIAN KUBIEL VS. TOMS RIVER DISTRICT NO. 1 BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS (OCEAN), ET AL. (GOVERNMENT RECORDS COUNCIL AND L-1639-21, OCEAN COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) (CONSOLIDATED) A-3458-22/A-3464-22 Appellate Nov. 21, 2024
- WATERFRONT COMMISSION OF NEW YORK HARBOR VS. FARID AMADO (WATERFRONT COMMISSION OF NEW YORK HARBOR) A-2255-21 Appellate Nov. 22, 2024
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. JAMES OLBERT (12-08-2165, ESSEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-2681-21 Appellate Nov. 22, 2024
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. KENNETH K. GUMBS (11-09-0793, PASSAIC COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-3082-21 Appellate Nov. 22, 2024
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. KENNETH BACON-VAUGHTERS (09-07-1467, MONMOUTH COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-2616-22 Appellate Nov. 22, 2024
- YOGENDRANATH PAPAGARI AND CHANDRA SHEKHAR MAMIDI VS. VASU TALLURI, ET AL. (C-000148-17, MIDDLESEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-3743-22 Appellate Nov. 22, 2024
- DELLA M. MARKFERDING VS. DAVID LEE MARKFERDING (FM-09-0754-13, HUDSON COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-0380-23 Appellate Nov. 22, 2024
- H.D. VS. SHERRYL ALLEN, ET AL. (L-1090-22, BURLINGTON COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-0653-23 Appellate Nov. 22, 2024
- L.N.R. VS. M.M. (FV-04-1727-24, CAMDEN COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) (RECORD IMPOUNDED) A-1611-23 Appellate Nov. 22, 2024
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. KEVIN B. KAPPEN (21-01-0089, OCEAN COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) (RECORD IMPOUNDED) A-0233-22 Appellate Nov. 25, 2024
- MRP INDUSTRIAL NE LLC VS. THE LAND DEVELOPMENT BOARD OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WESTAMPTON (L-1240-22, BURLINGTON COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) (CONSOLIDATED) A-1517-22/A-1520-22 Appellate Nov. 25, 2024
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. GREGORY WILLIAMS (08-03-0976, CAMDEN COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-2548-22 Appellate Nov. 25, 2024
- DONNA S. PLATT VS. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, ETC. (PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM) A-3898-22 Appellate Nov. 25, 2024
- BRIAN J. DIEHL VS. KIM M. FRIEDLANDER (FD-14-0163-18, MORRIS COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-1134-23 Appellate Nov. 25, 2024
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. JAMEEL ROLLINS (09-01-0262, ESSEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-1237-23 Appellate Nov. 25, 2024
- K.C. VS. J.C. (FV-12-0953-24, MIDDLESEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) (RECORD IMPOUNDED) A-1358-23 Appellate Nov. 25, 2024
- GIUSEPPE AMATO VS. TOWNSHIP OF OCEAN SCHOOL DISTRICT (NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT) (CONSOLIDATED) A-2542-23/A-2543-23 Appellate Nov. 25, 2024 Summary A-2542-23/A-2543-23 These cases, calendared back-to-back and consolidated for purposes of the court's opinion, present a novel issue: whether a judge of compensation was conflicted from presiding over a matter involving the application of a statute which the judge previously sponsored as a member of the Legislature. The court held that a compensation judge who formerly sponsored a bill enacted into law is not per se disqualified from presiding over cases implicating or interpreting that law. Rather, the judge must determine whether a reasonable person would doubt the judge's impartiality, given the judge's prior involvement in the legislative proceedings and the issues and facts presented in the case before the judge. Here, the court found the compensation judge's decision denying respondent's motion to recuse was not an abuse of discretion. The court also affirmed the judge's determination that decedent, as a teacher in a public middle school, was an essential employee under N.J.S.A. 34:15-31.11. Close