- KATHERINE ANN WISNIEWSKI, ET AL. VS. COLLEEN CAREY, ET AL. (L-2093-20 – MORRIS COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-1111-23 Appellate March 17, 2025
- DCPP VS. E.H. AND E.K., IN THE MATTER OF J.K. AND D.K. (FN-14-0019-22, MORRIS COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) (RECORD IMPOUNDED) A-1275-23 Appellate March 17, 2025
- MELISSA PRESBERY VS. JASON WILLITTS (L-2295-21, BURLINGTON COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-1360-23 Appellate March 17, 2025
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. BLAKE RUSSO (23-04-0232, CAPE MAY COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-1752-23 Appellate March 17, 2025
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. KE WANG (23-06-0080, HUDSON COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) (CONSOLIDATED) A-3517-23/A-3522-23 Appellate March 17, 2025
- Rosalyn Musker v. Suuchi, Inc. (089665) (Bergen County & Statewide) A-8-24 Supreme March 17, 2025 Oral Argument A-8-24 A-8-24 Audio for A-8-24 Close Summary A-8-24 The WPL defines “wages” as “direct monetary compensation for labor or services rendered by an employee, where the amount is determined on a time, task, piece, or commission basis.” N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1(c) (emphasis added). Under that definition, compensating an employee by paying a “commission” for “labor or services” always constitutes a wage under the WPL. Therefore, a “commission” under the WPL cannot be excluded from the definition of “wages” as a “supplementary incentive.” Close
- DCPP VS. F.J. AND M.D., ET AL. (FN-13-0116-21, MONMOUTH COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) (RECORD IMPOUNDED) A-2392-22 Appellate March 18, 2025
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. LAQUAN A. MCCALL (19-11-0722, UNION COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-2454-22 Appellate March 18, 2025
- STEVEN BAGLIVO VS. KIMBERLY A. BAGLIVO (FM-01-0938-08, ATLANTIC COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-3838-22 Appellate March 18, 2025
- A-3960-22/A-0487-23 – F.A. VS. Z.R.B., ET AL. (FV-12-2555-23 AND FV-12-2571-23, MIDDLESEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) (CONSOLIDATED) (RECORD IMPOUNDED) A-3960-22/A-0487-23 Appellate March 18, 2025
- M.L. VS. ESSEX COUNTY DIVISION OF FAMILY ASSISTANCE AND BENEFITS (DIVISION OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND HEALTH SERVICES) (RECORD IMPOUNDED) A-0884-23 Appellate March 18, 2025
- K.C. VS. CHRISTOPHER DOYLE (L-0865-19, OCEAN COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-1183-23 Appellate March 18, 2025
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. PAUL A. CARTER (17-05-0203, SALEM COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-1346-23 Appellate March 18, 2025
- KGNJ OPERATIONS, LLC VS. BOROUGH OF KEYPORT, ET AL. (L-2997-22, MONMOUTH COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-1424-23 Appellate March 18, 2025
- BASHIM FORESTER VS. NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS (NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS) A-1670-23 Appellate March 18, 2025
- DEBRA GOTTSLEBEN, ET AL. VS. CHRISTOPHER ANNESE, ET AL. (L-1436-22, MORRIS COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-3851-23 Appellate July 3, 2025 Summary A-3851-23 In this slip and fall case, plaintiff attempts to expand the principles of sidewalk liability for commercial properties to a residential property that was unoccupied and undergoing renovations. This court upholds the motion judge's rejection of plaintiff's invitation to adopt such expanded principles of liability. As an alternative argument, plaintiff contends the common law protection for residential property owners was nullified here because the defendant homeowners allegedly increased the sidewalk's slippery condition by negligently clearing snow from it. The court rejects this contention as well. Even viewing the record in a light most favorable to plaintiff, the motion judge properly deemed the evidence insufficient to present a genuine issue of material fact as to whether the homeowners had worsened the sidewalk's actual condition before her slip and fall. The undisputed record establishes that the photographs plaintiff crucially relies upon to prove the sidewalk's supposedly worsened condition at the time of her fall were taken much later, after an intervening winter snowstorm—according to plaintiff's weather expert—had deposited as much as another 3.5 inches of snow in the area. The weather data thus undermined plaintiff's contentions about the nature of the sidewalk's condition at the time of the accident, rendering her theory of liability untenable. The court therefore affirms summary judgment and the dismissal of plaintiff's complaint. Close
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. ARSENIO AMELCO (13-12-1631, BERGEN COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) (RECORD IMPOUNDED) A-3042-22 Appellate July 3, 2025
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. EDARIEL MELENDEZ (08-11-0966, UNION COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-1151-22 Appellate July 7, 2025
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. MARK LOVETT (13-03-0526, ESSEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-0026-23 Appellate July 7, 2025
- KENNETH S. JAVERBAUM, ETC. VS. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, ET AL. (L-1078-15, ESSEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) (RECORD IMPOUNDED) A-0112-23 Appellate July 7, 2025