- HELEN F. YATES, ETC. VS. PORT AUTHORITY TRANS-HUDSON CORPORATION (L-0329-21, HUDSON COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-1486-22 Appellate Aug. 22, 2024
- BRIAN LAUL, SR. VS. INSTANT AIR HEATING & COOLING, ET AL. (L-2297-19, MIDDLESEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-1847-22 Appellate Aug. 22, 2024
- Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Joanna Tartaglia, et al. F-11387-22 Trial Aug. 21, 2024
- DONOVAN BEZER VS. CITY OF JERSEY CITY, ET AL. (L-4373-19, HUDSON COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-0774-22 Appellate Aug. 23, 2024
- MAXINE A. REID VS. JOHN J. MCKEON, ET AL. (L-1845-14, MIDDLESEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-2519-22 Appellate Aug. 23, 2024
- ADONI PROPERTY GROUP, LLC. VS. TOWNSHIP OF MIDDLETOWN, ET AL. (L-1260-23, MONMOUTH COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-1117-23 Appellate Aug. 23, 2024
- LAW OFFICE OF EUGENE D. ROTH, ET AL. VS. ANGELO SLABAKIS (L-1973-22, MONMOUTH COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-1503-23 Appellate Aug. 23, 2024
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. A.D. (13-12-1341, BURLINGTON COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) (RECORD IMPOUNDED) A-1544-23 Appellate Aug. 23, 2024
- ANNE STULPIN, ET AL. VS. PATRICK J. BASTIAN, ET AL. (L-0131-16, CAPE MAY COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-1412-21 Appellate Aug. 26, 2024
- ESTATE OF FRANK P. LAGANO VS. BERGEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE, ET AL. (L-0093-16, PASSAIC COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-1207-22 Appellate Aug. 26, 2024
- IECHESKEL ABRAMSKY VS. RUTH ABRAMSKY (FM-15-0222-20, OCEAN COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-3124-22 Appellate Aug. 26, 2024
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. JAVARUS PATTERSON (22-08-0988, PASSAIC COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-3325-22 Appellate Aug. 26, 2024
- MARY RASMUSSEN VS. RAY RASMUSSEN (FM-15-0751-16, OCEAN COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-3801-22 Appellate Aug. 27, 2024
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. D.A.G. (23-08-1538, OCEAN COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) (RECORD IMPOUNDED) A-1639-23 Appellate Aug. 27, 2024
- JAMIE STERLACCI VS. WAWA FOOD MARKEY (L-1862-21, UNION COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-3572-22 Appellate Aug. 27, 2024
- M.M. AND R.M. VS. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, ET AL. (NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND FG-11-0035-20, MERCER COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) (RECORD IMPOUNDED) (CONSOLIDATED) A-0259-22/A-0695-22 Appellate Aug. 28, 2024 Summary A-0259-22/A-0695-22 In these consolidated appeals, the court addressed former foster caregivers' administrative and Family Part appeals involving the Kinship Legal Guardianship placement of a minor child. Appellants claim the final agency decision affirming the removal of the minor child from their home was arbitrary, capricious and unreasonable and also argue they should have been granted intervention within the Family Part action. The court concluded that the Division of Child Protection and Permanency's removal of the minor child was supported by the regulatory officer's consideration of the experts' bonding evaluations which properly interpreted the law, court orders, and Division records. In addition, the court concluded that appellants, as foster caregivers, have no right to intervene under Rule 4:33-1, without other statutory support. The placement of the minor child was supported by the 2021 statutory amendments to both the Termination of Parental Rights Statute, N.J.S.A. 30:4C-15.1, and the Kinship Legal Guardianship statute, N.J.S.A. 3B:12A-1 to -7. The trial court did not misapply the updated law. Regarding permissive intervention under Rule 4:33-2, the trial court did not abuse its discretion. Close
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. STEVEN R. DONALDSON (13-10-1344, BURLINGTON COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) (RECORD IMPOUNDED) A-0331-22 Appellate Aug. 28, 2024
- KATHLEEN VOTOR-JONES VS. RIPLE J. HANSALIA, M.D., ET AL. (L-0972-17, MONMOUTH COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-0725-21 Appellate Aug. 29, 2024
- JOHN H. COXE, JR. VS. CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT CORP., ET AL. (L-0187-20, ATLANTIC COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-1279-22 Appellate Aug. 29, 2024
- 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