- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. TMAR A. WALKER (17-02-0549, ESSEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-2095-24 Appellate Jan. 6, 2026
- TIANLE LI VS. NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS (NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS) A-2512-24 Appellate Jan. 6, 2026
- TIANLE LI VS. NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS (NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS) A-2514-24 Appellate Jan. 6, 2026
- Blinds To Go (U.S.), Inc. v. Lakewood Development Co. OCN-L-3541-25 Trial Jan. 5, 2026
- State v. Michael Owens (089721) (Mercer County and Statewide) A-54/55-24 Supreme Jan. 6, 2026 Oral Argument A-54/55-24 A-54/55-24 Audio for A-54/55-24 Close Summary A-54/55-24 The Court reverses the judgment of the Appellate Division in part, substantially for the reasons stated in Judge Gilson’s thoughtful dissent. The Court addresses the standard for whether to instruct on passion/provocation manslaughter. Close
- Tianle Li v. Director, Div. of Taxation 010364-2025 Tax Jan. 5, 2026
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. JASON PETTIS (09-08-1370 and 09-08-1383, MIDDLESEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-2350-23 Appellate Jan. 7, 2026
- PASQUALE VOLPE, ET AL. VS. CLUSTERS AT WASHINGTON (L-0637-22, GLOUCESTER COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-3068-23 Appellate Jan. 7, 2026
- SERGIO TANDOC VS. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, ETC. (POLICE AND FIREMEN'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM) A-3554-23 Appellate Jan. 7, 2026
- LAVANA WILSON VS. BOARD OF REVIEW, ET AL. (DEPARTMENT OF LABOR) A-4024-23 Appellate Jan. 7, 2026
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. MARK WARNER (07-08-3025, ESSEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-4100-23 Appellate Jan. 7, 2026
- GALINA BENIMOVICH VS. BOROUGH OF MONTVALE, ET AL. (L-7974-21, BERGEN COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-0892-24 Appellate Jan. 7, 2026
- NOHEMY VARGAS VS. DELIA OROSCO, ET AL. (L-1276-22, PASSAIC COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-2357-24 Appellate Jan. 7, 2026
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. MICHAEL OWENS (21-07-0466, MERCER COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) (RECORD IMPOUNDED) (REDACTED) A-1148-22 Appellate Jan. 6, 2026 Summary A-1148-22 The court previously issued an unpublished opinion, with a dissent. The court is now publishing the opinion, omitting certain sections. Defendant Michael Owens appealed his conviction and sentence for first-degree murder. The majority vacated defendant's murder conviction because the trial court failed to sua sponte instruct the jury on passion/provocation as a lesser-included offense of murder. The majority also held that the trial court erred in not severing a charge of aggravated assault of another victim from the trial of the murder offense. The dissent disagreed and would have rejected defendant's argument that there was clear evidence of passionate provocation. The dissent also discerned no abuse of discretion in the trial court's denial of defendant's motion to sever the aggravated assault charge from the murder charge. Close
- H.F. VS. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, ETC. (POLICE AND FIREMEN'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM) A-3848-23 Appellate Jan. 7, 2026 Summary A-3848-23 Petitioner H.F. appealed from the Board of Trustees (Board) of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System's final agency decision (FAD), which denied his application for accidental disability retirement (ADR) benefits, under N.J.S.A. 43:16A-7(a)(1), based on an exacerbation of a preexisting mental health disorder. The question presented on appeal is whether the Board correctly interpreted Richardson v. Board of Trustees, Police & Firemen's Retirement System factor 2(c)—which provides that a traumatic event must be "caused by a circumstance external to the member (not the result of preexisting disease that is aggravated or accelerated by the work)"—as requiring the member to establish "a new onset of a [mental] disease." 192 N.J. 189, 213 (2007). The Board determined it was not enough for a member to prove a disabling exacerbation of a preexisting mental health disorder caused from a traumatic event. H.F., a former Sheriff's Officer, had applied for ADR benefits after suffering a mental disability, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), from the shooting of an armed suspect. The Board found H.F. satisfied the Supreme Court's established "mental-mental category of injuries" standard because he was involved in a "terrifying or horror-inducing event" that presented "actual or threatened death or serious injury." Patterson v. Bd. of Trs., SPRS , 194 N.J. 29, 48, 50 (2008). While the Board awarded two other officers ADR benefits after the shooting, H.F.'s were denied. In denying his application, the Board adopted the Administrative Law Judge's initial decision that Richardson factor 2(c) was not satisfied because it was "[un]likely" the traumatic shooting "directly caused [H.F.] . . . a completely new case of PTSD" and that he instead suffered an exacerbation of "pre[]existing, dormant" PTSD from his military service. The court reversed, holding the Board's heightened interpretation was unsupported because Richardson factor 2(c) is satisfied when a member demonstrates he or she has suffered a disabling exacerbation of a preexisting mental health disorder caused by an external traumatic event, which was not a result of regular work duties. The undisputed credible medical evidence established H.F. suffered a mental health disability, an exacerbation of PTSD, from the traumatic shooting that was external to his regular police duties. The court remanded the matter to the Board, directing that H.F. be awarded ADR benefits. Close
- IN THE MATTER OF SERGIO BIO (GPA-008-23, MORRIS COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-2045-23 Appellate Jan. 7, 2026
- EAST RUTHERFORD TWO, LLC VS. NEW JERSEY SPORTS AND EXPOSITION AUTHORITY (NEW JERSEY SPORTS AND EXPOSITION AUTHORITY) A-2660-23 Appellate Jan. 8, 2026
- HENRY GORDON VS. MATTHEW MANNISTO (DC-000160-24, MONMOUTH COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-2726-23 Appellate Jan. 8, 2026
- JERMAINE DE PINA VS. BOARD OF REVIEW, ET AL. (DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT) A-3285-23 Appellate Jan. 8, 2026
- DARLENE EPPS VS. DGMB CASINO, LLC, ET AL. (L-3039-21, ESSEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-0406-24 Appellate Jan. 8, 2026