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Under the circumstances presented, are the paramedics entitled to immunity because they provided advanced life support services “in accordance with this act” as required by N.J.S.A. 26:2K-14, specifically, N.J.S.A. 26:2K-10(a), which requires that the paramedic “maintains direct voice communication with and is taking orders from a licensed physician or physician directed registered professional nurse”?

Did defendant prove all three parts of the test for a new trial based on newly discovered evidence, see State v. Carter, 85 N.J. 300, 314 (1981), that the new evidence was:  (1) material to the issue and not merely cumulative or impeaching or contradictory; (2) discovered since the trial and not discoverable by reasonable diligence beforehand; and (3) of the sort that would probably change the jury’s verdict if a new trial were granted?

In this matter in which plaintiffs allege that Boys and Girls Clubs of America failed to implement policies and procedures addressing sexual abuse that could have prevented their sexual abuse by a counselor at an affiliated member club in New Jersey, do New Jersey courts have personal jurisdiction over Boys and Girls Clubs of America?

What is the governing standard for a zoning board’s consideration of a variance for an inherently beneficial use -- senior citizen congregate housing in this case -- after the Legislature amended N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70(d), and what is the effect of the municipality’s denial of a previous request to rezone the property to permit senior citizen congregate housing and the Planning Board’s rejection of that use for the site in its recent Master Plan Amendment?