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… employees or independent contractors under the Unemployment Compensation Law, which sets forth a test -- commonly referred to as the “ABC test” -- to determine … to (C). East Bay is a drywall installation business that hires on a per-job basis. Once a builder accepts …
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… that there is a substantial likelihood that [Acoli] will commit a crime if placed on parole.” On May 2, 1973, Acoli … Harper fired at him, grazing the top of his head and causing him to black out. According to Acoli, when he regained … thirty years. Under the law that controlled the crimes he committed in 1973, Acoli first became eligible for parole in …
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… April 19, 2013, when pre-school teachers at the Livingston Community Center observed a man dressed in camouflage, … officer involved in a training exercise. Meade went to the Community Center during or in the aftermath of the incident. … alleging that Meade had violated N.J.S.A. 2C:33-28 by using “unreasonably loud and offensive coarse or abusive …
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… coverage, pension benefits, and services. In an amended complaint, plaintiff added claims against the Medical … cases in light of the Legislature’s enactment of the Comparative Negligence Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.1 to -5.8. … allocation-of-fault scheme and case law as it has developed since Ciluffo was decided. The Court overrules Ciluffo. (pp. …
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… about anything.” Ultimately, defendant admitted to abusing Tommy and, at the interviewing detective’s suggestion, … to the United States Constitution and this state’s common law, now embodied in statute, N.J.S.A. 2A:84A-19, and … persons suspected or accused of crime contains inherently compelling pressures.” Ibid. Hence, where an “individual …
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… surveillance, a sergeant heard a very loud metallic bang coming from the backyard of 81 Browertown and, almost … custody of the State Police and had been arrested for possessing “a large amount of narcotics.” Thereafter, Trooper … Petrosky and Sergeant Koller of the Prosecutor’s Office, accompanied by Trooper Hershey and Trooper Smith, went to the …
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… surveillance, a sergeant heard a very loud metallic bang coming from the backyard of 81 Browertown and, almost … custody of the State Police and had been arrested for possessing “a large amount of narcotics.” Thereafter, Trooper … Petrosky and Sergeant Koller of the Prosecutor’s Office, accompanied by Trooper Hershey and Trooper Smith, went to the …
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… to establish the identification of the actor by means of comparison to the physical evidence.” (emphasis added). The … In 2002, the Lab entered the DNA profile into CODIS, the Combined DNA Index System, which is a national DNA database … possession of both the physical evidence and the DNA.” In using the term “both,” the Legislature signaled that the two …
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… Rottweiler mix, Louie, bit plaintiff Bonay Goldhagen, causing a severe facial injury. At the time of the incident, … son, and she urged caution in handling the dog. Defendant completed an intake form that was displayed outside the … that the facility was very busy and “only had one accommodation for the dogs, so in order to separate them …
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… These consolidated appeals test that principle through a common legal issue: whether a trial judge can consider at … Paden-Battle on the charges of kidnapping, conspiracy to commit kidnapping, and felony murder, and acquitted Paden- … had a gun but acquitted him of all charges that involved using the gun -- or even having the purpose to use it …
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… to multiple voir dire questions, including having two cousins in law enforcement and knowing “[a] host of people” who … concern about tainting the jury and added, “I think coming to court for jury service no one expects they are … the help of experts, interested stakeholders, the legal community, and members of the public -- and consider …
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… approval for disability retirement.” Pritchett filed a complaint alleging the State violated the New Jersey Law … Against Discrimination (LAD). The jury awarded Pritchett compensatory damages in excess of $1.8 million and punitive … Baker, 161 N.J. at 231. (pp. 23-26) 3. The Court singles out two matters of significance to this appeal: …
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… may not have been summarized. New Jersey Republican State Committee v. Philip D. Murphy (A-82-19) (084731) Argued … a whole, and the Framers’ intent, thus avoiding absurd outcomes that would, for example, allow the State to borrow … under the Emergency Exception, “for expenses directly addressing COVID- 19” and “to replace certified, anticipated …
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… even when an officer mistakenly, although reasonably, misinterprets the meaning of a statute. Because there was no … plates, which do not contain the phrase “Garden State.” A companion statute to section 33 addresses groups that supply … Reading the statute in that way avoids absurd results and comports with the view that the Legislature “writes motor- …
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… even when an officer mistakenly, although reasonably, misinterprets the meaning of a statute. Because there was no … plates, which do not contain the phrase “Garden State.” A companion statute to section 33 addresses groups that supply … Reading the statute in that way avoids absurd results and comports with the view that the Legislature “writes motor- …
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… to expedite its consideration of inmates for parole and the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections (DOC) to … furlough received a two-sentence form letter from the Commissioner that notified them of the outcome but did not … with help from the Review Committee, has been addressing medical furloughs. HELD: Executive Order 124 creates a …
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… this appeal, the Court considers whether the prosecutor’s comments and use of a particular PowerPoint slide in her closing at the trial of defendant Damon Williams amounted to … nor did he verbally threaten violence if Cervantes did not comply with his request. Defendant then walked out of the …
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… These consolidated appeals test that principle through a common legal issue: whether a trial judge can consider at … Paden-Battle on the charges of kidnapping, conspiracy to commit kidnapping, and felony murder, and acquitted Paden- … had a gun but acquitted him of all charges that involved using the gun -- or even having the purpose to use it …
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… the heightened duty-of-care standard governing private common carriers applies to public common carriers such as defendant New Jersey Transit … the trial court’s concerns about defendants’ delay in raising several claims of immunity until the time of trial, and …
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… about the identification. A.J. testified that he heard a single shot from within the house. Greene and Lewis then … court issued a written opinion, stating that Smith would be compelled to testify at trial and that if she refused to … implicate Lewis. Additionally, the State presented a more compelling case against Lewis, which included DNA evidence …