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- njcourts.gov… Submitted June 5, 2025 – Decided June 12, 2025 Before Judges Mawla and Vinci. On appeal from the Superior … the State's objection to those questions. "[R]easonably competent trial counsel would have more strenuously … 'a reasonable likelihood that [their] claim . . . will ultimately succeed on the merits.'" State v. Porter, 216 …
- njcourts.gov… Argued October 11, 2023 – Decided November 1, 2023 Before Judges Whipple, Mayer and Enright. On appeal from the … In 1999, Marschall sought to sell or lease four of its commercial properties. It retained ASLLC to serve as its … concerning Haynes' role at ASLLC had no bearing on her ultimate summary judgment decision. To the extent we have …
- njcourts.gov… NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE … Police Department (MPD) notified the MCPO it received a complaint against Reck alleging misconduct in office. As … instead of proceeding through a disciplinary hearing. Ultimately, the Township and Reck negotiated a written …
- A-0204-23 – STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. RONNIE WATKINS (20-01-0049, BURLINGTON COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) Opinionnjcourts.gov… Submitted November 6, 2024 – Decided November 18, 2024 Before Judges Gooden Brown and Chase. On appeal from the … Substance with Intent to Distribute, the State agreed to recommend a sentence of four years in New Jersey State Prison … Super. 351, 371 (App. Div. 2014)). "The petitioner must ultimately establish the right to PCR by a preponderance of …
- A-3697-22 – CHARLOTTE WALLACE, ET AL. VS. MERRICK WILSON (L-0578-21, MERCER COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) Opinionnjcourts.gov… Submitted March 4, 2025 – Decided July 1, 2025 Before Judges Gilson and Bishop-Thompson. On appeal from the … A-3697-22 Paragraph 6 of the lease stated: "Landlord shall comply with the Rent Security Deposit Act (SDA), N.J.S.A. … be forwarded to the tenant." N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1. Wilson ultimately failed to meet his burden to show entitlement to …
- A-2191-23 – STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. ALLAN MATTOCKS (15-06-1698, CAMDEN COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) Opinionnjcourts.gov… Submitted June 3, 2025 – Decided September 2, 2025 Before Judges Firko and Bishop-Thompson. On appeal from the … for an unlawful purpose, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4(a); conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:5-2 and N.J.S.A. … not to have a handgun, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-7(b). Defendant was ultimately sentenced to a seventy-year custodial term with …
- njcourts.gov… Argued May 24, 2024 – Decided June 7, 2024 Before Judges Smith and Perez Friscia. On appeal from the … the public school system "shall be dismissed or reduced in compensation . . . except for inefficiency, incapacity, … Board. Under N.J.S.A. 18A:6-17.2(d), the Board bears the "ultimate burden of demonstrating to the arbitrator that the …
- mon-p-459-19 Opinionnjcourts.gov… 1 NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE COMMITTEE ON … on conditions, and it may be that even if a court could ultimately agree that the creation of a trust wasn’t …
- njcourts.gov… Submitted December 10, 2024 – Decided December 23, 2024 Before Judges Firko and Augostini. On appeal from the Superior … of M.C.J. On August 11, 2023, Wang filed a verified complaint in the Probate Part seeking to be appointed … R.M. v. Sup. Ct. of N.J., 190 N.J. 1, 11 (2007). Ultimately, the "goal is to approve a reasonable attorney's …
- njcourts.gov… Argued October 23, 2023 – Decided December 26, 2024 Before Judges Gilson, DeAlmeida and Berdote Byrne. On appeal … motion to adjourn the fourth trial date and dismissing his complaint with prejudice for failure to produce an expert … May 28, 2021 order memorializes the trial court's decision. Ultimately, the matter was scheduled for a virtual trial on …
- njcourts.gov… Argued May 31, 2023 – Decided August 31, 2023 Before Judges Gilson, Rose and Messano. On appeal from the … University (NJCU) in 1982 as an associate professor in the computer science department and was promoted to a full-time … shifts throughout the process, a "[p]laintiff b[ears] the ultimate burden of demonstrating that age played a role in …
- njcourts.gov… APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. A-1313-22 ARIANNA HOLDING COMPANY, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RAYMOND R. DOOHALUK … Argued November 1, 2023 – Decided November 17, 2023 Before Judges Firko and Vanek. On appeal from the Superior … Full Ins. Underwriting Ass'n, 132 N.J. 330, 334 (1993). "Ultimately, 'equitable principles' 'should . . . guide[]' a …
- njcourts.gov… Defendants-Appellants, and PHILIP CARDACI and DAWN FORGERSON, Defendants. ______________________________ … executed an adjustable rate note to Ameriquest Mortgage Company in the original principal amount of $198,000.00 plus … of the note and mortgage occurred resulting in the ultimate ownership to plaintiff through assignment to it …
- njcourts.gov… opinion. It has been prepared by the Office of the Clerk for the convenience of the reader. It has been neither … repeatedly in slow motion. Ibid. The Appellate Division recommended that the Model Criminal Jury Charge Committee … the jury a conventional 6 magnifying glass. Ibid. The jury ultimately found for the defendants. Id. at 181. The …
- njcourts.gov… Argued February 26, 2025 – Decided March 19, 2025 Before Judges Mayer, DeAlmeida and Puglisi. On appeal from an … documented the 2 The superseding indictment alleged Ryan committed the sex offenses on March 29, 2021, but the … with various family and friends of [Kim], although ultimately that may be left to a question for the jury to …
- njcourts.gov… Argued March 11, 2025 – Decided March 20, 2025 Before Judges Gooden Brown and Chase. On appeal from the … of one or some of the factors is not conclusive of the ultimate determination of whether the right has been … "'[t]he New Jersey judiciary is, as a matter of policy, committed to the quick and thorough resolution of DWI …
- njcourts.gov… Submitted December 18, 2024 – Decided March 26, 2025 Before Judges Mayer and Puglisi. On appeal from the Superior … (collectively , defendants) and dismissing plaintiffs' complaint with prejudice. We affirm. I. In 2017, Holtec's … purchase property, and build luxury homes. Although ultimately the acquisition of Enders Construction did not …
- njcourts.gov… Submitted November 12, 2024 – Decided March 31, 2025 Before Judges Gummer and Jacobs. On appeal from the Superior … Article 23 of the CNA, an aggrieved employee's failure to comply with the imposed time limits for any of the three … to follow and requirements plaintiff failed to fulfill. Ultimately, it was not error for the motion court to deny …
- njcourts.gov… AL MORGAN, Mayor of the Borough of New Providence, BOROUGH COMMITTEE OF THE BOROUGH OF NEW PROVIDENCE, THERESA GAZAWAY, … Argued March 27, 2025 – Decided April 2, 2025 Before Judges Mawla, Natali, and Vinci. On appeal from the … Collateral estoppel means "simply that when an issue of ultimate fact has once been determined by a valid and final …
- A-2751-21 – ROBERT J. TRIFFIN VS. 3 GIGIONI, INC. (DC-006465-20, ESSEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) Opinionnjcourts.gov… Argued October 12, 2023 – Decided December 18, 2023 Before Judges Gummer and Walcott-Henderson. On appeal from the … conducting a bench trial, dismissed with prejudice the complaint as to defendants 3 Gigioni Inc. (Gigioni) and … institution, subsequently presented to Friendly, and ultimately dishonored and returned to Friendly as a …