Category: New Jersey Appellate Division

Cadre v. Proassurance Cas. Co.

Forget your clients, lawyers. This opinion is important for you. An attorney sued her professional liability insurer and broker after the insurer declined to provide coverage when a paralegal misappropriated

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In re M.F.

The New Jersey Appellate Division heard an appeal from an order granting a legal guardian’s application to intervene in M.F.’s involuntary commitment proceedings. M.F. had been involuntarily committed for close

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State v. Ramirez

The New Jersey Appellate Division reversed an order from the Law Division that granted in part the State’s motion to redact the victim’s address from discovery. Defense counsel sought to

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Carbajal v. Patel

This third-party automobile negligence appeal required the New Jersey Appellate Division to determine whether the defendant’s inability to obtain contribution under the Joint Tortfeasors Contribution Law from the plaintiff’s uninsured

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In re Mann

This case presented the New Jersey Appellate Division with a dispute over a trust account. One trustee resigned his position after learning he had several judgments against him. But after

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Diaz v. Reynoso

This interlocutory appeal resulted from a dismissal order and raised novel issues of legal duty and tort liability in a drunk driving context. The issues concerned whether a volunteer who

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Lawson v. Dewar

In this civil rights suit, Plaintiff filed a complaint against the Borough of Bound Brook and numerous of its police officers alleging, under various legal theories, that he was physically

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Premier Physician Network, LLC v. Maro

The New Jersey Appellate Division reversed the trial court’s order granting, in part, the plaintiff’s partial summary judgment motion. The Court affirmed the order denying the defendants’ partial summary-judgment cross-motion.

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In re J.S.

The New Jersey Appellate Division revisited the Sexually Violent Predators Act (SVPA) and civil commitment when deciding In re J.S. The Court held that an individual who is the subject

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Cottrell v. Holtzberg

In Cottrell v. Holtzberg, the New Jersey Appellate Division confronted an unusual dispute over an arbitration agreement. The plaintiff was admitted to the same nursing home twice. Upon her admission

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