Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Divison
Recent News About Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Divison View More
-
Photo of dying child submitted to jurors not prejudicial, N.J. court rules
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – A judge didn’t err when allowing the photograph of a dying child to be shown to jurors in a wrongful death case, a New Jersey appeals court ruled. -
N.J. appeals court says judge wrong to cut class action lawyers' fees
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – A judge let her experience in private practice affect her decision on whether to cut fees for class action lawyers, a New Jersey appeals court recently ruled. -
New Jersey officer found liable for false arrest of Black man by appeals court
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – A New Jersey police officer has been found liable for false arrest after an appeals court overturned a jury verdict in favor of him. -
Bouncer and boots in play at lawsuit against Atlantic City's Pool After Dark
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – An appeals court has revived a lawsuit brought by a man wearing Timberlands who slipped at an Atlantic City casino/resort pool and fell. -
Rooming house not to blame for renting to violent criminal who murdered fellow tenant
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – A New Jersey rooming house won’t be held liable for a murder committed by one of its residents who had just been released from prison. -
Court rules against Scottish father-in-law who ran golfer over with cart
JERSEY CITY, New Jersey – A New Jersey man who let his elderly father-in-law take the wheel of a golf cart, which then slammed into another golfer on the course, will have to go to trial in a civil lawsuit, an appeals court ruled. -
Contractor can't be added to New Jersey slip-and-fall case
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – A woman who sued a pharmacy store chain in New Jersey over her slip-and-fall injuries in 2014 won't be allowed to add a Georgia-based general contractor to her already arbitrated case, a state appellate court recently ruled. -
N.J. court reverses decisions in legal malpractice suit over failed wrongful death litigation
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – A legal malpractice lawsuit over a woman's failed litigation against health care providers over the 2012 death of her father, allegedly caused by infected bedsores, is back in Hudson County Superior Court following a New Jersey appeals panel's decision late last year. -
Company ordered to pay employee's medical marijuana expenses for injuries from work accident
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – An appeals court ruled that a construction company must reimburse its employee for his medical marijuana prescription for chronic pain from a work-related accident. -
New Jersey court sides with Shoprite on slip-and-fall case over shampoo spill
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – Shoprite is not liable for injuries to a woman who slipped in one of its stores, a New Jersey court has found. -
New Jersey courts don't have jurisdiction over New York physician in widower's medical malpractice suit
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – A New Jersey court has ruled that it doesn’t have jurisdiction in a medical malpractice suit against a New York doctor who performed a medical service in New York. -
New Jersey court upholds False Claims Act settlement despite defendants' protests
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – A New Jersey court has upheld a $718,000 settlement in a whistleblower lawsuit. -
N.J. woman loses slip-and-fall lawsuit after failing to pinpoint location where it happened
CAMDEN, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – A New Jersey appeals court recently declined to revive a woman's personal injury case against a Hudson County town and a Hackensack water company over a 2014 fall in the town. -
N.J. court affirms dismissal of student's harassment case, saying 'miscarriage of justice' not demonstrated
CAMDEN, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – A New Jersey appeals court recently declined to revive the gender-based harassment lawsuit against a vocational-technical public high school, ruling a new trial in the dismissed case was unwarranted. -
New Jersey court rules $100 million flood sublimit does not apply for Superstorm Sandy damages
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – The Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey has affirmed a lower court’s decision of summary judgment in favor of New Jersey Transit and against several insurance companies regarding compensation for damages related to Superstorm Sandy. -
New Jersey doesn't have jurisdiction over California man who sold car to N.J. resident, court rules
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – The Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division affirmed the dismissal of a New Jersey man's lawsuit over the condition of a vehicle he purchased from a California seller because of lack of personal jurisdiction. -
New Jersey DEP case against Alsol can be heard in municipal court
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – The Superior Court of New Jersey’s Appellate Division ruled that municipal courts do have jurisdiction to enforce civil penalties in a lawsuit from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) under the Spill Compensation and Control Act. -
New Jersey court rules janitorial company's appeal over bidding dispute with Newark is moot
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – A janitorial company’s appeal against the city of Newark, New Jersey in a case concerning a bidding process was considered moot by the Superior Court of New Jersey’s Appellate Division on Oct. 9. -
New Jersey court affirms judgment to lawyer hired to collect judgment in fall case
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – A ruling that granted a judgment of nearly $5,000 to a lawyer who was hired to collect a ruling in trip-and-fall case was affirmed by a New Jersey court in a dispute with the law firm that hired him. -
Vintage samples of talc bought on eBay not good enough proof in New Jersey asbestos lawsuit
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – The Superior Court of New Jersey ruled on Aug. 29 to affirm a lower court's verdict in the defendants' favor in a case filed over allegations talc powder products led to a woman's mesothelioma diagnosis and death.