TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled against a real estate salesperson who entered into an agreement as an independent contractor but then sued under the theory he was an employee of the company.
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - Victims of sexual discrimination and harassment are free to tell their stories, even if they signed settlement agreements that stipulated they do not.
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - Class action lawyers can't pursue claims against the clothing retailer Aeropostale that alleged customers were hurt by "sales" prices.
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - A teacher who was caught on video faking the circumstances of her fall down the stairs can be demoted but doesn’t have to lose her job, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled, restoring an arbitrator’s decision that an appeals court had vacated.
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - New Jersey’s highest court upheld a $1.6 million verdict in a lawsuit against a county jail over arguments the jury awarded damages partially based on conduct – including failure to identify the man as a suicide risk -- entitled to absolute immunity under state law.
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled it was wrong to bar a medical device company from explaining to jurors why it didn't perform clinical trials on pelvic mesh products while plaintiff lawyers frequently argued it was because the company was too callous.
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - A field hockey player who was hit in the head by a soccer ball that flew in from an adjacent athletic field can sue her coach for holding practice in the wrong place, New Jersey’s highest court ruled, rejecting a stricter standard the court established for suing over other types of sports injuries.
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – A woman who sustained injuries trying to rescue her neighbors' dog from a canal can’t sue its owners, the New Jersey Supreme Court recently ruled.
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – A New Jersey police department might yet be found liable for the death of a man who wrecked his car and was left at the scene with a blood alcohol level of .209.
NEWARK, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – New Jersey lawyers who include arbitration clauses in their contracts should take note of a recent state Supreme Court decision.
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – Underage hosts of house parties can be held liable for the actions of their guests, the New Jersey Supreme Court has decided.
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – A company whose employees were injured by a fireball can proceed with allegations of fraud against the company that made an explosion suppression system.
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – Almost 20 years in, class action lawyers have learned they picked the wrong method for calculating damages in a lawsuit over Kia Sephias made from 1997-2000.
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – Women who suspected they were spied on when they used the bathroom at an office building have lost their lawsuit, as the New Jersey Supreme Court said not enough evidence was gathered to show they were ever recorded.
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – Makers of parts that did not contain asbestos – but would later need to be used with parts that did – owed a duty to warn users, according to the New Jersey Supreme Court.
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – A woman who pulled a medical tube out of her nose and refused to let it be reinserted can’t sue her health care provider because her condition worsened without it.
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) — The New Jersey Supreme Court held that the Predatory Towing Prevention Act 2018 amendments cannot be applied to a case that was already decided before those changes went into effect.
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) — The New Jersey Supreme Court held that a retainer agreement should be invalidated because the attorney made oral assurances that were different from what was in the contract he provided to the client.
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – An attorney and a law firm didn’t commit breach of fiduciary or conversion in a complex transaction between a real estate agent and its client, a state court has ruled.
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