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Justice Manuel Mendez granted a defendant’s motion for summary judgment, which was predicated on the doctrine of preemption, in the Estate of Michael Hanley matter. In this matter, decedent worked as an electrician for the Long Island Railroad from the 1970s until approximately 2000.
Justice Manuel Mendez granted a defendant’s motion for summary judgment, which was predicated on the doctrine of preemption, in the Estate of Michael Hanley matter. In this matter, decedent worked as an electrician for the Long Island Railroad from the 1970s until approximately 2000.
Justice Manuel Mendez granted a defendant’s motion for summary judgment, which was predicated on the doctrine of preemption, in the Estate of Michael Hanley matter. In this matter, decedent worked as an electrician for the Long Island Railroad from the 1970s until approximately 2000.
Joel Clark (Chairperson) and Chuck McGivney (Panelist) to speak at the upcoming Harris Martin New Jersey Asbestos Seminar on February 13th 2019. See agenda attached.
New Jersey’s Appellate Division recently reversed a Bergen County trial court and remanded the matter for a new trial, following a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff. In the matter of Juan Morales-Hurtado v. Abel Reinoso, a motor vehicle negligence action, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $50,000 in pain and suffering, plus $71,615.73 for past medical expenses.
Back in March 2017, the Connecticut Appellate Court issued a 161 page decision in R.T. Vanderbilt Co. v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co., 171 Conn. App. 61, 156 A.3d 539 (2017).
On December 5, 2018, the New Jersey Appellate Division, in an unpublished opinion, (N.W v. Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District, Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, Docket No. A-5079-16T4), affirmed the trial court’s grant of summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s complaint against a school district which alleged that a single racially disparaging remark stated a claim under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD), N.J.S.A. 10:5-1 to -49.
The Committee on Opinions recently approved for publication an October 27, 2017 Atlantic County Law Division Opinion in Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, which bears upon insurance carriers’ and defense attorneys’ ability to investigate claims prior to the institution of suit.
Plaintiff Staci Piech was attending a 40th birthday party hosted by the defendant John Layendecker (John) for his son Glenn Layendecker (Glenn) when an eighteen-to-twenty inch thin hollow metal pole used by Glenn to strike a piñata broke off and struck her arm causing permanent nerve damage.
In New Jersey, the Patients First Act establishes certain qualifications that expert witnesses in medical malpractice cases must possess. The expert generally must practice in the same specialty.
Judicial Estoppel An Available Defense to New Jersey Spill Act Claim
A Wet, Grassy Slope is not a Dangerous Condition
Hanley v. Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley – MSJ Granted
HarrisMartin’s New Jersey Asbestos Litigation Conference Agenda
Joel Clark (Chairperson) and Chuck McGivney (Panelist) to speak at the upcoming Harris Martin New Jersey Asbestos Seminar on February 13th 2019. See agenda attached.
New Jersey Appellate Court Remands Case Due to Defense Counsel Remarks
Connecticut High Court to Hear Asbestos Coverage Case
School District Not Liable For Racially Disparaging Remark
In New Jersey, Pre-Suit Discovery is the Exception, Not the Rule
Flawed Jury Charges, Improper Subjective Lay Opinion Testimony, Proper Denial of Summary Judgment and Inapplicability of the Law of the Case Doctrine Lead to New Trial
NJ Appeals Court Finds Plaintiffs’ Medical Expert Qualified—Reverses Trial Court