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November 12, 2018 Davis, et al. v. Property Owners Association at Moodus Lake Shores, Inc., et al. The preclusion of an opposing party’s expert witness can result in a great tactical advantage in your case, if not lead to the dismissal of the entire action. Often enough, attorneys will seek […]

November 12, 2018 New Jersey’s Appellate Division has again issued a decision limiting the enforceability of arbitration clauses in employment agreements. In Marilyn Flanzman v. Jenny Craig, Inc. , A-2580-17T1, an eighty-two-year-old plaintiff was terminated by the defendant after twenty-six (26) years of service, and alleged age discrimination under New […]

October 30, 2018 McGivney, Kluger, Kluger & Intoccia, P.C. is proud to announce that on October 26, 2018, the firm’s Public Entity Department obtained a summary judgment dismissal of claims against the firm’s client, a school board in Bergen County, New Jersey. The litigation, pending since 2016, concerned a personal […]

October 30, 2018 New Jersey’s Supreme Court recently handed down another business-friendly decision, arising out of the Multi-County Litigation concerning the prescription medication Accutane, which is consolidated in Atlantic County. In a unanimous decision, the Court reinstated the trial court’s dismissal of 532 lawsuits against Hoffman-La Roche, Inc. and Roche […]

October 30, 2018 Recently, in Robert E. Carson, et al. v. 3M Company, et al. , PC-2011-1046. (Oct. 22, 2018), the Court (Gibney, J.) granted a defendant’s motion for summary judgment after concluding that there was no genuine issue of material fact with regard to the Workers’ Compensation Act’s (WCA) […]

October 25, 2018 New Jersey’s Appellate Division recently decided the matter of L.E. v. Plainfield Public School District , arising from a plaintiff’s allegation that the public school district negligently supervised the Plaintiff, L.E., and two other students, failed to prevent a sexual assault, and failed to investigate the assault […]

October 25, 2018 In the matter of Milagros Roman v. Bergen Logistics, LLC and Gregg Oliver, plaintiff filed suit for violations of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination Act (“LAD”) and for intentional infliction of emotional distress. Plaintiff’s claims were for sexual harassment, a hostile work environment and termination in […]

October 17, 2018 Halloween is the one time of year where exceptions are made to allow for what society would otherwise consider to be unacceptable behavior. And while it may come as no surprise that parents, guardians and teachers allow children to behave differently during this holiday, many states have […]

October 17, 2018 The most important part of civil litigation is pretrial discovery. That is where the parties are supposed to disclose to each other, and “discover” from each other, the facts that support their claims and defenses. Most attorneys approach this process from a disjunctive perspective that is counterproductive […]