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May 25, 2021 On May 25, 2021, the Superior Court announced that it would resume civil jury trials on September 1, 2021 in New Castle and Kent Counties. This applies to civil jury trials already scheduled for trial on or after September 1, 2021. Civil Jury trials scheduled before September […]

May 13, 2021 In a recent decision in the matter of Greene v. Esplanade Venture Partnership, 2021 NY Slip Op. 01092 (Feb. 18, 2021), New York’s Court of Appeals narrowly expanded the category of persons entitled to recovery for witnessing the injury of another while within the “zone of danger.” […]

May 5, 2021 New Jersey’s Supreme Court recently affirmed an Appellate Division decision, which required that workers’ compensation insurance carriers reimburse workers who use medical marijuana to treat their work-related injuries and illnesses. The Court fond that exempting workers’ compensation insurance carriers from this responsibility would be contrary to the […]

May 5, 2021 On March 25, 2021 the Supreme Court issued its decision in the Ford Motor Co. v. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court, et al., and in doing so affirmed the exercise of personal jurisdiction in products liability cases over out-of-state defendants, when claims are brought by an in-state […]

April 29, 2021 Yesterday the New Jersey Appellate Division reversed and remanded for new trial a $117 million verdict ($37 million in compensatory damages and $80 million in punitive damages) against Johnson & Johnson (J& J) and Imerys. As a brief background, Plaintiffs alleged in the Stephen Lanzo III and […]

April 28, 2021 In Brown v. Cartwright , 203 Conn.App. 490 (2021), the Connecticut Appellate Court recently issued a decision providing important guidance for litigants considering, or involved in, post-trial motion practice seeking to set aside a jury verdict when alleging the jury didn’t consider all of the evidence. In […]

April 21, 2021 New York presently has no statute of repose applicable to claims of negligence in the construction industry. Instead, the only time limitation is found in the statutes of limitation for breaches of contract – six years from project completion – and for personal injury or property damage […]

April 20, 2021 In the matter of Delanoy v. Township of Ocean , (A-16-19, decided Mar. 9, 2021), New Jersey’s Supreme Court affirmed the Appellate Division’s reinstatement of a plaintiff’s lawsuit, filed under the New Jersey Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (the “PWFA”). The PWFA amended portions of New Jersey’s Law […]

April 15, 2021 New York’s Child Victims Act (“CVA”) is a historic and wide-reaching law that has revived thousands of previously time-barred civil claims arising from the alleged sexual abuse of minors. Given the volume of the litigation that this enactment has allowed, New York’s court systems have attempted to […]