Charles Toutant

November 20, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

The plaintiff wrote on Facebook that teachers were "talking about their sexual life with my kids, and looking for affirmation."

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

November 17, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

"I think that judges generally are mindful about the fact that the litigants are paying themselves when they go to a discovery master," said Lisa Crystal, a former Superior Court judge who now is practicing alternate dispute resolution with Brach Eichler.

By Charles Toutant

7 minute read

November 17, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

An Atlantic County jury returned a $3.5 million verdict in Robinson v. Stengel, a case involving a woman who suffered severe fractures of both legs in a head-on crash.

By Charles Toutant

3 minute read

November 16, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

"There is almost as much Splenda as there are onions in the cucumber and onion salad. In light of her training and experience, Hanna believed (and believes) that there is no nutrition-based reason to add this amount of sweetener to this recipe to make it a diabetes friendly recipe," the suit said.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

November 15, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

"We are unpersuaded by the public defender's argument that the protocol is unreliable because two DREs applying it to the same driver can reach different opinions. Such potential differences of opinion do not necessarily make a diagnostic standard unsound," Judge Jack Sabatino, temporarily assigned, wrote for the court.

By Charles Toutant

8 minute read

November 14, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

SIM swaps typically require the company employee to get a customer's personal information number, photo ID or email confirmation, but the Verizon manager failed to follow such steps, according to the suit.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

November 13, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

The judge was wealthy and didn't need to earn a living, and as a woman, she was not encouraged to participate in her family's real estate business, said James Grimmelmann, a former law clerk.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

November 10, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

"Particularly in Philadelphia, there's lots of these incidents. They're growing into the suburbs as well. And yeah, it's tough for the employees. It's just an uncomfortable situation to have to work in," plaintiffs lawyer Alan Milstein said.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

November 10, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

A woman who was left partially paralyzed after childbirth agreed to a $13.5 million settlement in her Middlesex County suit, Mejia v. Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.

By Charles Toutant

3 minute read

November 09, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

"We are equally divided on whether respondent's multi-faceted, calculated, and greedy conduct — along with her inexplicable lack of remorse — was so nefarious and fraudulent that she should no longer hold a license to practice law in New Jersey," the Disciplinary Review Board said.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read