Colleen Murphy

December 26, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

"Defendants contend they were unduly prejudiced by these video playbacks, citing research indicating that slow-motion presentations can increase a viewer's perception or inferences of intentional conduct," stated Judge Jack M. Sabatino, in his written opinion for the court. "To date, there are no published New Jersey opinions that address the question."

By Colleen Murphy

5 minute read

December 21, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

"Because teachers are not licensed persons under the AMS, the court should not have dismissed the complaint's allegations pertaining to the teacher's alleged conduct," the per curiam opinion said. "Given the Board's motion was based solely on Washington's failure to supply an AOM, there was no basis to dismiss the entirety of her complaint—particularly, allegations regarding the teacher."

By Colleen Murphy

5 minute read

December 20, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

"Defendants had actual knowledge of the misrepresentations and/or omissions of material facts set forth herein, or acted with reckless disregard for the truth in that they failed to ascertain and to disclose such facts, even though such facts were available to them," the complaint said.

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

December 20, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

A $3 million settlement was reached in for a woman who was seriously injured when she was involved in a motor vehicle accident with a large box truck owned by the North Brunswick Board of Education.

By Colleen Murphy

3 minute read

December 18, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

"I can understand that people who are involved in low-level offenses, I don't believe that is a serious impact on jury decision-making," said Sen. Jon Bramnick. "But people involved in violent crimes, who have spent serious time in jail, and are still on probation or parole, I believe they lose the right to judge another defendant and whether that defendant is innocent or guilty."

By Colleen Murphy

3 minute read

December 18, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

"Having reviewed the record, we discern no abuse of discretion in the trial court's determination as it relates to the counterclaims," the opinion said. "In short, ARF simply did not provide Seaside with any information that would support the counterclaims. Moreover, Seaside was prejudiced by those non-responses because without that information it could not prepare a defense or even move for summary judgment."

By Colleen Murphy

5 minute read

December 14, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

The New Jersey Supreme Court found that "a governmental entity cannot be estopped from refusing to take an action that it was never authorized to take under the law—even if it had mistakenly agreed to that action."

By Colleen Murphy

5 minute read

December 14, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

"I think what employers would really like from the Legislature is more certainty. Not making laws that, to figure out what it means, you have to go to litigation," David A. Rapuano, a partner with Archer & Greiner, said. "To me, and to my clients, it is bad policy to create laws that cannot be figured out unless a court [is involved]."

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

December 14, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

"The goal of the pilot program is to make the courts more efficient and cut down on governmental waste," Sen. Vince Polistina said in a statement on the bill. "However, requiring the central municipal court to handle these cases without the corresponding revenue has become unnecessarily burdensome and costly."

By Colleen Murphy

2 minute read

December 13, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

"The Senate has several days in this lame-duck session to push through another 20 to 30 judges that have been fully vetted in a historic move to get the judiciary at a vacancy level that is manageable for the people of New Jersey," New Jersey State Bar Association President Tim McGoughran said.

By Colleen Murphy

11 minute read