Colleen Murphy

October 12, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

A $4 million settlement was reached on Sept. 20 in and Essex County lawsuit, Castaneda-Delfino v. Brookdale Apartments, for a construction worker…

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

October 11, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

The New Jersey Appellate Division weighed whether a workers' compensation judge abused his discretion in an order imposing attorney fees, costs, and sanctions for untimely payment of settlement proceeds without affording counsel the opportunity to be heard.

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

October 10, 2022 | Law.com

"Under Laufer's theory, she had a right to the information she alleges Acheson didn't give her. And the statute makes that denial of information discrimination against disabled persons and gives Laufer the right to sue in response. That Laufer had no intent to use the information for anything but a lawsuit doesn't change things—she was still injured in precisely the way the statute was designed to protect," Judge O. Rogeriee Thompson wrote.

By Colleen Murphy

8 minute read

October 10, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

"Pursuant to the model jury charges, a jury has no obligation to award positive damages where it has determined a plaintiff's injuries, although they may never vanish, are not sufficiently pronounced to warrant financial recovery," the per curiam opinion said.

By Colleen Murphy

5 minute read

October 10, 2022 | Law.com

"'You do not have a choice as to whether you pay me in full,'" the attorney wrote to her client, according to court documents. "'To me, my bill is the highest priority over your sprinkler bill, school supplies, or otherwise. It should be for you as well, as I will cease representing you, per our fee agreement, if you do not get me paid in full.'"

By Colleen Murphy

9 minute read

October 10, 2022 | Law.com

Two attorneys and two law students will receive awards from the Supreme Judicial Court Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services recognizing their exceptional dedication to providing legal services to those who cannot afford representation.

By Colleen Murphy

3 minute read

October 07, 2022 | Law.com

"I believe that there is going to be another wave of litigation," said attorney Laura L. Dunn. "I don't think that this current administration has thought through all the implications of having such specific regulations. The Trump administration firmly grabbed the wheel and shifted it one direction, and unfortunately, the same thing is now being done where we have hyper-specific regulations rather than giving schools back some level of autonomy."

By Colleen Murphy

7 minute read

October 06, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

The latest annual report issued by the New Jersey judiciary, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, shows both the resilience of the courts during the COVID-19 pandemic and the growing backlog of cases.

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

October 06, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

A veteran attorney was reprimanded by the New Jersey Supreme Court over his handling of an estate matter while working for now-dissolved Novy & Associates in Manchester, New Jersey.

By Colleen Murphy

5 minute read

October 06, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

An Essex County jury on Sept. 22 awarded $4.55 million to a woman who fell on the dance floor of a banquet hall while attending an event at the facility. Rose…

By Colleen Murphy | Charles Toutant

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