Mary Pat Gallagher

March 30, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

A longtime county counsel is facing calls for his resignation in connection with a troubled solar panel project that has cost the county more than $20 million.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

5 minute read

March 30, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

The New Jersey Appellate Division is cracking down on a practice it referred to as "improper bootstrapping," in which lawyers in personal injury cases get experts to testify at trial about opinions held by other experts who are not called to the stand.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

6 minute read

March 27, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

A $1.6 million New Jersey asbestos verdict involving cosmetic talc that is believed to be the first of its kind has been upheld on appeal.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

7 minute read

March 27, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

A $1.6 million New Jersey asbestos verdict involving cosmetic talc that is believed to be the first of its kind has been upheld on appeal.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

7 minute read

March 26, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

Defense lawyers in Mercer County are looking into the possibility that comments made by the county's presiding criminal judge, Gerald Council, to a grand jury might have tainted some cases.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

8 minute read

March 26, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

Defense lawyers in Mercer County are looking into the possibility that comments made by the county's presiding criminal judge, Gerald Council, to a grand jury might have tainted some cases.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

8 minute read

March 24, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

In a novel ruling that affects insurance coverage for $500 million in losses claimed by New Jersey's largest utility company as a result of Hurricane Sandy, a judge held on March 23 that the carriers for Public Service Electric & Gas cannot rely on policy language concerning floods to limit coverage for damages caused by Sandy's storm surge.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

2 minute read

March 24, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

In a novel ruling that affects insurance coverage for $500 million in losses claimed by New Jersey's largest utility company as a result of Hurricane Sandy, a judge held on March 23 that the carriers for Public Service Electric & Gas cannot rely on policy language concerning floods to limit coverage for damages caused by Sandy's storm surge.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

2 minute read

March 23, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to review a New Jersey Supreme Court holding that arbitration clauses in consumer contracts are not enforceable unless they explicitly waive the right to go to court.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

7 minute read

March 23, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to review a New Jersey Supreme Court holding that arbitration clauses in consumer contracts are not enforceable unless they explicitly waive the right to go to court.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

7 minute read