Michael Booth

September 10, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

A woman who suffered a traumatic brain injury when she was struck by an ambulance in a crosswalk agreed to a $1.75 million settlement in her Essex…

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September 07, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

In addition to the censure, Wilfredo Benitez is temporarily barred from presiding over drunken-driving cases, and may not apply to the court to hear such cases until Sept. 7, 2019.

By Michael Booth

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September 06, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

The settlement, which provided that each class member was eligible to receive $4 as compensation, was challenged by one plaintiff who claimed she did not receive proper notice of the settlement because the notice was sent to her attorney and not directly to her.

By Michael Booth

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September 05, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

A federal judge on Tuesday sent back to New Jersey state court a wrongful death suit filed against the National Collegiate Athletic Association and a Massachusetts college by the family of a football player who died of a cardiac arrest at the end of a practice.

By Michael Booth

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September 04, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Tuesday named Theodore Stephens II, the longtime Essex County surrogate, as acting prosecutor in the county.

By Michael Booth

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September 04, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

A New Jersey appeals court ruled that a Riverdale law firm and one of its partners cannot be sued for malpractice based on a former client's claim that she was shortchanged in a divorce settlement because of mental incapacity.

By Michael Booth

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September 03, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

In Uzzolino v. Mitrow, an Ocean County jury on June 20 awarded a bankruptcy trustee $5 million following a dispute involving the sale of a family-owned…

By Michael Booth

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August 30, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

"Ethically then, must an attorney whose fee for undertaking an LAD case that includes an hourly rate component explain both the consequences on a recovery and the ability of other competent counsel likely willing to undertake the same representation based on a fee without an hourly component? We conclude the answer is yes," Appellate Division Judge William Nugent said.

By Michael Booth

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August 29, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

"Prosecutors may exercise their discretion on a case-by-case basis," Grewal said during a conference call with members of the media. But, "prosecutors may no decriminalize conduct that the Legislature has criminalized."

By Michael Booth

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August 28, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

In a published ruling, State v. Bernarndi, the three-judge Appellate Division panel said three of the six counts against the company, Strategic Environmental Partners, and its director and managing member, Richard Bernardi Sr., were wrongly dismissed based on the mistaken reasoning that an administrative consent order didn't amount to a government contract.

By Michael Booth

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