Michael Booth

August 09, 2004 | New Jersey Law Journal

Swimming pool makers and distributors are not protected by a New Jersey statute that generally requires suits against building contractors to be lodged within 10 years, the state Supreme Court rules.

By Michael Booth

3 minute read

September 23, 2003 | Law.com

New Jersey's Appellate Division has ruled that documents provided in discovery, even if they relate to product safety, are not accessible by the public if not part of a court file. The ruling came in a closely watched suit against Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., which was brought by the estates of two people killed in an accident allegedly caused by a faulty tire's blowout.

By Michael Booth

4 minute read

August 04, 2004 | Law.com

The general public does not have guaranteed access to discovery documents used in litigation if they have not been filed with the trial court, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled last week. The ruling is a setback for consumer groups that wanted to use the case as a way to allow the public to intervene in litigation and to ask courts to decide whether good cause exists to issue a protective order putting documents under seal, specifically in cases involving public hazards.

By Michael Booth

6 minute read

December 30, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal

A state appeals court's broad interpretation of the N.J. Charitable Immunity Act may make it impossible to hold colleges liable for failure to enforce alcohol bans on campus.

By Michael Booth

5 minute read

August 09, 2004 | New Jersey Law Journal

The N.J. Supreme Court sharpens the pencil on special rules of police conduct in high-crime, high-drug-activity areas. Police officers may rely on their experience, training and knowledge of high-crime areas to stop persons and question them, but they must have a "well-grounded" suspicion before detaining or searching someone without a warrant, the justices hold.

By Michael Booth

6 minute read

October 09, 2002 | Law.com

Lawyers for the U.S. Department of Labor and a New Jersey foundry have asked the state Appellate Division to rule that the federal ERISA statute does not pre-empt state claims that an insurance agent committed fraud in the sale of a group life coverage plan to an employer. The foundry claims that it purchased the plan a decade ago upon the agent's promise that employees would get tax-free retirement income.

By Michael Booth

4 minute read

January 27, 2003 | New Jersey Law Journal

ACLU says statute limiting welfare is coercing reproductive decisions, but the state answers that ending the subsidy on extra children has cut welfare rolls.

By Michael Booth

8 minute read

August 09, 1999 | Law.com

One of the prime sponsors of last year's automobile insurance reforms in New Jersey says he's now convinced it's a failure and that the only way to bring about rate reduction is to abolish the state's no-fault insurance scheme. "The 26-year-old no-fault experiment in New Jersey has been a failure and cannot be fixed or repaired," wrote Sen. John Adler. Other states have been moving away from the no-fault scheme, and only 12 other states still have it.

By Michael Booth

4 minute read

August 17, 2004 | Law.com

When New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey announced his resignation Thursday, his words were directed to a range of people -- from family and friends to political adversaries. But the language also set the framework for his response to any legal fallout emanating from his acknowledged affair with another man. One employment attorney called it "a very successful speech," stating "it works from a litigation point of view."

By Michael Booth

6 minute read

June 06, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

Foreign judgments against New Jersey property owners may be docketed and executed here without judicial review, if the other country provides due process, an appeals court rules.

By Michael Booth

4 minute read