By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 21, 2017
Trial court that issued initial custody determination retained exclusive, continuing jurisdiction over custody, and further had jurisdiction to determine whether another jurisdiction would be a more convenient forum warranting transfer of jurisdiction and venue. Order of the trial court affirmed.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 21, 2017
Commonwealth court erred in finding that appellant failed to establish a claim under the utility exception to the tort claims act because, under the exception, the focus had to be on whether the injuries alleged were caused by a dangerous condition which had its source in the local agency's utility service facility. Reversed.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 21, 2017
A workers' compensation judge properly calculated an employer's pension offset against workers' compensation benefits based on the maximum monthly amount of pension benefits the claimant could have received, even though claimant opted for a lower monthly rate to provide survivor benefits for his spouse. The court affirmed the decision regarding an offset of claimant workers' compensation benefits.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 21, 2017
Pending ordinance doctrine did not apply to zoning application where examiner testified application was complete prior to favorable reporting of proposed zoning ordinance out of the city council, the point at which, under the city's zoning ordinance, the proposed ordinance was deemed "pending." Order of the trial court affirmed.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 21, 2017
Claimant's decision to jump from the roof of a two-story building at the end of his work day after another service provider removed a ladder was misguided, but it was not so foreign or removed from his usual employment as to constitute an abandonment of his job. The court affirmed the decision granting claimant workers' compensation benefits.
By Samantha Joseph | July 20, 2017
The Fourth DCA found Riverside Hotel wasn't negligent in the death of a pregnant guest, killed when a drunk driver smashed a car into a poolside cabana.
By E. Leo Milonas and Andrew C. Smith | July 20, 2017
In their Appellate Division Review, E. Leo Milonas and Andrew C. Smith report on decisions involving whether a telephone company is a utility for tax purposes, a manufacturer's liability for failing to install "optional" safety features on a product being sold to a company that intends to rent it to consumers, regulation of charter schools, discovery of 911 call records, and more.
By Samantha Joseph | July 20, 2017
Initiation of foreclosure proceedings does not rise to the level of "irreparable harm" sufficent to justify a temporary injunction, the Fourth DCA ruled.
By njlawjournal | New Jersey Law Journal | July 20, 2017
Unauthorized Disclosure of Medical Information Constituted Injury to Requestor of Application of Two-Year Limitations Period
By njlawjournal | New Jersey Law Journal | July 20, 2017
Single Phone Call Was Sufficiently Concrete Injury for Standing Where Elevated to Legally Cognizable Harm by Act of Congress
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