• Elrom v. Elrom

    Publication Date: 2018-02-20
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A-4582-15T3

    In this post-judgment matrimonial matter, appellant-husband appealed the trial courts order which, among other things, denied his application for relief, his request to escrow the childrens passports, required appellant to pay appellee-wife child support, and found appellant in violation of litigants rights for his failure to secure a life insurance policy to secure his support obligations.

  • Div. of Child Protection and Permanency v. S.H.

    Publication Date: 2018-02-20
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A-2415-15T1

    Defendant appealed the finding that he abused or neglected his son by conducting an illegal drug transaction in the childs presence.

  • Watts v. Township of West Orange

    Publication Date: 2018-02-20
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A-3420-15T2

    Plaintiff appealed the grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants in his action asserting claims under the Conscientious Employee Protection Act and negligent and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

  • Banc of America Funding Corp. Mortgage Pass-through Certificates v. Jun

    Publication Date: 2018-02-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A-4202-15T2

    This appeal arose out of a voluntarily dismissed foreclosure complaint.

  • Curran v. Curran

    Publication Date: 2018-02-19
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Judge Currier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: August J. Landi
    for defendant: Timothy F. McGoughran

    Case Number: A-3968-15T2

    Parties Expanding Scope of Judicial Review of Arbitration Award Restricted to First Review in Trial Court

  • Ben-Haim v. Edri

    Publication Date: 2018-02-19
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Judge Smith
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Saul Roffe (Saul Roffe, attorney; Sharon Ben-Haim, on the pro se briefs)
    for defendant: Robert Reeves Anderson (Hartman Doherty Rosa Berman & Bulbulia, LLC, and Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP, attorneys; Mark A. Berman and Kevin Sullivan, on the brief)

    Case Number: A-2247-15T4

    State Courts Bound by State Department Determination That Foreign Officials Were Entitled to Immunity for Officials Acts

  • A.W. v. Mount Holly Twp. Bd. of Ed.

    Publication Date: 2018-02-19
    Practice Area: Damages | Education Law
    Industry: Legal Services | State and Local Government
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Judge Geiger
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Costello & Mains, LLC, appellant pro se
    for defendant: No brief

    Case Number: A-3720-15T2

    Forty-Five Percent Contingent Fee Against Minor Plaintiff Denied Where Unreasonable and Where Counsel Never Sought Enhanced Fee

  • New Jersey Dept. of Envtl. Prot. v. Exxon Mobil Corp.

    Publication Date: 2018-02-19
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Energy | Non-Profit
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Judge Smith
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Raymond J. Lesniak, pro se appellant (Richard L. Rudin and Julia O. Donohue, on the briefs); Edward Lloyd (Columbia Environmental Law Clinic, Morningside Heights Legal Services, Inc.) (Edward Lloyd, attorney; Edward Lloyd and Susan J. Kraham, on the briefs)
    for defendant: Theodore V. Wells, Jr. (Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP) (Archer & Greiner, and Theodore V. Wells, Jr., attorneys; Marc A. Rollo, Arthur H. Jones, Jr., Theodore V. Wells, Jr., John F. Baughman, Daniel J. Toal, and Jaren Janghorbani, on the brief); Allan Kanner (Kanner & Whiteley, LLC) (Christopher S. Porrino, Attorney General, and Allan Kanner, attorneys; Richard F. Engel, Deputy Attorney General, Jeffrey Jacobson, Chief Counsel, David Apy, Assistant Attorney General, Elizabeth B. Peterson, Allison M. Shipp, and Allan Kanner, of counsel and on the brief)

    Case Number: A-0668-15T1

    Citizen Advocacy Group Had Standing to Appeal State Agencys Settlement of Natural Resource Damages

  • Kite v. Dir., Div. of Taxation

    Publication Date: 2018-02-19
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Judge Yannotti
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven D. Janel
    for defendant: Christopher S. Porrino, Attorney General (Jason W. Rockwell, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Ramanjit K. Chawla, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief)

    Case Number: A-3349-15T3

    Recovery in Qui Tam Action Constituted Award or Prize Includable in Gross Taxable Income

  • State v. R.J.M.

    Publication Date: 2018-02-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Judge Reisner
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John W. Douard, Assistant Deputy Public Defender (Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney; Mark H. Friedman, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, of counsel and on the briefs)
    for defendant: David M. Liston, Assistant Prosecutor (Andrew C. Carey, Middlesex County Prosecutor, attorney; Susan Berkow, Special Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel and on the brief)

    Case Number: A-5306-15T1

    Civil Commitment Under Sexually Violent Predator Act Not Confinement For Remoteness Calculation for Prior Conviction Impeachment Evidence