• Whelihan v. Raively

    Publication Date: 2018-03-15
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A-4887-16T3

    Appellant agreed to arbitrate a dispute over the fee her attorney, respondent, sought for legal services rendered. After a hearing, the arbitration committee entered an award for respondent in the full amount sought.

  • 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

  • Ardan v. Bd. of Review, Dept. of Labor and Workforce Dev.

    Publication Date: 2018-02-19
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Labor Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Patterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sarah S. Hymowitz (Legal Services of New Jersey, attorney; Sarah S. Hymowitz, Keith Talbot, Anisa Rahim, and Melville D. Miller, on the briefs)
    for defendant: Christopher J. Hamner, Deputy Attorney General (Christopher S. Porrino, Attorney General, attorney; Melissa H. Raksa, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel, and Robert M. Strang, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief); Cindy M. Perr, Associate General Counsel (Lourdes Health System, attorney; Cindy M. Perr, on the brief)

    Case Number: A-35-16 (077771)

    Employee Not Required to Demonstrate Disability Notice-and-Inquiry to Employer for Eligibility for Unemployment Compensation Benefits

  • Arzadi v. Evanston Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2018-02-15
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for New Jersey
    Judge: District Judge Wigenton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2:17-CV-5470-SDW-CLW

    The parties cross-moved for partial summary judgment in plaintiff's action seeking a declaratory judgment that defendant insurer had a duty to defend or indemnify.

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  • Newton Med. Ctr. v. D.B.

    Publication Date: 2018-01-29
    Practice Area: Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Judge Rothstadt
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: FOR APPELLANT: Richard A. Mastro (Legal Services of Northwest Jersey, Inc., attorneys; Richard A. Mastro, on the briefs)
    for defendant: FOR RESPONDENT: Anthony J. Iler (The Law Offices of Richard W. Krieg, LLC, attorneys; Anthony J. Iler and John T. Grogan, Jr., of counsel and on the brief)

    Case Number: A-5101-15T4

    Charity Care Regulations Relating to Emergency Care Applicable to Involuntary, Emergent Psychiatric Commitment

  • D'Agostino v. Capital One

    Publication Date: 2017-12-18
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A-0431-15T4

    Appellant challenged an order granting summary judgment to respondent-Mason on his claim that respondent was not entitled to be paid for legal services he provided to appellant.

  • Longhi v. Starr, Gern, Davison & Rubin, PC

    Publication Date: 2017-11-14
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A-0645-15T1

    Appellant's claim of legal malpractice arose out of a failed business relationship wherein he retained respondent as legal counsel to pursue a breach of contract action.

  • In Re: Bressman

    Publication Date: 2017-10-30
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Justice Roth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 16-3244

    Plaintiffs appealed from the district court's order affirming the bankruptcy court's order vacated their judgment against debtor, after the bankruptcy court found that Max Folkenflik, plaintiffs' counsel, had intentionally deceived the bankruptcy court.

  • Nguyen v. Lord

    Publication Date: 2017-10-19
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A-0128-15T2

    This matter originated as a legal malpractice action filed by pro se appellant against respondent, her former attorney.