• Kernahan v. Home Warranty Adm'r of Florida, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-01-21
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection | Contracts | Dispute Resolution
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaVecchia
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lori Grifa (Archer & Griener, attorneys; Lori Grifa, of counsel and on the briefs, and Michael J. Plata and Josiah Contarino, on the briefs)
    for defendant: John E. Keefe, Jr. (Keefe Law Firm and Law Office of Jonathan Rudnick, attorneys; Stephen T. Sullivan, Jr., and Jonathan Rudnick, on the briefs)

    Case Number: A-15-17 (079680)

    Arbitration Provision Unenforceable for Failing to Put Consumers on Notice of Waiver of Rights Through Use of Contradictory and Misleading Terminology

  • Kernahan v. Home Warranty Adm'r of Florida, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-01-10
    Practice Area: Contracts | Dispute Resolution
    Industry:
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaVecchia
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: (A-15-17) (079680)

    Defendants appealed from the decision of the appellate division, which affirmed the trial court's denial of defendants' motion to dismiss.

  • Montclair State Univ. v. Cnty. of Passaic

    Publication Date: 2018-08-13
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaVecchia
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marvin J. Brauth (Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, attorneys; Marvin J. Brauth, of counsel and on the briefs); Michael H. Glovin, Deputy County Counsel (William J. Pascrell, III, Passaic County Counsel, attorney; Michael H. Glovin, of counsel and on the brief)
    for defendant: Antonio J. Casas (Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, attorneys; Antonio J. Casas and Samuel G. Destito, of counsel and on the briefs)

    Case Number: A-16-17 (080084)

    Courts Obligated to Determine Whether State Agency Addressed Local Public Safety Concerns Before Granting Immunity from Land Use Regulations

  • Montclair State Univ. v. Cnty. of Passaic

    Publication Date: 2018-08-06
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry:
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaVecchia
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: (A-16-17) (080084)

    Defendant City of Clifton appealed from the appellate division's decision reversing the trial court's order dismissing plaintiff's action seeking a declaration it was not required to obtain land use permits or local approval or alternatively compel defendants to issue necessary permits.

  • In re: Accutane Litig

    Publication Date: 2018-08-01
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry:
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaVecchia
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: (A-25-17) (079958)

    Defendants appealed from the appellate division's decision reversing the trial court's order excluding plaintiffs' testimony.

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  • Brugaletta v. Garcia

    Publication Date: 2018-07-25
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaVecchia
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: (A-66-16) (079056)

    Plaintiff appealed the appellate division's decision reversing the trial court's order directing the release of a redacted version of an incident report drafted by defendants.

  • Cont'l Ins. Co. v. Honeywell Int'l, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-07-09
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | Manufacturing
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaVecchia
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew T. Frankel (Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, attorneys; Stefano V. Calogero, of counsel; Stefano V. Calogero, Andrew T. Frankel, Tanya M. Mascarich, on the briefs)
    for defendant: Michael J. Lynch (K&L Gates, attorneys; Michael J. Lynch, Donald E. Seymor, John T. Waldron, and Donald W. Kiel, on the briefs)

    Case Number: A-21-16 (078152)

    New Jersey Law Applied to Insurance Liability Allocation Dispute as Domicile of Insured with Significant Factual Relationship to Case

  • Kean Fed'n of Teachers v. Morell

    Publication Date: 2018-07-02
    Practice Area: Public Records
    Industry: Education
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaVecchia
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James P. Lidon (McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, attorneys; James P. Lidon, of counsel and on the briefs, and John J. Peirano, on the briefs)
    for defendant: Robert A. Fagella (Zazzali, Fagella, Nowak, Klienbaum and Friedman, attorneys; Robert A. Fagella, of counsel and on the briefs, and Genevieve M. Murphy-Bradacs, on the briefs)

    Case Number: A-84-16 (078926)

    No Obligation to Send Rice Notices Where Public Agency Announced Intention to Make Personnel Decisions in Public Meetings

  • Cont'l Ins. Co. v. Honeywell Int'l, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-06-27
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry:
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaVecchia
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: (A-21-16) (078152)

    Third-party defendants, excess insurers in this coverage dispute, appealed from the appellate division's order affirming the trial court's grant of partial summary judgment to defendant.

  • Kean Fed'n of Teachers v. Morell

    Publication Date: 2018-06-21
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Public Records
    Industry:
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaVecchia
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: (A-84-16) (078926)

    Defendants appealed from the appellate division's decision affirming the trial court's judgment that Kean University's board of trustees had not made meeting minutes promptly available but vacating the permanent injunction and ordering the board to adopt a meeting schedule promoting prompt release of minutes.