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APPEALS ADDED IN THE NEW JERSEY SUPREME COURT LISTED NEWEST TO OLDEST

The following statements of issues on appeal are prepared by the Office of the Clerk for the convenience of the reader. They have been neither reviewed nor approved by the Supreme Court. Please note that, in the interest of brevity, some issues may not have been summarized.

Beginning on July 16, 2010, each appeal summary posted on this website includes its "posted" date, which is necessary for calculating certain due dates for filing briefs and motions under revised Rule 1:13-9, "Amicus Curiae."

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A-37/81-18 Jamie Friedman v. Teodoro Martinez (081093)

Must plaintiffs demonstrate that their images were actually captured on a recording device or that they were present when recording devices were active in order to maintain a cause of action for invasion of privacy against an office building owner and property managers?

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  • Certification granted (A-37-18) : Jan. 11, 2019
  • Posted (A-37-18) : Jan. 18, 2019
  • Certification granted (A-81-18) : May 14, 2019
  • Posted (A-81-18) : May 16, 2019
  • Argued: Jan. 21, 2020
  • Decided: June 16, 2020

A-78/79/80-18 The Plastic Surgery Center, PA v. Malouf Chevrolet-Cadillac, Inc. (082502)

Does the two-year statute of limitations, applicable to claims under the Workers’ Compensation Act, apply to claims by medical providers for the payment of services rendered to injured employees?

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  • Certification granted : May 14, 2019
  • Posted: May 15, 2019
  • Argued: Jan. 7, 2020
  • Decided: Feb. 3, 2020

A-77-18 Paula Melnyk v. Board of Education of the Delsea Regional High School District (082354)

Did the District violate petitioner’s tenure rights when it terminated her assignment as a teacher in the District’s alternative education program?

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  • Certification granted : May 14, 2019
  • Posted: May 15, 2019
  • Argued: Nov. 4, 2019
  • Decided: Jan. 30, 2020

A-75/76-18 State v. Antoine McCray; State v. Sahaile Gabourel (082744)

Where a defendant has been released pretrial under the Criminal Justice Reform Act and subsequently violates a condition of that release, can the defendant be charged with criminal contempt under N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9(a)?

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  • Certification granted : May 14, 2019
  • Leave to appeal granted : May 14, 2019
  • Posted: May 15, 2019
  • Argued: March 2, 2020
  • Decided: July 20, 2020

A-73/74-18 In the Matter of Registrant H.D.; In the Matter of Registrant J.M (082254)

Does N.J.S.A. 2C:7-2(f) prohibit the termination of Megan’s Law registration obligations for registrants who commit an offense during the fifteen-year period following their conviction or release from a correctional facility for the triggering Megan’s Law offense ?



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  • Certification granted : May 6, 2019
  • Posted: May 6, 2019
  • Argued: Nov. 18, 2019
  • Decided: March 17, 2020

A-72-18 State v. Robert Andrews (082209)

Can a criminal defendant be compelled to disclose the passcode to his or her cellular phone?

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  • Leave to appeal granted : May 3, 2019
  • Posted: May 6, 2019
  • Argued: Jan. 21, 2020
  • Decided: Aug. 10, 2020

A-71-18 Joseph Kornbleuth, DMD v. Thomas Westover (081898)

Must plaintiffs prove diminution of the value of their property to recover damages for an alleged trespass that resulted in the destruction of foliage on the property?

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  • Certification granted : May 3, 2019
  • Posted: May 6, 2019
  • Argued: Nov. 6, 2019
  • Decided: March 11, 2020

A-70-18 Bryheim Jamar Baskin v. Rafael Martinez (081982)

In this action alleging that defendant, Detective Martinez, utilized excessive force against plaintiff, were there material issues of fact that precluded the entry of summary judgment to defendant?

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  • Appeal as of Right (Appellate Division dissent)
  • Posted: April 25, 2019
  • Argued: Jan. 7, 2020
  • Decided: July 9, 2020

A-69-18 Antonio Chaparro Nieves v. Office of the Public Defender (082262)

Are legal malpractice claims exempt from the Tort Claims Act (TCA), N.J.S.A. 59:1-1 to 12-3, and is plaintiff’s “loss of liberty” damages claim subject to the verbal threshold of the TCA?

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  • Certification granted : April 25, 2019
  • Posted: April 25, 2019
  • Argued: Jan. 6, 2020
  • Decided: April 15, 2020

A-68-18 New Jersey Transit Corporation v. Sandra Sanchez and Chad Smith (082292)

Can plaintiff, a workers’ compensation carrier, obtain reimbursement of medical expenses and wage loss benefits it paid from defendants (more specifically, the tortfeasors who negligently caused injuries to plaintiff’s employee in a work-related motor vehicle accident), if the employee would be barred from recovering non-economic damages from defendants because he did not suffer a permanent injury?

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  • Certification granted : April 4, 2019
  • Posted: April 5, 2019
  • Argued: Sept. 24, 2019
  • Decided: May 12, 2020

A-67-18 State v. Jose Medina (081926)

Under the circumstances presented, did testimony elicited by the State concerning an anonymous female who spoke to police at the scene violate State v. Bankston, 63 N.J. 263 (1973)?

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  • Certification granted : April 4, 2019
  • Posted: April 5, 2019
  • Argued: March 16, 2020
  • Decided: June 9, 2020

A-66-18 Marilyn Flanzman v. Jenny Craig, Inc. (082207)

Is this arbitration agreement invalid because it failed to identify any arbitration forum and any process for conducting the arbitration?



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  • Certification granted : March 27, 2019
  • Posted: April 1, 2019
  • Argued: Nov. 19, 2019
  • Decided: Sept. 11, 2020

A-65-18 State v. Orlando Trinidad (081881)

Was the defendant denied a fair trial by the alleged victim’s comments referencing high profile cases of police brutality?

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  • Certification granted : March 27, 2019
  • Posted: April 1, 2019
  • Argued: Nov. 4, 2019
  • Decided: March 18, 2020

A-64-18 State v. Quashawn K. Jones (081862)

In this trial for attempted murder, did recorded phone conversations in which defendant discussed the victim’s death satisfy the State’s burden to show that he took a substantial step toward causing the victim’s death?

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  • Certification granted : March 27, 2019
  • Posted: April 1, 2019
  • Argued: Jan. 6, 2020
  • Decided: May 13, 2020

A-63-18 In re Application for Permit to Carry a Handgun of Calvin Carlstrom (081981)

Was petitioner entitled to a hearing on his application for a permit to carry a handgun?

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  • Certification granted : March 21, 2019
  • Posted: March 21, 2019
  • Argued: Oct. 24, 2019
  • Decided: Jan. 28, 2020

A-62-18 State v. Shangzhen Huang (082140)

In this matter arising from the dismissal of an indictment charging defendant with vehicular homicide and assault by auto, did the State make a prima facie showing of defendant’s recklessness?

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  • Appeal as of Right (Appellate Division dissent)
  • Posted: March 13, 2019
  • Argued: Sept. 24, 2019
  • Decided: Oct. 23, 2019

A-61-18 In the Matter of the Investigation of Burglary and Theft (082243)

Under the circumstances presented, was the State entitled to detain J.P., an individual suspected of committing burglary and theft, for the purposes of obtaining a DNA sample through a buccal swab?

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  • Leave to appeal granted : March 8, 2018
  • Posted: March 13, 2019
  • Argued: Oct. 23, 2019
  • Decided: Jan. 21, 2020

A-60-18 State v. R.Y. (081706)

In this trial involving charges of aggravated sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child, did the trail court err in excluding hearsay statements made by one of the minor victims?

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  • Certification granted : March 8, 2019
  • Posted: March 13, 2019
  • Argued: Jan. 21, 2020
  • Decided: May 6, 2020

A-59-18 State v. Jerome Shaw, Jr. (081652)

Is defendant entitled to the dismissal of his indictment on the basis that the prosecution presented the case to three separate grand juries?

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  • Certification granted : March 8, 2019
  • Posted: March 13, 2019
  • Argued: Nov. 18, 2019
  • Decided: March 4, 2020

A-58-18 State v. Isaiah Bell (081743)

Was defendant entitled to have the grand jury instructed on lesser included offenses to the charge of first-degree murder?

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  • Leave to appeal granted : March 8, 2018
  • Posted: March 13, 2019
  • Argued: Sept. 24, 2019
  • Decided: April 14, 2020