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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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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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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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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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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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A-72-18 State v. Robert Andrews (082209) Can a criminal defendant be compelled to disclose the passcode to his or her cellular phone? Watch the
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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? Watch the
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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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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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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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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? Watch the
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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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