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A-7-23 Candace A. Moschella v. Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center (088312) Read Appellate Opinion A-2281-20 Should plaintiff’s complaint have been dismissed with prejudice for failure to comply with the Affidavit of Merit Statute, N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-27 to -29?
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A-6-23 Constructural Dynamics, Inc. v. Arch Insurance Company (088356) In this commercial automobile insurance policy coverage dispute, did the handling of property exclusion or the completed operations exclusion apply under the circumstances?
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A-5-23 State v. Shalom Yehudiel (088576) Do the Victim’s Rights Amendment, N.J. Const. art. 1, ¶ 22, and the Crime Victim’s Bill of Rights, N.J.S.A. 52:4B-36, give a victim the right to file a motion to detain the defendant pending trial?
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A-4-23 William Pace v. Hamilton Cove (088302) Are class action waivers unenforceable in contracts that do not contain a mandatory arbitration provision?
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A-3-23 Christopher Maia v. IEW Construction Group (088010) Do the 2019 amendments to the Wage and Hour Law and the Wage Payment Law, L. 2019, c. 212, apply to this class action lawsuit filed after the effective date of those amendments, but encompassing conduct that occurred before the effective date?
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A-2-23 Christine Savage v. Township of Neptune (087229) Is the non-disparagement provision in the parties’ settlement agreement enforceable?
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A-1-23 Jeffrey Achey v. Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless (088253) Read Appellate Opinion A-3639-21 Among other issues, is the arbitration clause unenforceable because provisions in the contract are unconscionable and violative of New Jersey public policy?
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A-62/63-22 Merck & Co., Inc. v. Ace American Insurance Company (088274) Did the “all risks” property insurance policies cover damages from a cyberattack that infected thousands of plaintiff’s computers in its global network, or did the “Hostile/Warlike Action” exclusion apply?
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A-60/61-22 Players Place II Condominium Association, Inc. v. K.P. and B.F. (088139) Did defendants prove that they are entitled to an emotional support dog that exceeded the weight limit in the Association’s pet policy as a reasonable accommodation under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, and if not, should the dog be allowed to remain in the condominium unit?
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Is University Hospital a state administrative agency whose final decisions are directly appealable to the Appellate Division under Rule 2:2-3(a)(2)?
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A-57-22 State v. Andrew Higginbotham (088035) Is the child erotica amendment, L. 2017 c. 141, to the child endangerment statute, N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4, which criminalizes portraying a child in a sexually suggestive manner, unconstitutionally vague and overbroad under the First Amendment?
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A-56-22 New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency v. B.P. (087676) Under the circumstances presented, did the New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act, N.J.S.A. 30:4C-15.5 to -15.11, preclude a finding that defendant abused and neglected her daughter under N.J.S.A. 9.6-8.21(c)(4)?
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A-55-22 Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission v. George Harms Construction Co., Inc. (088194) Is the Commission, a bi-state entity created by an interstate compact between New Jersey and Pennsylvania and approved by Congress, authorized to approve, use, and enforce a project labor agreement as a mandatory requirement in its bid specifications?
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A-54-22 Rise Against Hate v. Cherry Hill Township (088145) Read Appellate Opinion A-3421-20/A-1440-21/A-1517-21 Are email addresses submitted by members of the public to a public agency to sign up for electronic newsletters and notices subject to disclosure under the Open Public Records Act?
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A-53-22 State v. Jerry Rosado (088067) Does the 2002 amendment to N.J.S.A. 2C:1-6, L. 2001, c. 308, § 1, which states that the statute of limitations does not begin to run until the State “is in possession of both the physical evidence and the DNA or fingerprint evidence necessary to establish the identification of the actor by means of comparison to the physical evidence,” apply where defendant is charged with a sexual assault that occurred in 1990, when the limitations period was five years, and if so, does applying the 2002 amendment violate the ex post facto clauses of the federal and State constitutions?
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A-52-22 Comprehensive Neurosurgical, P.C. v. The Valley Hospital (087469) Should plaintiffs’ claim that defendant breached the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing have been dismissed because defendant did not breach its bylaws, did defendant waive the attorney-client privilege for communications about the White Paper by relying on the White Paper, and did plaintiffs’ counsel’s statements during summation about transferring patients, when contrary evidence was excluded from trial, require a new trial?
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A-51-22 Luis Cuello v. Eduardo Ramos (088004) Do residential property owners have a duty to maintain sidewalks abutting their property, and should courts distinguish between natural and artificial conditions as in Deberjeois v. Schneider, 254 N.J. Super. 694 (Law Div. 1991)?
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A-50-22 Christa Robey v. SPARC Group LLC (087981) Are plaintiffs’ allegations that defendant falsely advertised clothing as being discounted when it had never been sold in those stores at a higher price sufficient to show that plaintiffs suffered an “ascertainable loss” under the Consumer Fraud Act, N.J.S.A. 56:8-19, or to qualify as an “aggrieved consumer” under the Truth in Consumer Contract, Warranty, and Notice Act, N.J.S.A. 56:12-17, and can plaintiffs seek injunctive relief?
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A-48/49-22 James Kennedy, II v. Weichert Co. d/b/a Weichert Realtors (087975) Is plaintiff, a commissioned real estate salesperson, an employee or an independent contractor for purposes of the Wage Payment Law after a recent amendment to the Real Estate Brokers and Salesmen Act, L. 2021, c. 486?
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Did defendant pose “the possibility of future risk to the safety or well-being of the alleged victim,” under the second prong of the Sexual Assault Survivor Protection Act, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-16(a)(2), to support issuance of a final protective order?
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