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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.
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A-74-17 Patricia Engrassia v. Erick Uzcategui (080709) Was plaintiff entitled to coverage under the dealer’s insurance policies for injuries sustained as a result of the defendant’s negligent operation of the dealer’s loaned vehicle?
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A-73-17 State v. Rafael Camey (080574) Was DNA evidence from defendant’s buccal swab admissible pursuant to the inevitable discovery doctrine?
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A-72-17 In the Matter of Corey Corbo, Union City Police Department (081005) Was there competent evidence adduced at the hearing to prove the police officer’s ingestion of cocaine and, if not, is the police department entitled to a remand to correct the evidentiary deficiencies?
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A-71-17 Frank Caraballo v. City of Jersey City Police Department (080467) Under the circumstances presented, can plaintiff maintain a claim of failure to accommodate under the Law Against Discrimination, N.J.S.A. 10:5-1 to -49, based on the denial of a benefit in a contemporaneous workers’ compensation matter?
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A-70-17 State v. Michael D. Miller (079342) Did the application of aggravating factor one amount to impermissible double-counting for the purpose of defendant’s sentence; and do defendant’s convictions for fourth-degree possession of child pornography and second-degree distribution of child pornography merge?
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A-69-17 Pamela O’Donnell v. New Jersey Turnpike Authority (080735) Was the failure of plaintiffs’ first attorney to serve a timely tort claim notice against defendant an extraordinary circumstance justifying plaintiffs’ late tort claim notice under N.J.S.A. 59:8-9?
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Did alleged conflicts of interests of some members of the Zoning Board of Adjustment render the Board’s grant of a land use application invalid?
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Does Consumer Fraud Act (CFA), N.J.S.A. 56:8-1 to -20, apply to this sale of a custom-built tow truck; and did the Appellate Division err by failing to address whether plaintiff established the elements of a claim under the CFA?
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A-65-17 Cynthia M. Blake v. Board of Review (080198) Was claimant disqualified from obtaining unemployment benefits, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 43:21-5(a), as amended in 2015, where she resigned her job in order to accept a new position, but never commenced work in the new position because it was no longer available?
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A-64-17 State v. Lawrence Carter, Jr. (079949) Was defendant entitled to the suppression of weapons found in his car, where officers searched for defendant’s registration and insurance information, despite earlier having discovered that the car was registered to defendant; and, did the trial court adequately analyze defendant’s claim that the prosecutor impermissibly exercised preemptory challenges based on race?
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A-63-17 Frances Green v. Monmouth University (080612) Under the circumstances presented, was Monmouth University, a non-profit educational institution, entitled to summary judgment on the ground of charitable immunity, where plaintiff allegedly was injured while attending a concert on University property?
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A-61/62-17 L.R. v. Camden City Public School District (080333) Are plaintiffs—the mother of a student with a disability and a nonprofit advocacy organization—entitled to obtain from several school districts redacted copies of settlement agreements and records reflecting the provision of special services to other qualified students?
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A-60-17 State v. Dwight M. Nelson a/k/a Nelson Dwight (080159) Under the circumstances presented, did the police have a reasonable articulable suspicion to stop defendant’s car; and were defendant’s rights violated when officers conducted a canine sniff during the course of the stop?
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A-59-17 State v. L.H. (079974) Was defendant’s statement to police obtained voluntarily where officers suggested that defendant would receive counseling and would not be jailed if he spoke with them; and, should one victim’s out-of-court identification have been suppressed for failure to comply with the recording requirements of Rule 3:11 and the principles established in State v. Delgado, 188 N.J. 48 (2006)?
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A-58-17 State v. Davon M. Johnson (080394) Did the State err in denying defendant’s application for admission into the Pretrial Intervention Program (PTI), based, in part, on its determination that defendant was presumptively ineligible for PTI because he was charged with third-degree possession of heroin with intent to distribute in a school zone?
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A-56/57-17 State v. Kwesi Green (080562) Is an out-of-court identification obtained using the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) system subject to the requirements of Rule 3:11, which governs the record of an out-of-court identification procedure?
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A-55-17 Jennifer Kocanowski v. Township of Bridgewater (080510) Is claimant, a volunteer firefighter, entitled to temporary disability payments for injuries that occurred when she was unemployed and therefore not earning a wage?
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A-54-17 State v. Rainlin Vasco (080426) Under the circumstances presented, did defendant provide an adequate factual basis for his guilty plea to fourth-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5(d)?
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A-53-17 State v. Andrew J. Fede (079997) Can defendant be guilty of obstruction of justice, N.J.S.A. 2C:29-1, for refusing to unlock the door to his residence and allowing police to enter to investigate a 911 report?
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A-52-17 Patricia J. McClain v. Board of Review (080397) Must an employee actually start new employment to be exempt from disqualification for unemployment benefits under N.J.S.A. 43:21-5(a), which exempts “an individual who voluntarily leaves work with one employer to accept from another employer employment which commences not more than seven days after the individual leaves . . . the first employer”?
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