Plaintiff Miguel Vera injured his right shoulder in a September 10, 2016 automobile accident. Thereafter, he submitted a personal injury protection (“PIP”) claim to his automobile insurance company, State Farm Indemnity Company (“State Farm”), to pay for his medical expenses incurred by his injuries suffered from his accident. In Vera v. State Farm Indem. Co., […]

Previously, I reported on an unpublished decision, Sutton v. Babilonia, in which the issue was whether the Second Omnibus COVID 19 Order extended plaintiff’s statute of limitations.  The Appellate Division ruled in that case that this order did not extend the statute of limitations but, rather, found that the time period of March 16, 2020 to […]

New Jersey provides the opportunity for litigants to file a lawsuit in either Small Claims court or Special Civil Part of the Superior Court if those claims are under the jurisdictional limits of those courts. As of July 1, 2022, the jurisdictional limit for a civil matter to be brought in Small Claims court will […]

In August, 2018, while walking on the sidewalk in front of defendants’ home, plaintiff Diane Conway tripped in the area of a raised concrete sidewalk slab.  Plaintiff claimed that she tripped over a “filled in” concrete or cement between two uneven concrete slabs.  The issue in Conway v. Serra, 2022 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 856(App. […]

Plaintiff, a Rutgers Police Department Officer, was injured on July 12, 2018 when attacked by an individual attempting to be restrained by City of Newark Police officers.  Plaintiff alleges to have suffered serious injuries and was determined to be permanently disabled and unable to perform her duties as a Rutgers Police Officer.  In Peart v. […]