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Will New Jersey Business Owners Be Liable If Invitees Contract COVID-19 From Their Business After They Reopen?

By on April 24, 2020 in Duty of Care, NJ Litigation with 0 Comments

While business owners are likely waiting impatiently to reopen their businesses, what will happen if their invitees (customers, tenants, vendors) who come into their business contract COVID -19 and become sick or die? Could they be subject to being sued for their invitee’s illness or death? As of now, there is no legal protection in […]

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New Jersey Appellate Division Rejects Storm In Progress Defense

By on April 13, 2020 in Negligence, NJ Litigation with 0 Comments

In a published decision involving a slip and fall accident on a public sidewalk due to black ice, the Appellate Division rejected the ongoing-storm rule as a defense (aka the Storm in Progress rule). Instead, in Pareja v. Princeton International Properties, 2020 N.J. Super. LEXIS 41 (App. Div. Apr. 9, 2020), the Court held that […]

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