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District Court Dismisses Claim For Personal Injury Caused By A Trip Over Advertising Sign

By on July 31, 2020 in Negligence, NJ Litigation with 0 Comments

Plaintiff Richard Connors visited the defendant’s Sam’s Club Store on a clear, sunny and dry day.  Outside the store entrance was a metal advertisement sign, which was positioned next to a flower display and about three feet to the right of the entrance door marked “Welcome.”  In Connors v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., 2020 U.S. Dist. […]

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Supreme Court Rules That Made-Whole Doctrine Does Not Apply To A Self-Insured Retention

By on July 24, 2020 in Claims, NJ Litigation with 0 Comments

In the lawsuit of City of Asbury Park v. Star Insurance Co., 2020 N.J. LEXIS 746 (June 29, 2020), the Supreme Court addressed a question of New Jersey law at the request of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.  The question that was asked was “whether, under equitable principles of New […]

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Plaintiff Unable to Pursue Injury Claim Incurred When Knocked Over By Defendants’ Dog in Dog Park

By on July 10, 2020 in Negligence, NJ Litigation with 0 Comments

Plaintiff, Janet Freed, took her dog, a female golden doodle, into the Off-Leash Dog Area of Thompson Park, a Monmouth County Park. The dog owned by the defendants Linda and Frank Bastry, a male golden retriever, ran into plaintiff while chasing her dog and caused her injury.  In Freed v. Bastry, 2020 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS […]

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