Betsy G. Ramos
Ms. Ramos is an Executive Committee Member and Co-Chair of the Litigation Department at Capehart Scatchard, P.A. located in Mount Laurel, New Jersey. She is an experienced litigator with over 25 years experience handling diverse matters. Practice areas include tort defense, business litigation, estate litigation, tort claims and civil rights defense, construction litigation, insurance coverage, employment litigation, shareholder disputes, and general litigation.
Private Owner Of Parking Lot Leased To Municipality Found Not Liable For Fall On Ice In Lot
The plaintiff Richard Underhill parked his car in a municipal parking lot known as the Kaplan Lot located in the Borough of Caldwell. He walked across the street with his wife and friends to eat dinner at a nearby restaurant. Upon returning to his parked car, he walked up an internal driveway that connected the […]
Snow Removal Contractor Found Not To Have Violated Contract For Failure To Add Owner Of Property To Its Liability Policy
The plaintiff, Donna Michel was walking across the parking lot of the Wayne Towne Center when she was struck by a car operated by Sharon Langel. At the time of the accident, piles of snow on medians at the end of the rows of the parking spaces in the parking lot allegedly impeded Langel’s visibility […]
Questions Of Proper Speed And Control Of A Vehicle Found To Be Question Of Fact In Auto Accident Case, Precluding Order For Summary Judgment
The plaintiff Alma Miley was involved in an automobile accident with the defendant Andrew Friel. It occurred at an intersection in which plaintiff’s direction of travel was controlled by a stop sign but defendant’s direction of travel was not. The issue in Miley v. Friel, 2020 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 57 (App. Div. January 9, […]
NJ Supreme Court Rules that Landlord Not Responsible for Minor Burned on Apartment Unit’s Radiator
On March 30, 2010, the minor, J.H., a 9 month old infant, was burned by an uncovered, free-standing cast iron loop radiator in an apartment owned and managed by defendants R&M Tagliareni, LLC and Robert & Maria Tagliareni. His bed was adjacent to a radiator that did not have a cover. His father discovered him […]
Will New Jersey Business Owners Be Liable If Invitees Contract COVID-19 From Their Business After They Reopen?
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 […]
New Jersey Appellate Division Rejects Storm In Progress Defense
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 […]
Update on NJ Court Proceedings from Supreme Court Due to COVID-19 Pandemic
On Friday, March 27, 2020, the New Jersey Supreme Court issued an omnibus order addressing the suspension of court proceedings, extension of deadlines and tolling time periods. The Court had been issuing almost daily orders but this order addressed the extension of those time periods based upon the current restrictions on movement and activity recommended […]
Update On Arbitration Hearings In New Jersey State Court
My blog yesterday reported that it was unclear how the New Jersey state court would handle arbitration hearings. We received a notice from the court this afternoon that all arbitrations were cancelled until April 10, 2020. They will be rescheduled. However, civil arbitrations will resume as of April 13, 2020 with participation to be either […]
Coronavirus Continues To Disrupt Court Proceedings
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, all New Jersey state court trials remain on hiatus. All are cancelled until further notice, except for ongoing trials. By order of the Chief Justice, all discovery deadlines are relaxed to permit the extension of discovery deadlines. For computation of the statute of limitations, March 16, 2020 to March 27, […]
New Jersey Suspends All Jury Trials in Response to Coronavirus
While I typically report on recent cases, I wanted to inform all clients that, as of March 12, 2020, Chief Justice Rabner announced that New Jersey state courts will suspend all new jury trials until further notice to help minimize community exposure to the coronavirus. Jury trials already in progress will continue. As for nonjury […]
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