Gitika Kapoor, Esq.
Ms. Kapoor focuses her practice in litigation through the federal and state courts of New Jersey, with a concentration on creditor’s rights, business collection, tort defense, premises liability and products liability defense, Tort Claims Act defense, construction, estates, employment and professional malpractice.
Prior to joining Capehart Scatchard, Gitika was a Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable John C. Eastlack, Jr., Criminal Division, Gloucester County, NJ. She was also a Summer Law Clerk for the firm during law school.
Public Entities Are Not Immune From Frivolous Sanction Litigation
In Borough of Englewood Cliffs v. Trautner, 2024 N.J. Super. LEXIS 37 (App. Div. Apr. 22, 2024), in a published decision, the Appellate Division settled the issue of whether a public entity is immune from sanctions for filing a frivolous lawsuit in accordance with the Frivolous Litigation Statute N.J.S.A. 2A:15-59.1 (hereinafter FLS). The issue stemmed […]
Appellate Division Reverses Dismissal of Plaintiff’s Complaint and Remands Matter for Evidentiary Hearing on the Issue of Charitable Immunity
Plaintiff Laurence Rothschild claims that he suffered injuries after a slip and fall in a puddle of water at a coin show that was held on a premises owned by the Police Athletic League of Parsippany-Troy Hills (“PAL”). Plaintiff brought a negligence lawsuit against the Township of Parsippany-Troy Hills, PAL and Garden State Coin Stamps […]
No Liability Found for Jersey City for Injury Caused by Trip and Fall on Uneven Pavement
Plaintiff Linda Emmanoulidis was walking her dog in Enos Park in Jersey City when she tripped and fell on an uneven pavement and sustained injuries. The issue in Emmanoulidis v. City of Jersey City, 2023 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 477 (App. Div. Mar. 30, 2023) was whether the City could be liable for a pedestrian […]
Employers With Remote Employees Are Not Automatically Subject to Personal Jurisdiction in the State Where the Employee Is Based
Plaintiff James Tripp had filed a lawsuit against defendant Ascentage Pharma Group International, alleging various employment related claims. The issue in the federal court case, Tripp v. Ascentage Pharma Grp. Int’l, 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 147949 (D.N.J. Aug. 23, 2023), was whether the court had specific personal jurisdiction over an employer by virtue of their […]
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