Legislation

Plaintiff, Sevim Temiz, while walking past her neighbor’s residential property in Paramus, tripped over a raised portion of the sidewalk and fell.  She filed a lawsuit alleging that the defendants Ghanshyam Patel and Bijal Patel negligently maintained their property.  The issue in Temiz v. Patel, 2021 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 604 (App. Div. April 12, […]

Plaintiff Mario Quesada brought his sick cat Amor to the defendant veterinarian Red Bank Veterinary Hospital where he was diagnosed with saddle thrombus which necessitated euthanization of the cat. Plaintiff was overcome with emotion and was permitted to say goodbye to Amor. During the euthanization process, the cat bit one of the nurses and the […]

Plaintiff Suzanne Pagonis tripped and fell while walking across a grassy field at the Crestwood Lake Club, which was a recreational lake swimming complex owned by defendant Borough of Allendale and encompassed a municipal park, Crestwood Park.  Her daughter had participated earlier in the day in a softball tournament at the Club’s facilities.  Plaintiff fell […]

The plaintiff Thomas Seeley was injured at Bally’s Casino when he slipped and fell in the public men’s restroom.  He had not noticed the moisture on the floor before he fell.  The issue in Seeley v. Caesars Entertainment, 2021 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 446 (App. Div. March 18, 2021), was whether the testimony that the […]

Plaintiff Quinisha White fell in front of a commercial property while walking from her house to a car in the street.  She had stepped into the grassy area between the sidewalk and the curb and lost her balance due to an uneven decline by the curb.  She sued the owner of the property, defendant Magyar […]