Liability

The plaintiff Terry Peifer was walking her dog when she tripped and fell on the sidewalk bordering the front yard of the home owned by defendant Clarence Mesday.  Plaintiff claims to have fallen on a raised sidewalk.  The issue in Peifer v. Mesday, 2019 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 990 (App. Div. May 1, 2019) was […]

The plaintiff, Frank Campbell was involved in an automobile accident with a vehicle operated by Joyce Roberts.  Plaintiff claimed that Roberts negligently operated her vehicle and that her negligence was a proximate cause of his accident and his injuries. Plaintiff filed an Underinsured Motorist claim with his insurance company, Allstate Insurance Co. as a result […]

I had previously reported on the Supreme Court case of Haines v. Taft, 237 N.J. 271 (2019) which made inadmissible uncompensated medical expenses incurred as a result of an automobile accident that exceeded the plaintiffs’ $15,000 PIP coverage. After I submitted this article, I discussed with plaintiffs’ counsel whether that decision was specifically limited to […]

Plaintiff, Samir Abdalla, alleged that he slipped and fell on an icy walkway in his apartment complex and suffered a fractured radius in his left arm. He sued his landlord Threegees t/a Monaco Arms, Inc., claiming that the defendant was negligent in failing to clear ice on the sidewalk in the apartment complex. The issue […]

The time to appeal a New Jersey court decision involving a civil matter will depend upon whether it is an appeal from a trial court decision or an appeals’ court decision.  It will also depend upon whether the appeal is from a final judgment. There is an automatic right of appeal from a final judgment […]