New Jersey Appellate Division Rules that Injured Plaintiff May Sue His Insurance Carrier for Bad Faith Damages Due to Delay in Approving Medical Test and Surgery
Plaintiff Miguel Vera injured his right shoulder in a September 10, 2016 automobile accident. Thereafter, he submitted a personal injury protection (“PIP”) claim to his automobile insurance company, State Farm Indemnity Company (“State Farm”), to pay for his medical expenses incurred by his injuries suffered from his accident. In Vera v. State Farm Indem. Co., […]
Appellate Division Rules in Published Decision That Supreme Court’s COVID Omnibus Order Did Not Toll the Statute of Limitations
Previously, I reported on an unpublished decision, Sutton v. Babilonia, in which the issue was whether the Second Omnibus COVID 19 Order extended plaintiff’s statute of limitations. The Appellate Division ruled in that case that this order did not extend the statute of limitations but, rather, found that the time period of March 16, 2020 to […]
New Jersey Supreme Court Approves Increase in Jurisdictional Limits of Small Claims and Special Civil Part
New Jersey provides the opportunity for litigants to file a lawsuit in either Small Claims court or Special Civil Part of the Superior Court if those claims are under the jurisdictional limits of those courts. As of July 1, 2022, the jurisdictional limit for a civil matter to be brought in Small Claims court will […]
Residential Landowners Found Not Liable For Plaintiff’s Injuries Due To Trip And Fall On Raised Sidewalk In Driveway Area
In August, 2018, while walking on the sidewalk in front of defendants’ home, plaintiff Diane Conway tripped in the area of a raised concrete sidewalk slab. Plaintiff claimed that she tripped over a “filled in” concrete or cement between two uneven concrete slabs. The issue in Conway v. Serra, 2022 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 856(App. […]
Court Finds That Plaintiff’s Notice Of Claim Substantially Complied With The Notice Requirements Of The Tort Claims Act
Plaintiff, a Rutgers Police Department Officer, was injured on July 12, 2018 when attacked by an individual attempting to be restrained by City of Newark Police officers. Plaintiff alleges to have suffered serious injuries and was determined to be permanently disabled and unable to perform her duties as a Rutgers Police Officer. In Peart v. […]
Plaintiff’s Complaint Dismissed Based Upon The Statute Of Limitations, Despite COVID-19 Order Extending Statute Of Limitations
On November 21, 2018, plaintiff Michael Sutton was involved in a motor vehicle accident with defendant Kevin Babilonia. Plaintiff suffered injuries and retained counsel just six days before the two year statute of limitations expired. In the case of Sutton v. Babilonia, 2022 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 792 (App. Div. May 12, 2022), the issue […]
Recent Unpublished Appellate Division Opinion Regarding Sidewalk Liability
In an unpublished March 29, 2022 opinion in Blake v. Glavan, 2022 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 499, the Appellate Division further addressed the issue of sidewalk liability. The Court addressed the issue of the liability of both a homeowner and a municipality for an injury caused by a fall over an uneven public sidewalk. The […]
Appellate Division Issues Ruling On When Defense Medical Exam Can Be Video Or Audio Recorded Or Attended By A Third Party
Three separate cases, each involving a separate personal injury, were appealed to the Appellate Division to decide the issue as to whether a plaintiff with alleged cognitive limitations, psychological impairments, or language barriers “can be accompanied by a third-party to a defense medical examination (“DME”), or require that the examination be video or audio recorded […]
Plaintiff’s Personal Injury Lawsuit Dismissed As To Public Entity For Failure To Meet Permanency Threshold
Plaintiff, Monica Vargas-Aguacondo, was injured in a motor vehicle accident with a Union County police car driven by defendant David Eckenrode. Plaintiff, age 60, injured her left shoulder and back in the accident. The issue in Vargas-Aguacondo v. Eckenrode & County of Union, 2022 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 682 (App. Div. Apr. 25, 2022), was […]
Concert Provider Found Not Liable For Patron’s Injury Caused By Slipping On Muddy Ground At Concert
Plaintiff Danielle Donahue attended a Live Nation Concert at the PNC Banks Art Center (“PNC Center”), a public entertainment venue in Monmouth County. PNC Center is a partially covered, open-air amphitheater, which included lawn seating. In Donahue v. NJTPA and Live Nation Worldwide, Inc., 2022 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 559 (App. Div. Apr. 7, 2022), […]
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