Tag: mode of operation doctrine

Plaintiff Peter Slomkowski had been involved in a rear end motor vehicle accident involving an underinsured motorist and sued New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Co. (“NJM”) to recover benefits for his injuries. The key disputed issue at the trial of this matter was whether Plaintiff suffered a permanent injury as a result of the accident. In […]

Plaintiff Carla Israel was walking on the sidewalk bordering the rear of the defendant’s home located in East Brunswick, New Jersey.  She fell as a result of an uneven slab of sidewalk and suffered an injury.  The issue in Israel v. Gross, 2019 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 2538 (App. Div. December 12, 2019) was whether […]

In the published New Jersey Supreme Court decision of Shields v. Ramslee Motors, 2020 N.J. LEXIS 17 (2020), the Court was asked to decide whether the owner of a commercial property owed to its tenant’s invitee a duty to clear snow and ice from the property’s driveway while the property was in the sole possession […]

Plaintiff Giuseppe Scaturro was driving a motor vehicle with plaintiff Nelys Hernandez as a passenger when her vehicle was rear ended by the vehicle owned by defendant Ruth Otles. Otles was not in her vehicle at the time of the accident, which was being driven by Sen Turan.  The issue in Hernandez v. Otles, 2019 […]

The plaintiff, Nivia Cardenas, fell and injured herself on a defective sidewalk in front of a vacant home owned by defendants Mark and Anthony T. Severino.  The trial court judge determined that, because the property was not being used for commercial purposes at the time of the accident, the defendants had no duty to maintain […]