Tag: motion to dismiss

By: Patrick J. Graham, Esq. Editor: Betsy G. Ramos, Esq. Plaintiff, Gladys Bednarko, sued Defendant, Ben’s Bagel Barn after she was hit on the back of her right foot by Defendant’s front door that she alleged closed “too fast” behind her. Specifically, Plaintiff alleged that upon leaving Defendant’s store front, she pushed open the front […]

Plaintiff Jeffrey Wichot sued Defendant for emotional injuries suffered from a car kidnapping that occurred in 2012. Plaintiff had previously suffered a horrific injury as a young boy in 2002 which resulted in a traumatic brain injury. One of the issues in Wichot v. Allstate N.J. Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co., 2021 N.J. Super. Unpub. […]

Plaintiff Atef Kamel slipped and fell down steps in his apartment building’s stairwell while he was taking out his recycling.  He claimed that his slip and fall was caused by a combination of an unknown, oily liquid on the floor and a broken light in the stairwell.  The issue in Kamel v. Panyork Group, 2022 […]

By: Angela Reading, Law Clerk Editor: Betsy G. Ramos, Esq. On July 14, 2022, the New Jersey Appellate Division in Monk v. Kennedy Univ. Hosp., Inc., 2022 N.J. Super. LEXIS 101 (App. Div. July 14, 2022), issued a published decision, holding that the minority tolling provision in N.J.S.A. 2A:14-2(a), which allows minors to file medical […]

Plaintiff Katesha Salmond appealed from a summary judgment order granted to a public entity bus company and its driver, dismissing her personal injury complaint.  She was injured on a public bus and incurred substantial medical expenses for her injuries.  One issue in the Salmond case, 2022 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 1282 (App. Div. July 14, […]