Tag: motion to dismiss

Plaintiff Francine Latorraca fell while a customer at a McDonalds restaurant and suffered an injury.  She claims to have fallen as a result of a greasy food wrapper on the floor near the front register. The issue in Latorraca v. Aladyn, Inc., 2021 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 998 (App. Div. May 25, 2021) was whether […]

Plaintiff Denean Davis was gambling at defendant’s casino in Atlantic City.  After gambling for about an hour, plaintiff left the building to take a phone call.  When she exited the building, the mat in front of the door was flush against the ground.  Forty-two seconds later when she reentered the building, the rug was “buckled,” […]

Plaintiff Martha Valdez ordered pizza and mozzarella sticks from the defendant Brooklyn’s Coal Burning Brick Oven Pizzeria.  After purchasing the food, she returned to her car with her husband and he gave her the bag containing the mozzarella sticks and marinara sauce and she put the bag on her lap.  After driving to the home […]

The defendant Louis Gargiulo Company, Inc. (“Gargiulo”) was hired as a general contractor to perform certain work at the Hudson County Schools of Technology (“HCST”).  Defendant Gargiulo hired Adamo Brothers Construction (“Adamo”) as its subcontractor to perform a portion of the removal and replacement of concrete at HCST.  Plaintiff Luis Alfredo Sutuj, an Adamo employee, […]

Palisades Insurance Company (“Palisades”) filed a claim for reimbursement against Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (“Horizon”) to obtain recoupment for health insurance benefits it paid to 4 insureds who were involved in automobile accidents and received treatment.  Palisades contended that it made those payments in error because the insureds had designated Horizon […]