• State v. Gerena

    Publication Date: 2022-01-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Melanie K. Dellplain, Assistant Deputy Public Defender (Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney; Melanie K. Dellplain, of counsel and on the briefs)
    for defendant: Stephanie Davis Elson, Assistant Prosecutor (Esther Suarez, Hudson County Prosecutor, attorney; Ednin D. Martinez, Assistant Prosecutor, on the briefs)

    Case Number: A-72-20 (085359)

    Lay Opinion Testimony Regarding Age Could Be Admitted on a Factually-Dependent, Case-by-Case Basis

  • G.C. v. Div. of Med. Assistance & Health Servs.

    Publication Date: 2021-11-29
    Practice Area: Health Care Law
    Industry:
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaVecchia
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Slocum, Deputy Attorney General (Andrew J. Bruck, Acting Attorney General, attorney; Melissa H. Raksa, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel, and Francis X. Baker, Deputy Attorney General, on the briefs)
    for defendant: Joshua M. Spielberg (Legal Services of New Jersey, attorneys; Joshua M. Spielberg, Melville D. Miller, Jr., Kristine Marietti Byrnes, Maura Sanders, and Dawn K. Miller, on the briefs); Kenneth M. Goldman (South Jersey Legal Services, attorneys; Kenneth M. Goldman, and Thomas LaMaina, on the briefs)

    Case Number: A-35/36/37-20 (084417)

    State Eligibility Regulations for ABD Benefits Conflicted with Federal Medicaid Statute by Not Adjusting Applicant Income for Family Size

  • State v. Anderson

    Publication Date: 2021-08-23
    Practice Area: Employment Compliance
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaVecchia
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nirmalan Nagulendran (Miller, Meyerson & Corbo, attorneys; Nirmalan Nagulendran and Gerald D. Miller, on the briefs)
    for defendant: Lauren Bonfiglio, Deputy Attorney General (Andrew J. Bruck, Acting Attorney General, attorney; Steven K. Cuttonaro, Deputy Attorney General, of counsel and on the briefs)

    Case Number: A-15/16-20 (084365)

    Forfeiture of Public Pension Not a Fine Where Benefits Conditioned Upon Honorable Service, Meaning Employees Who Committed Offenses Had No Property Interest

  • J.K. v. New Jersey State Parole Bd.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James H. Maynard (Maynard Law Office, attorneys; James H. Maynard, on the briefs)
    for defendant: Jane C. Schuster, Assistant Attorney General (Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General, attorney; Melissa H. Raksa, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel, Jane C. Schuster, of counsel and on the brief, and Deborah Hay, and Christopher C. Josephson, Deputy Attorneys General, on the briefs)

    Case Number: a_76_19_062421

    Parolee's Application to Relocate Abroad Properly Denied for Lack of Documentation Explaining How Supervision Would Continue

  • J.K. v. New Jersey State Parole Bd.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: (A-76-19) (084035)

    Petitioner appealed from the denial of permission to change his residency from New Jersey back to his home country of Poland, where he maintained citizenship, while remaining under community supervision for life.

  • In re Atty. Gen. Law Enforcement Directive Nos. 2020-5 and 2020-6

    Publication Date: 2021-06-21
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Rabner
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin D. Jarvis (O’Brien, Belland & Bushinsky, attorneys; Kevin D. Jarvis and Matthew B. Madsen, on the briefs); James M. Mets (Mets Schiro & McGovern and Markman & Cannan, attorneys; James M. Mets and Robert R. Cannan, of counsel and on the briefs, and Brian J. Manetta, on the briefs); Katherine Hartman (Attorneys Hartman, Chartered, Law Offices of Robert A. Ebberup, Law Office of D. John McAusland, and Loccke, Correia & Bukosky, attorneys; Katherine D. Hartman, Mark A. Gulbranson, Jr., Robert A. Ebberup, D. John McAusland, and Michael A. Bukosky, on the briefs); Matthew Areman (Zazzali, Fagella, Nowak, Kleinbaum & Friedman, attorneys; and Markowitz & Richman, attorneys; Paul L. Kleinbaum, Craig A. Long, and Matthew Areman, on the briefs); Frank M. Crivelli (Crivelli & Barbati, attorneys; Frank M. Crivelli, on the briefs)
    for defendant: Jeremy Feigenbaum, State Solicitor (Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General, attorney; Jeremy Feigenbaum and Jane C. Schuster, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel and on the briefs, and Christopher Weber, Sean P. Havern, Patrick Jhoo, Brandon C. Simmons, Emily K. Wanger, and Emily Marie Bisnauth, Deputy Attorneys General, on the briefs)

    Case Number: A-26/27/28/29/30-20 (085017)

    Attorney General Directives Requiring Public Release of Law Enforcement Disciplinary Records Consistent with Public Policy Favoring Accountability and Transparency

  • Hager v. M&K Constr.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-26
    Practice Area: Employment Compliance
    Industry: Construction
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Solomon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Gitterman (Biancamano & DiStefano, attorneys; James E. Santomauro, on the brief)
    for defendant: Victor B. Matthews (Victor B. Matthews, on the brief)

    Case Number: A-64-19 (084045)

    Employer Was Not Exempted by Federal Law from Providing Workers' Comp for Medical Marijuana Treatment

  • Hager v. M&K Constr.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-13
    Practice Area: Government | Health Care Law | Labor Law
    Industry:
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Solomon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: (A-64-19) (084045)

    Defendant appealed from the appellate division's judgment affirming the trial court's order requiring defendant to reimburse the cost of plaintiff's medical marijuana.

  • Maison v. New Jersey Transit Corp.

    Publication Date: 2021-03-01
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government | Transportation
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Albin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel M. Vannella, Assistant Attorney General (Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General, attorney; Melissa H. Raksa, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel, and Daniel M. Vannella, on the briefs)
    for defendant: K. Raja Bhattacharya (Bendit Weinstock, attorneys; K. Raja Bhattacharya and Sherri Davis Fowler, on the briefs)

    Case Number: A-34/35-19 (08384)

    NJ Transit Subject to the Heightened Duty of Care Applicable to Common Carriers

  • State v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2021-02-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaVecchia
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer E. Kmieciak, Deputy Attorney General (Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General, attorney; Jennifer E. Kmieciak, of counsel and on the briefs)
    for defendant: James K. Smith, Jr., Assistant Deputy Public Defender (Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney; James K. Smith, Jr., of counsel and on the briefs)

    Case Number: A-39-19 (083353)

    Increasing Grading for Failure to Comply with Sex Offender Registration Did Not Constitute Ex Post Facto Violation