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  • August 29, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

    BAR REPORT - Aug. 29, 2022

    Renowned attorney Raymond M. Brown to receive NJSBF 2022 Medal of Honor. 'Olenowski' Special Master: DRE testimony is reliable.

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  • March 8, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Justice Jaynee LaVecchia Announces Retirement

    "It has been my privilege to have been a member of the Court since February 1, 2000," LaVecchia wrote in a letter made public Monday.

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  • Nieves v. Office of the Pub. Defender

    Publication Date: 2020-04-27
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services | State and Local Government
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaVecchia
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas D. Flinn (Garrity, Graham, Murphy, Garofalo & Flinn, attorneys; Thomas D. Flinn, of counsel and on the briefs, and Francis X. Garrity, on the briefs)
    for defendant: 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)
    Case Number: A-69-18 (082262)

    Legal Malpractice Claim Against Public Defender Seeking Loss of Liberty Damages from Wrongful Conviction Barred by TCA Verbal Threshold

  • Nieves v. Office of the Pub. Defender

    Publication Date: 2020-04-15
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
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    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaVecchia
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    Case Number: (A-69-18) (082262)

    Plaintiff appealed from the appellate division's judgment, which reversed the trial court's denial of defendants' motion for summary judgment.

  • July 20, 2015 |

    Allstate New Jersey Ins. Co. v. Lajara

    Click Here for FC&S Legal Expert Analysis Allstate New Jersey Ins. Co.v.Lajara 2015 WL 4276162Only the Westlaw citation is currently available.Supreme…

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  • January 6, 2015 |

    Jablonowska v. Suther

    Click Here for FC&S Legal Expert Analysis  Jablonowskav.Suther195 N.J. 91Supreme Court of New Jersey.Halina JABLONOWSKA, Individually and…

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  • August 31, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

    A Divided Court Questions The 'Rule of Three'

    The Supreme Court's decisions during this term in the municipal field were punctuated by opinions in two areas: the Open Public Records Act (OPRA) and the Rule of Three, familiar to those practitio

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  • State v. Koskovich

    Publication Date: 2001-06-13
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    Date Filed: 2001-06-07
    Court: N.J. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: Verniero, J.
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    Case Number: A-22 September T

    ON APPEAL FROM Judgment of Conviction and Sentence of Death in the Superior Court, Law Division, Sussex CountyChief Justice Poritz PRESIDINGOPINION BY Justice VernieroCONCURRING OPINION BY Ju

  • September 1, 2003 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Drawing Bright Lines for the Role of the Jury

    In the 2002-2003 term, the Supreme Court decided a large number of criminal law cases. The decisions embraced a wide span of issues, including juror disqualification; searches and seizures; DN

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  • Reuter v. Borough Council of the Borough of Fort Lee

    Publication Date: 2001-03-30
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    Date Filed: 2001-03-29
    Court: N.J. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: Per Curiam
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    Case Number: A-117 September

    Argued January 3, 2001In 1981, the Borough of Fort Lee enacted Ordinance 2:15.2(a) which provides that the number of positions in the police force may be established by resolution. In 1996, Captain