Cases

Justice ALBIN delivered the opinion of the Court. We must determine whether a county can be held liable for a fatal accident that occurred when a person lost control of her bicycle while riding across a two-foot wide, one-and-one-half inch depression on the shoulder of a county roadway. Although potholes and depressions are a common sight on New Jersey’s roads and highways, public-entity liability is restricted

OPINION DEBEVOISE, Senior District Judge. Petitioner, Augustino Smith, petitions for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, 28 U.S.C. § 2241(c), or both, and Fed.R.Civ.P. 81(a)(4). He alleges that he is unlawfully imprisoned, restrained of liberty and that he is in the custody of the United States Marshal for the District of New Jersey, the United States Attorney for the'District of

SYLLABUS (This syllabus is not part of the opinion of the Court. It has been prepared by the Office of the Clerk for the convenience of the reader. It has been neither reviewed nor approved by the Supreme Court. Please note that, in the interest of brevity, portions of any opinion may not have been summarized.) State v. Rolando Terrell (A-25-16) (077730) (NOTE: The Court did not write a plenary opinion in

995 F.Supp. 62 (1998) Richard HATHAWAY and Sharleen Hathaway, Plaintiffs, v. COUNTY OF ESSEX; Town of Ticonderoga; Richard Sypek, State Police Investigator; John McDonald, Former Essex County District Attorney; Ronald Briggs, District Attorney of the County of Essex; Michael Connery, Supervisor of the Town of Ticonderoga; Marie Huntington, Ticonderoga Town Board Member; Mary Gail Russell, Chairperson of the Town of Ticonderoga Youth Commission; A

OPINION PER CURIAM. David Paul Maslousky (“Maslousky”) appeals from the order granting judgment as a matter of law pursuant to Rule 50(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in favor of Corporal Keith Washington of Prince George’s County Police Department. Maslousky also appeals from the order granting Corporal Washington’s motion to alter the judgment. Maslousky contends that the district court erred

OPINION OF THE COURT Robert J. Muller, J. Frontier Town was an amusement park located in respondent/defendant Town of North Hudson, Essex County. It closed over a decade ago and much of the park — comprised of several parcels of land — was acquired by respondent/defendant County of Essex in tax foreclosure proceedings and has now fallen into disrepair. In November 2013, the Town Supervisor — Ronald Moore

141 N.J. 35 (1995) 660 A.2d 1163 HIGG-A-RELLA, INC., T/A STATE INFORMATION SERVICE, BLAU APPRAISAL COMPANY, AND ROBERT D. BLAU, PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS, v. COUNTY OF ESSEX, A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF ESSEX COUNTY COLLEGE, TOWNSHIP OF CALDWELL, TOWNSHIP OF CEDAR GROVE, CITY OF EAST ORANGE, BOROUGH OF ESSEX FELLS, TOWNSHIP OF FAIR-FIELD, TOWNSHIP OF GLEN RIDGE, TOWNSHIP OF IRVINGT

NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. A-4309-12T2 ESSEX COUNTY CORRECTIONS OFFICERS PBA LOCAL NO. 382, NEW JERSEY STATE POLICEMEN'S BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION, JOSEPH AMATO, and ANTHONY WIENERS, Plaintiffs-Appellants, APPROVED FOR PUBLICATION v.

OPINION YANOFF, J.S.C. t/a (Retired, on recall). This matter comes before me on reciprocal summary judgment motions. There is no dispute as to the facts, so summary disposition is appropriate. The facts are as follows: Plaintiff, Higg-a-Rella, Inc.,1 t/a State Information Service, is in the business of providing ready access to real estate t

The opinion of the Court was delivered by STEIN, J. In this case we address whether and to what extent a minor’s personal-injury award deposited into a court-supervised trust account may be considered in determining eligibility of that child’s family for Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). The issue arises by virtue of the appeals, argued together, of eight AFDC recipients, each of whom has at l

CRABTREE, J.T.C. Plaintiff instituted this action pursuant to N.J.S.A. 54:51A-4 to review the 1992 county equalization table, computed and ultimately certified by the Essex County Board of Taxation on July 1, 1992, determining a real property ratio of aggregate assessments to aggregate true value of 89.73% for plaintiff for the purpose of allocating the cost of county government among the municipalities of Essex Count

649 S.E.2d 602 (2007) KAY-LEX COMPANY v. ESSEX INSURANCE COMPANY et al. Sysco Food Services of Atlanta, LLC v. Essex Insurance Company et al. Nos. A07A0791, A07A0792. Court of Appeals of Georgia. July 10, 2007. *604 Kevin J. Bahr, Atlanta, for appellant (case no. A07A0791). Shapiro, Fussell, Wedge & Martin,

CASSINI, J.S.C. Plaintiff, Municipal Council of the City of Newark (hereinafter “Newark”), moved for summary judgment on the issue of whether the defendant Essex County Board of Elections (hereinafter “Board”) violated the Open Public Meetings Act (hereinafter “OPMA”), N.J.S.A. 10:4-6, et seq. In the Spring of 1991, the Board met with the City Clerk of each municipality within the county to

SYLLABUS This syllabus is not part of the Court’s opinion. It has been prepared by the Office of the Clerk for the convenience of the reader. It has been neither reviewed nor approved by the Court. In the interest of brevity, portions of an opinion may not have been summarized. Michele Meade v. Township of Livingston (A-52-20) (085176) Argued September 27, 2021 -- Decided December 30, 2021 FERNANDEZ-VINA, J., writing for a unanimous Court.

SYLLABUS This syllabus is not part of the Court’s opinion. It has been prepared by the Office of the Clerk for the convenience of the reader. It has been neither reviewed nor approved by the Court and may not summarize all portions of the opinion. Hamid Harris v. City of Newark (A-59-20) (085028) Argued November 30, 2021 -- Decided March 30, 2022 JUSTICE PATTERSON, writing for a unanimous Court. In this appeal, the Court reviews the

The opinion of the court was delivered by O’BRIEN, J.A.D. Plaintiff Union, which represents certain employees and the individual plaintiffs, both employees of the Essex County Division of Welfare and officers of the Union, appeal from a summary judgment authorizing the award of a contract to administer the County’s health benefit plan to the intervening defendant Rasmussen Agency, Inc. (Rasmussen) without

Mercure, J. Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Dawson, J.), entered May 19, 2008 in Essex County, which partially granted petitioners’ application pursuant to General Municipal Law § 50-e (5) for leave to file a late notice of claim. Petitioner Frank Schwindt allegedly sustained various injuries when he fell from the roof of a firehouse located in the Town of Schroon, Essex County, in October 2007. T

SYLLABUS This syllabus is not part of the Court’s opinion. It has been prepared by the Office of the Clerk for the convenience of the reader. It has been neither reviewed nor approved by the Court and may not summarize all portions of the opinion. State v. Rahee Lane (A-17-21) (085726) Argued February 1, 2022 -- Decided June 16, 2022 -- Revised June 21, 2022 PATTERSON, J., writing for the Court. In 2020, the Legislature amend

SYLLABUS This syllabus is not part of the Court’s opinion. It has been prepared by the Office of the Clerk for the convenience of the reader. It has been neither reviewed nor approved by the Court and may not summarize all portions of the opinion. State v. Rahee Lane (A-17-21) (085726) Argued February 1, 2022 -- Decided June 16, 2022 PATTERSON, J., writing for the Court. In 2020, the Legislature amended N.J.S.A. 2C:44-1 to ad

960 A.2d 375 (2008) 196 N.J. 569 Donald T. POLZO, as Executor for the Estate of Mathi Kahn-Polzo, and Donald T. Polzo, individually, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. COUNTY OF ESSEX, Defendant-Appellant, and Public Service Electric and Gas Company, John/Jane Doe 1-10 and John Doe Corp. 2-10, Defendants. A-69 September Term 2007 Supreme Court of New Jersey. A