In In re Opinion No. 745 of the Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics (089278) (Decided February 18, 2025), the New Jersey Supreme Court held that New Jersey Rules of Court allow certified attorneys to pay referral fees to lawyers in other states even if they are not licensed
In In the Matter of the Estate of Michael D. Jones, Deceased (A-28-23/088877) (Decided January 27, 2025), the Supreme Court of New Jersey held that an ex-spouse’s rights as the pay-on-death beneficiary on her deceased ex-husband’s U.S. savings bonds were not superseded by the parties’ divorce. According to the Court,
In State v. Payne, (A-25-23/088925) (Decided January 13, 2025),the New Jersey Supreme Court held that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying Celestine Payne’s petition for release under the Compassionate Release Act (CRA or Act). According to the state’s highest court, if a trial court considers extraordinary
In D.T. v. Archdiocese of Philadelphia (A-35-23/088966) (Decided February 4, 2025), the Supreme Court of New Jersey held that New Jersey courts can’t exercise personal jurisdiction over the Archdiocese of Philadelphia based on alleged sexual abuse by a priest assigned by the Archdiocese to a Pennsylvania parish, during an overnight
In Wiggins v. Hackensack Meridian Health (A-43-23/089441) (Decided January 22, 2025), the New Jersey Supreme Court held that when a defending physician practices in more than one specialty and the treatment involved falls within any of that physician’s specialty areas, then an affidavit of merit (AOM) from a physician specializing
In Fuster v. Township of Chatham (A-33-23/089030) (Decided January 21, 2025), the Supreme Court of New Jersey ruled that the Chatham Township Police Department must release a body worn camera recording of a statement Plaintiff Antonio Fuster made to police because New Jersey’s Open Public records Act (OPRA) does not
In Brehme v. Irwin (A-40-23/089025) (Decided January 15, 2025), the Supreme Court of New Jersey held that when a plaintiff accepts a final judgment, that party may still appeal if the party can show that (1) it made known its intention to appeal prior to accepting payment of the final
In 20th Avenue Realty, LLC v. Alessandro Roberto (A-29-23/088959) (Decided January 9, 2025), the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that the version of the Tax Sale Law (TSL) in effect prior to the law’s 2024 amendment violates the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the extent it allows for
