Tag: NJ Supreme Court

In Estate of Crystal Walcott Spill v. Jacob E. Markovitz, M.D. (A-34-23/088764) (Decided March 11, 2025), the Supreme Court of New Jersey held that an individual outside the reach of New Jersey’s jurisdiction is not a party within the definition of the Comparative Negligence Act (CNA) for purposes of allocation.

On March 3, 2025, the Supreme Court of New Jersey heard oral arguments in Kratovil v. City of New Brunswick. The closely watched case involves a journalist’s legal challenge the constitutionality of Daniel’s Law, which prohibits the disclosure of the home addresses of certain public officials, including judges, prosecutors, and

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that an ex-spouse’s rights as the pay-on-death beneficiary on her deceased ex-husband’s U.S. savings bonds were not superseded by the parties’ divorce.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 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