• Melnyk v. Bd. of Educ. of the Delsea Reg'l High Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2020-02-10
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaVecchia
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hop T. Wechsler (Selikoff & Cohen, attorneys; Hop T. Wechsler and Keith Waldman, on the briefs).
    for defendant: Andrew W. Li (Parker McCay, attorneys; Andrew W. Li, on the brief); Donna Arons, Assistant Attorney General (Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General, attorney; Melissa Dutton Schaffer, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel and Joan M. Scatton, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief)

    Case Number: A-77-18 (082354)

    Education Commissioner Erred in Conditioning Tenure for Additional Teaching Assignment on Requirement to Hold Additional Certifications

  • Melnyk v. Bd. of Educ. of the Delsea Reg. High Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2020-01-30
    Practice Area: Education Law | Labor Law
    Industry:
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaVecchia
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: (A-77-18) (082354)

    Plaintiff appealed from the appellate division's judgment affirming the commissioner of education's adoption of the recommendation of an ALJ.

  • Pisack v. B&C Towing, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-01-27
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection
    Industry: Automotive | State and Local Government
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaVecchia
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gabriel H. Halpern (Pinilis Halpern, attorneys; Gabriel H. Halpern, on the briefs); Jeremy B. Stein (Hartmann Doherty Rosa Berman & Bulbulia, attorneys; Jeremy B. Stein and Paul S. Doherty, III, on the briefs)
    for defendant: Andrew R. Wolf (The Wolf Law Firm, The Law Office of Christopher J. McGinn, and Law Office of Edwyn D. Macelus, attorneys; Andrew R. Wolf, David J. DiSabato, Lisa R. Bouckenooghe, Christopher J. McGinn, and Edwyn D. Macelus, on the briefs)

    Case Number: A-17/18-18 (081492)

    Vehicle Owners Could, Without Exhausting Administrative Remedies, Assert Towing Act Claims For Involuntary Tows Conducted at Police Direction

  • Meisels v. Fox Rothschild LLP

    Publication Date: 2020-01-20
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Legal Services | Real Estate
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaVecchia
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Francis P. Devine, III (Pepper Hamilton, attorneys; Francis P. Devine, III, and Angelo A. Stio, III, of counsel and on the briefs)
    for defendant: Brian K. Condon (Condon Catina & Mara, attorneys; Brian K. Condon and Laura M. Catina, on the briefs)

    Case Number: A-20/21-18 (081534)

    Lawyer's Distribution of Wired Trust Funds According to Client Instructions Could Not Constitute Conversion in Absence of Limiting Instructions on Wire

  • Pisack v. B&C Towing, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-01-16
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection
    Industry:
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaVecchia
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: (A-17/18-18) (081492)

    Defendants appealed from the judgment of the appellate division.

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  • Meisels v. Fox Rothschild LLP

    Publication Date: 2020-01-09
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaVecchia
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: (A-20/21-18) (081534)

    Defendants appealed from the appellate division's judgment reinstating plaintiff's conversion claim; plaintiff cross-appealed the appellate division's judgment dismissing his breach of fiduciary duty claim.

  • US Masters Residential Prop. (USA) Fund v. New Jersey Dept. of Envt'l Prot.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-12
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaVecchia
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence S. Lustberg (Gibbons and Ford O’Brien, attorneys; Lawrence S. Lustberg, Anne M. Collart, and Adam C. Ford, on the briefs)
    for defendant: A. Paul Stofa, Deputy Attorney General (Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General, attorney; Melissa H. Raksa, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel, and A. Paul Stofa, Lauren C. Brick, Deputy Attorney General, and Mark S. Heinzelmann, Deputy Attorney General, on the briefs)

    Case Number: A-78-17 (081137)

    Spill Act Arbitration Decision Reversed Where Arbitrator Misconstrued DEP Theory of Contamination

  • State v. Fowler

    Publication Date: 2019-08-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaVecchia
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Milton S. Leibowitz, Special Deputy Attorney General/Acting Assistant Prosecutor (Michael A. Monahan, Acting Union County Prosecutor, attorney; Milton S. Leibowitz, of counsel and on the briefs)
    for defendant: Marcia Blum, Assistant Deputy Public Defender (Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney; Marcia Blum, of counsel and on the briefs); Michael Confusione, Designated Counsel (Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney; Michael Confusione, on the briefs and Jamil L. Hearns, pro se, on the supplemental brief)

    Case Number: A-5-18 (080880)

    Trial Court Correctly Declined Lesser-Included Offense Instructions Where Facts Did Not Support Reckless Behavior

  • State v. Camey

    Publication Date: 2019-08-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaVecchia
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lila B. Leonard, Deputy Attorney General (Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General, attorney; Lila B. Leonard, of counsel and on the brief, and Christopher W. Hsieh, Chief Assistant Passaic County Prosecutor, on the brief)
    for defendant: Stefan Van Jura, Deputy Public Defender (Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney; Stefan Van Jura, of counsel and on the brief, and Laura C. Sutnick, Designated Counsel, on the brief)

    Case Number: A-73-17 (080574)

    Buccal Swab Suppressed Where Consent Form Not Translated for Defendant, But State Could Apply for Second Swab

  • State v. Camey

    Publication Date: 2019-08-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaVecchia
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: (A-73-17) (080574)

    The state appealed from the appellate division's judgment affirming the trial court's order suppressing defendant's DNA test results.