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16 STEPHANIE VILLANUEVA v. AMICA MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY -- rank: 658

... its cause of action for conversion under the UCC, see N.J.S.A. 12A:3-420.     There is no controlling or persuasive New Jersey precedent governing ... period in N.J.S.A. 12A:3-419 by N.J.S.A. 12A:3-420. With the adoption of the 1995 amendments to the UCC ...

docket:	a3214-03
court:	njappellate
decided:	2005-01-04
status:	published
citation:	*CITE_PENDING*
Document Size:	31214

17 STEPHANIE VILLANUEVA v. AMICA MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY -- rank: 658

... its cause of action for conversion under the UCC, see N.J.S.A. 12A:3-420.     There is no controlling or persuasive New Jersey precedent governing ... period in N.J.S.A. 12A:3-419 by N.J.S.A. 12A:3-420. With the adoption of the 1995 amendments to the UCC ...

docket:	a3214-03
court:	njappellate
decided:	2005-01-04
status:	published
citation:	374 N.J. Super. 57
Document Size:	31236

18 IRVIN C. JOHNSON, III v. IRVIN C. JOHNSON, JR., JOANNA R. JOHNSON -- rank: 632

... the payee is a person entitled to enforce an instrument. N.J.S.A. 12A:3-420 cmt. 1; Leeds v. Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. , 331 ... liable even if it acted in a commercially reasonable manner. N.J.S.A. 12A:3-420 cmt. 3; Kuhn , supra , 366 N.J. Super. at 445 ... division of New York Community Bank." The 1995 revision of N.J.S.A. 12A:3-420 eliminated this defense for the depositary bank because it is ...

docket:	A1921-04
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2005-12-06
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	41661

19 COUNTY CONCRETE CORP. V. GENE SMITH, ET ALS -- rank: 625

... and 4 of the Uniform Commercial Code were substantially revised. N.J.S.A. 12A:3-420 which removes the "absolute liability" language in 12A:3-419 ...

docket:	a1868-97
court:	njappellate
decided:	1998-12-16
status:	published
citation:	<a href=
Document Size:	31459

20 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/appellate/a4048-17.opn.html -- rank: 615

... conversion of a check by paying on a forged endorsement. N.J.S.A. 12A:3-420(a); see also N.J. Lawyers' Fund for Client Prot ... 62 (App. Div. 2005) (noting that '[c]onversion occurs' under N.J.S.A. 12A:3-420(a) 'when [a] bank pays on [a] forged endorsement'); Leeds ...

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21 SOVEREIGN BANK v. UNITED NATIONAL BANK (n/k/a United Trust Bank), -- rank: 609

... United National Bank ("United"), a depositary bank, for conversion under N.J.S.A. 12A:3-420. On cross-motions for summary judgment, the trial court ruled ... judgment against United for $50,000.                          I.     Subsection (a) of N.J.S.A. 12A:3-420 provides in part:      The law applicable to conversion of personal ... John is not the holder of the check.     Thus, under N.J.S.A. 12A:3-420 in its present format, we stated, "[p]ayment of a ... time it was filed, HUD had a potential claim under N.J.S.A. 12A:3-420. United stresses that the written waiver by HUD of any ...

docket:	A2790-01
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2003-03-18
status:	published
citation:	359 N.J. Super. 534 821 A.2d 87
Document Size:	20927

22 ANN COVINGTON v. PHYLLIS DANIEL -- rank: 605

... 331 N.J. Super. 416 , 422 (App. Div. 2000); see N.J.S.A. 12A:3-420 cmt. 1. A conversion occurs when "a bank makes or ... liable even if it acted in a commercially reasonable manner. N.J.S.A. 12A:3-420 cmt. 3. Thus, absent an applicable defense, BOA, as the ...

docket:	a4623-12
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2014-09-22
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	35219

23 HUDSON NEUROLOGICAL CLINIC, INC., et al. v. PNC BANK, N.A. -- rank: 602

... for conversion. It was replaced, effective June 1, 1995, by N.J.S.A . 12A:3-420 of the revised Article 3, which in contrast provides in ... that Comment 1 of the Uniform Commercial Code Comments to N.J.S.A . 12A:3-420, effective June 1, 1995, states, "There was ... a split of ...

docket:	A0349-99
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2000-11-20
status:	published
citation:
Document Size:	16531

24 ESTATE OF CALVERT OSTLUND, SR. v. CALVERT OSTLUND, JR., et al. -- rank: 586

... Code § 15-4(a) (West Publishing, eds., 5th ed. 2000). N.J.S.A. 12A:3-420(a) provides, in part, that "[a]n action for conversion ...

docket:	A3739-05
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2007-03-23
status:	published
citation:	391 N.J. Super. 390 918 A.2d 649
Document Size:	41291

25 MATTHEW ZUCARO v. THE LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL BOTTON LLC -- rank: 559

... plaintiffs' claims against it. Santander contended liability for conversion under N.J.S.A. 12A:3- 420 attaches only where payment is obtained for 'a person not ... negotiable instruments, the UCC, as codified in New Jersey at N.J.S.A. 12A:3-420(a), provides '[a]n instrument is . . . converted if it is ...

docket:	a1921-16
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2018-05-23
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	40075

26 DANCO, INC. VS COMERCE BANK/SHORE N.A. & SAN FRAN PLUMBING -- rank: 473

... Div. 1995). There was not a conversion by Commerce under N.J.S.A. 12A:3-420(a) because, even assuming that Danco's indorsement are forgeries ...

docket:	a4567-94
court:	njappellate
decided:	1996-05-10
status:	published
citation:	290 N.J.Super. 211
Document Size:	22345

27 CLIFFORD N. KUHN, JR., et al. v. JOSEPH M. TUMMINELLI, et al. -- rank: 460

... 226-27 (App. Div. 1997) (discussing the 1995 amendments to N.J.S.A. 12A:3-420). Accordingly, for the reasons explained above, we conclude that Judge ...

docket:	A3215-02
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2004-02-11
status:	published
citation:	366 N.J. Super. 431 841 A.2d 496
Document Size:	28252