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1 Liberty Insurance Corp. v. Techdan -- rank: 1000
... argued that the jury should allocate fault in accordance with N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.2(a)(2). Notwithstanding the prior judge’s ruling that ... to allocate percentages of fault to defendants in accordance with N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.2(a)(2). The Appellate Division also held that the ... petition, 251 N.J. 41 (2022). 2 HELD: Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.2(a) and -5.2(d), the trial court should ... that a new jury may apportion percentages of fault under N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.2(a)(2). The Court does not disturb the first ... ultimate outcome charge in this complex matter. 1. The CNA, N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.1 to -5.8, codifies the principle of comparative negligence ... and the court’s molding of the verdict are mandatory. N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.2(a), (b), (d). Contrary to the trial court’ ...
docket: a-52-21
court: NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided: 2023-02-15
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2 Twanda Jones v. Morey Pier, Inc. -- rank: 930
... be sixty percent or more responsible for the total damages, N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.3(a), and affords to a defendant “compelled to ... share” of the damages a contribution claim against joint tortfeasors, N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.3(e). The JTCL, N.J.S.A. 2A:53A ... even if that percentage met the sixty-percent threshold of N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.3(a), best furthered the Legislature’s equitable intent. The ... fault to the Association pursuant to the Comparative Negligence Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.1 to -5.8, and the Joint Tortfeasors Contribution Law ... and the trial court molds the judgment in accordance with N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.2(d). We reverse the trial court’s determination. The ... fault should be allocated to the Association in accordance with N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.2. Should the jury find that the Association was ...
docket: A-75-15
court: NJ Supreme Court
decided: 2017-07-27
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citation: 230 N.J. 142 165 A.3d 769
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3 Todd B. Glassman v. Steven P. Friedel -- rank: 897
... of the Legislature’s enactment of the Comparative Negligence Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.1 to -5.8. Glassman v. Friedel, 465 N.J ... court molds the judgment in accordance with that assessment. See N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.2. The Legislature incorporated the right of contribution prescribed by ... JTCL into the CNA’s fault-based allocation scheme. See N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.3(e). When the CNA and JTCL are applied in ... the non-settling defendants as joint tortfeasors, in accordance with N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.2(a), with the percentages adding up to one hundred ... accordance with the percentage of fault allocated to each defendant. N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.2(d). The Court provides detailed guidance as to the ... of the Legislature’s enactment of the Comparative Negligence Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.1 to -5.8. The Appellate Division ordered that ...
docket: a-48-20
court: NJ Supreme Court
decided: 0000-00-00
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4 Brodsky v. Grinnell Haulers, Inc. -- rank: 849
... The Court considers whether, under the Comparative Negligence Act (Act), N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.1 to 5.8, a defendant who has been dismissed ... allocated to Horsman. HELD : Under the Comparative Negligence Act (Act), N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.1 to 5.8, the trier of fact must determine ... of fault on a scale of one to one hundred. N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.2a. We must decide whether the trial court properly allowed ... combined negligence of the persons against whom recovery is sought. N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.1. In other words, a plaintiff who is found to ... by the plaintiff and each partys percentage of negligence. N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.2a. Based on the percentage of fault attributed to each ... and computes the amount of damages owed by each defendant. N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.2d. A plaintiff is entitled to recover the full ...
docket: a-46-03
court: njsupreme
decided: 2004-08-10
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citation: 181 N.J. 102
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5 JOSE CARBAJAL v. NANCY V. PATEL -- rank: 849
... precludes plaintiff's right under the Comparative Negligence Act (CNA), N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.1 to -5.8, to full recovery of the $200 ... UM carrier does not preclude plaintiff's full recovery under N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.3(a) of the CNA, where the plain text makes ... accordance with Rule 4:42-1(c) and relying on N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.3(a), plaintiff's counsel submitted a proposed order for ... sixty percent); or, if she must fully compensate plaintiff under N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.3(a), then order the non-joint tortfeasor UM carrier ... SIXTY PERCENT . . . RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TOTAL DAMAGES IN ACCORDANCE WITH N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.3(a). POINT II THE TRIAL [JUDGE] ERRED IN FAILING ... degrees of fault of the parties involved in a case. N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.2(a)(2). Moreover, any finding of contributory negligence ...
docket: a1999-19
court: NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided: 2021-06-02
status: Published
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6 Michael DePalma, et al. v. Building Inspection Underwriters, et al. -- rank: 845
... 10,000, the maximum allowed under the Family Leave Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.9 to -5.17; and the award of counsel fees ... defendant for compensatory damages or $350,000, whichever is greater." N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.14. See footnote 11 11 After raising the issue, the ... of punitive damages awards in most cases. See, e.g. , N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.11 (requiring a specific prayer for such relief to be included in the complaint); N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.12a (requiring clear and convincing proof of a defendant's ... negligence, even gross negligence, as a ground for punitive damages); N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.13e (barring joint and several liability for a punitive damages award); N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.14b (capping the amount of a punitive damages award); ...
docket: a7022-98
court: njappellate
decided: 2002-04-15
status: published
citation: 350 N.J. Super. 195 794 A.2d 848
Document Size: 72668
7 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/trial/ber-c-77-08.opn.html -- rank: 814
... J.A. v. D.A., 210 N.J. 229 (2012); N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.11; see Holland v. New Community Corp., 2 007 WL ... who foreseeably might be harmed by those actors or omissions. N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.12 (a). Defendants state that “actual malice” means an ... intentional wrongdoing in the sense of an evil-minded act. N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.10. “Wanton and willful disregard” means a deliberate act ... the conduct or any concealment of it by the defendant. N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.12 (b). In addition, in determining the amount of punitive ... was terminated; and (4) the financial condition of the defendant. N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.12 (c). IV. The award should be vacated because the ... for awarding punitive damages, relying upon both case law and N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.2. (Id.) They argue that Judge Hamlin detailed quite ...
docket: BER-C-77-08
court: NJ Superior Court Law/Chancery Division
decided: 0000-00-00
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8 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/supreme/a-c0-11.opn.html -- rank: 797
... 1.1(a), and 2) whether the Comparative Negligence Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.2, and the Joint Tortfeasors Contribution Law, N.J.S ... 1.1(a), and 2) whether the Comparative Negligence Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.2, and the Joint Tortfeasors Contribution Law, N.J.S ... to that individual or entity, because the Comparative Negligence Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.2(a)(2), authorizes apportionment only to “the parties ... of all the parties to a suit shall be 100%. [ N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.2(a).] In practice, the Comparative Negligence Act requires the ... the percentages assigned to each party adding up to 100%. N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.2(a)(2). With the factfinder’s task complete, ... findings of fact made by the trier of fact.” N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.2(d). In accordance with N.J.S.A. ...
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9 BRUCE KAYE v. ALAN P. ROSEFIELDE -- rank: 792
Original Wordprocessor Version This case can also be found at 432 N.J.Super. 421 or 75 A.3d 1168. (NOTE: The status of this decision is Published .) NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. A-1120-07T1 B ...
docket: a1120-07
court: NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided: 2013-08-16
status: published
citation: 432 N.J.Super. 421 75 A.3d 1168
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10 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/supreme/a-9-10-19.opn.html -- rank: 792
... largely codified Kelly in enacting the Social Host Liability Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.5 to -5.8. The Act’s text and legislative ... 1994), which held that under the Social Host Liability Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.6(b), liability may attach to a social host who ... person who was provided alcoholic beverages by a social host. [N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.6(b).] By design, the Social Host Liability Act did ... the legal age to purchase and consume alcoholic beverages.” N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.5. Notably, only a person over the age of twenty ... a person who has attained the legal age’” (quoting N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.5 to -5.8)). Indeed, the Governor’s Reconsideration and ... s negligent provision of alcoholic beverages to that person.” N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.7. Thus, the intoxicated social guest who causes injury ...
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11 SHELLEY PRITCHETT v. STATE OF NEW JERSEY -- rank: 780
... of the quantum of punitive damages was before the judge. N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.14(a) provides: Before entering judgment for an award of ... not, the judge must reduce or eliminate the award' (quoting N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.14(a))). Because the judge's review of the punitive ...
docket: a1956-17
court: NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided: 2020-04-24
status: Unpublished
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12 Samuel Mejia v. Quest Diagnostics, Inc. -- rank: 780
... be 60% or more responsible for the total damages.” N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.3(a). In that instance, the party that is ... ’” Jones, 230 N.J. at 159-60 (quoting N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.3(e)). A defendant may file a claim for contribution ... is compelled to pay more than his percentage share,” N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.3(e), and the trier of fact accords a percentage of fault against the third-party defendant, N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.2(a)(2). In that instance, the third-party plaintiff ... to Fernandez could affect plaintiff’s recovery under provisions of N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.3. The fact that plaintiff cannot recover from Fernandez directly ... the [relieved defendant].” 230 N.J. at 170 (citing N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.2(d)). In support of his motion, Fernandez likened ...
docket: a-88-18
court: NJ Supreme Court
decided: 0000-00-00
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13 HAROLD E. SMITH VS ALAN L. WHITAKER, JR. & ET ALS -- rank: 776
... passion and prejudice. Coastal stresses that the Legislature "recently passed N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.14," which caps punitive damage awards in most civil actions ... or five times compensatory, whichever is the greater amount." See N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.9 to -5.17, was enacted on June 29, 1995 ...
docket: a0457-96
court: njappellate
decided: 1998-06-15
status: published
citation: 313 N.J.Super. 165
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14 Town of Kearny v. Louis F. Brandt -- rank: 773
... 1.1(a), and 2) whether the Comparative Negligence Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.2, and the Joint Tortfeasors Contribution Law, N.J.S ... 1.1(a), and 2) whether the Comparative Negligence Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.2, and the Joint Tortfeasors Contribution Law, N.J.S ... to that individual or entity, because the Comparative Negligence Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.2(a)(2), authorizes apportionment only to “the parties ... of all the parties to a suit shall be 100%. [ N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.2(a).] In practice, the Comparative Negligence Act requires the ... the percentages assigned to each party adding up to 100%. N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.2(a)(2). With the factfinder’s task complete, ... findings of fact made by the trier of fact.” N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.2(d). In accordance with N.J.S.A. ...
docket: a-60-11
court: New Jersey Supreme Court
decided: 2013-06-20
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15 Frederick W. Voss v. Kristoffe J. Tranquilino -- rank: 769
... drunk driver. See N.J.S.A. 2A:22A-6; N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.1. CHIEF JUSTICE RABNER and JUSTICES LONG, LaVECCHIA, HOENS, and ... for owner’s allowing intoxicated person to drive his vehicle); N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.6(b)(3) (establishing social-host liability when intoxicated person ... intoxicated and later suffers injury in an automobile accident. See N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.7. 3 A point overlooked by the Appellate Division is ...
docket: A-110-09
court: NJ Supreme Court
decided: 2011-06-01
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citation: 206 N.J. 93 19 A.3d 470
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