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61 HUNTER v. GREENWOOD TRUST COMPANY -- rank: 752

... party in a class-action suit, contends that: New Jersey's Retail Installment Sales Act (RISA) (since amended in 1995) forbids ... New Jersey customers from charging late-payment fees; Greenwood Trust's advertising and card-member agreements violate New Jersey's Consumer Fraud Act; and the imposition of late-payment fees ... definition of interest, Greenwood Trust contends that RISA, and Hunter's other claims, conflict with, and are preempted by, section 521 ... and the Appellate Division affirmed. The Supreme Court granted Hunter's petition for certification. HELD:     For substantially the same reasons expressed ... Deregulation and Monetary Control Act does not preempt New Jersey's Retail Installment Sales Act's prohibition on late-payment ...

docket:	a-103-94
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1995-11-28
status:
citation:	143 N.J. 97
Document Size:	58541

62 In the Matter of the Adoption of a Child by J.E.V. and D.G.V. -- rank: 749

... L.A. that it intended to proceed with the child’s adoption. In a letter dated March 1, 2013, CHS told ... ” The letter enclosed multiple forms for L.A.’s consent, and advised L.A. that she could file a written objection with the Surrogate’s Office within thirty-five days. Toward the end of the ... objection letters. 2 On August 1 , 2013, with the agency’s consent, J.E.V. and D.G.V. filed a ... Society at (973) 622-0063 or the Essex County Surrogate’s Court at (973) 621-4900. If you qualify, the Court ... statutory requirements had been met and terminated L.A.’s parental rights. L.A. appealed, and the Appellate Division ...

docket:	A-39-15
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2016-07-26
status:
citation:	226 N.J. 90 141 A.3d 254
Document Size:	105624

63 BRILL V. THE GUARDIAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA -- rank: 749

... standard policy would be issued.     The application stated that Brill's policy would become effective on delivery of the policy to ... have existed for sixty days from the date of Guardian's medical examination and would have 1) provided $500,000 in ... life-insurance policy with Brill as the named insured. Brill's wife, Robin, was the primary beneficiary. The policy was forwarded ... Brill. On July 24, 1989, prior to delivery of Guardian's policy, Brill underwent surgery and was diagnosed with colon cancer ... not ask Brill whether there was any change in Brill's health since the time of the application. On June 29 ... policy. Guardian denied the claim on the ground that Brill's policy was "null and void as of its effective ...

docket:	a-123-94
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1995-10-24
status:
citation:	142 N.J. 520
Document Size:	80461

64 State v. Roosevelt Grey -- rank: 749

... the three felony murder counts.     The Appellate Division affirmed Grey's conviction and sentence, reasoning that consistent verdicts are not required ... to compromise, mistake or leniency.     The Supreme Court granted Grey's petition for certification limited to the issue of inconsistent verdicts ... not necessarily indicate that the jury was unconvinced of Grey's guilt, but might be the result of leniency or nullification ... cannot substitute its interpretation of the verdict for the jury's. The jury simply did not convict Grey of arson. The ... is not the case here. He concurs with the majority's holding that in the future, trial courts should instruct juries ... and JUSTICES HANDLER and STEIN join in JUSTICE O'HERN'S opinion. JUSTICE COLEMAN has filed an opinion concurring in ...

docket:	a-1-96
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1996-12-11
status:
citation:	147 N.J. 4
Document Size:	101068

65 State v. Allen James -- rank: 746

... Abaza stopped his car, the man walked to the driver's side window and pulled a handgun. The man demanded that ... getting into the car, a second man entered the passenger's side.     Abaza described the men in detail to the police ... that he was in the room. Abaza quickly picked James's photograph out as the gunman.     James and Luis Vincent were indicted for robbery. James moved to suppress Abaza's out-of-court identification and any in-court identification arising ... The State objected. The trial court determined that if James's attorney opened the door to the identification issue, the State could introduce the otherwise-excluded evidence of the victim's prior identification. Defense counsel withdrew the question.     James was ...

docket:	a-106-95
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1996-06-20
status:
citation:	144 N.J. 538
Document Size:	65848

66 Carol Tarr v. Bob Ciasulli,, et als. -- rank: 746

... of hostile work environment and sexual harassment under New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination (LAD), N.J.S.A. 10:5-1 to –49, the Court considers whether the trial court properly dismissed plaintiff’s claims for emotional distress damages and her claim against the ... it did not, Tarr left again, in April 1996. Tarr’s testimony at trial was corroborated by various witnesses, including her ... monthly meetings attended by all sales personnel. In addition, Tarr’s immediate supervisor testified that she telephoned Ciasulli directly when her ... following allegations of sexual harassment. At the close of Tarr’s case, the trial court dismissed her emotional distress claims. ...

docket:	a-24-03
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2004-08-09
status:
citation:	181 N.J. 70
Document Size:	107212

67 CHARLES MAUDSLEY AND BARBARA MAUDSLEY v. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, et al. -- rank: 743

... IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITY AND INDIVIDUALLY, CAPE MAY COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE, CAPE MAY COUNTY NARCOTICS TASK FORCE, ROBERT CRAMER, CAPE ... HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AND INDIVIDUALLY, AND CAPE MAY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT,     Defendant-Appellants/Cross-Respondents. ___________________________________________________________         Argued October 7, 2002 - Decided ... Greenberg and Sade, attorneys; Ms. Morris, on the brief).         Lawrence S. Lustberg argued the cause for respondents (Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan ... J.A.D.     Cape May County, Cape May County Prosecutor's Office, Cape May County Narcotics Task Force, Robert Cramer and ... costs to plaintiffs.     The Maudsleys cross appeal from the judge's decision denying punitive damages, prejudgment interest, and award of only ... nothing was found.     The Maudsleys filed suit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 for compensatory damages to themselves and to ...

docket:	a5616-00
court:	njappellate
decided:	2003-02-27
status:	published
citation:	357 N.J. Super. 560
Document Size:	94845

68 W.T. v. DIVISION OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND HEALTH SERVICES -- rank: 743

... 2006 - Decided March 1, 2007 Before Judges Coburn, Collester and S.L. Reisner. On appeal from a Final Agency Decision of ... incorporated into a judgment of divorce on an institutionalized applicant's qualification for Medicaid benefits. The appeal is taken from the ... of a penalty delaying the effective date of W.T.'s participation in the Medicaid program. The twenty-two month delay ... return from bank deposits, their only income was W.T.'s monthly social security payment of $1,600. M.T. and ... Med. Assist ance a nd Health Servs. , 140 N.J. 480 (1995); Weinkrantz v. Weinkrantz , 129 N.J. Super. 28 , 32 ... Nursing Home to draft terms for a PSA. Ms. Goldring's position on behalf of M.T. was that in ...

docket:	A0089-05
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2007-03-01
status:	published
citation:	391 N.J. Super. 25 916 A.2d 1066
Document Size:	96712

69 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. NATHAN N. SHAW -- rank: 743

... they were passengers. As a result of the motel room's search, the police stopped the vehicle and ultimately discovered additional CDS inside. Prior to Bolden's and Shaw's trials, the court conducted a suppression hearing and concluded that ... of the vehicle, based upon the invalidity of the driver's consent to the search and it not extending to a ... Neptune Township Police Officer Jason Rademacher and Ocean County Sheriff's Officer Kurt Kroeper — are not contested, and can be ... arrest began on Sunday, December 4, 2011, with the vehicle's driver, Jasmine Hanson, complaining to an employee of a ...

docket:	a2711-13
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2016-08-25
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	88285

70 Sondra Connor v. Penelope Powell -- rank: 739

... involves the existence of probable cause, or a police officer's objectively reasonable belief that probable cause existed, to arrest a ... of a dangerous weapon. The appeal follows the trial court's involuntary dismissal of claims asserted by Sondra Connor against four ... false arrest, false imprisonment, and malicious prosecution under 42 U.S.C.A . Section 1983 (Section 1983).     The events at issue ... was read into the record. At the end of plaintiff's case, the trial judge granted defense motions for the involuntary dismissal of all plaintiff's claims. In dismissing the Section 1983 claims against the officers ... a matter of law that probable cause existed for plaintiff's arrest and imprisonment, but stated no factual findings.     Plaintiff ...

docket:	a-83-98
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2000-01-31
status:
citation:	162 N.J. 397
Document Size:	52729

71 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. FRANK BENITEZ -- rank: 736

... both defendants were convicted of second degree robbery, N.J.S.A. 2C:20-3a. They both received extended term sentences ... leading to defendants' convictions and those related to the victim's testimony by way of videotape deposition. On Tuesday, October 12 ... daughter and son-in-law left shortly after placing War's plaid suitcase on her bed and her groceries and laundry ... two men who lived next door.     Ronald Cobilich, Ms. Cobilich's son, testified at trial. He testified that on October 12 ... the street and told him and his mother that War's house had just been robbed and asked that they call ... the street and entered the residence located next to War's home with a key. Approximately one minute later, Mr. ...

docket:	a5636-00
court:	njappellate
decided:	2003-05-07
status:	published
citation:	*CITE_PENDING*
Document Size:	69961

72 BRIAN HEYERT v. MENASSIE TADDESE -- rank: 736

... violated the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act (CFA), N.J.S.A. 56:8-1 to -195, by charging rent in ... a hardship rent increase. The landlords claimed that the municipality's rent control ordinance is unconstitutional and that the legal base ... of it. The landlords also assert error in the court's dismissal of their constitutional claims, its refusal to entertain their ... opportunities to those with low incomes. Buyers of the project's two-family homes received a down payment of $15,000 ... exchange for a twenty-year commitment to rent the home's upper unit to a Section 8 1 eligible family pursuant ... which time the rental units became subject to the City's Municipal Rent Control Ordinance. 2 Landlords Melaku and Taddese ( ...

docket:	a4801-10
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-06-25
status:	published
citation:	431 N.J.Super. 388 70 A.3d 680
Document Size:	128038

73 Richard W. Berg v. Hon. Christopher J. Christie -- rank: 736

... statute, L. 1997, c. 113 (presently codified as N.J.S.A. 43:3C-9.5). The Pension Adjustment Act (PAA ... legislative provision of COLAs for public sector retirees. The PAA’s initial reach was limited, granting adjustments only to those who ... leave to intervene and file a complant. On the State’s motion, the trial court dismissed the two actions in their ... a published opinion, the Appellate Division reversed the trial court’s dismissal of the complaints, concluding that Chapter 113 created a ... the State filed a cross-petition from the Appellate Division’s judgment. The Court granted both applications. 222 N.J. 311 ... construe a statute as creating a contractual right, the Legislature’s intent to limit the subsequent exercise of legislative power ...

docket:	A-71-72
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2016-06-09
status:
citation:
Document Size:	174735

74 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. FRANK BENITEZ -- rank: 736

... both defendants were convicted of second degree robbery, N.J.S.A. 2C:20-3a. They both received extended term sentences ... leading to defendants' convictions and those related to the victim's testimony by way of videotape deposition. On Tuesday, October 12 ... daughter and son-in-law left shortly after placing War's plaid suitcase on her bed and her groceries and laundry ... two men who lived next door.     Ronald Cobilich, Ms. Cobilich's son, testified at trial. He testified that on October 12 ... the street and told him and his mother that War's house had just been robbed and asked that they call ... the street and entered the residence located next to War's home with a key. Approximately one minute later, Mr. ...

docket:	a5680-00
court:	njappellate
decided:	2003-05-07
status:	published
citation:	360 N.J. Super. 101
Document Size:	69985

75 Mettinger v. Globe Slicing Machine Co., Inc. -- rank: 733

... successor to Globe Slicing. Globe Food was aware of Mettinger's suit when it purchased the meat-slicer assets.      After pretrial discovery, the Law Division granted Globe Food's motion for summary judgment against Lowensten. The court concluded that ... because of the statute of limitations, the court dismissed Lowensten's third-party indemnification complaint. Mettinger proceeded to trial against Lowensten ... was determined that Globe Food had carried on Globe Slicing's product line to a degree sufficient to justify the imposition ... have been time-barred.     The Supreme Court granted Globe Food's petition for certification of the Appellate Division judgment. HELD : In ... that purchased all or substantially all of the original manufacturer's     assets and undertook essentially the same manufacturing operation as ...

docket:	a-47-97
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1998-05-14
status:
citation:	153 N.J. 371
Document Size:	74033