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16 VONNIE CORNETT v. JOHNSON & JOHNSON -- rank: 837

... preempted by the Medical Device Amendments of 1976 (MDA), 21 U.S.C.A. §§ 360c-360m, to the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA), 21 U.S.C.A. §§ 301-399. Also at issue is whether Kentucky's or New Jersey's statute of limitations applies to ...

docket:	a5539-08
court:	New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2010-07-23
status:	Published
citation:
Document Size:	108451

17 Senna v. Florimont -- rank: 834

... light most favorable to plaintiff. In 2003, Senna owned Flipper’s Fascination, a boardwalk arcade game in Wildwood. Fascination is a competitive game of chance regulated by the State’s Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission. The first player to ... until 1995, when he relocated his parlor to Wildwood. Senna’s rival, Florimont, owned a parlor that operated nearby on the ... honored at his Wildwood parlor. Soon after, employees at Florimont’s parlor told customers that Senna would not honor the prize ... open it again in 2000 under the name of Flipper’s Fascination. In 2003, Florimont’s employees broadcast over a public address system to boardwalk ...

docket:	a-35-07
court:
decided:	2008-09-22
status:
citation:	196 N.J. 469
Document Size:	128082

18 State v. Daron Josephs -- rank: 834

... apartment together in December of 1994. Emil testified at defendant's trial. According to Emil, he learned from a friend and ... and Junior were selling marijuana from another source at Emil's sales location and pocketing the money for themselves. Emil confronted ... but McLean disarmed him. Emil went to defendant and Junior's bedroom and took their handguns - a nine millimeter and .45 ... defendant and Junior emerge from the front door of Emil's apartment. When Turan Josephs returned to the apartment later that ... the guilt- phase jury from being impermissibly influenced by defendant's prior murder conviction, separate juries were empaneled for the guilt ... the time of the crimes, and thirteen circumstances of defendant's life under the �catch-all� mitigating factor. The jury ...

docket:	a-113-99
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2002-07-15
status:
citation:	174 N.J. 44
Document Size:	215536

19 Senna v. Florimont -- rank: 834

... light most favorable to plaintiff. In 2003, Senna owned Flipper's Fascination, a boardwalk arcade game in Wildwood. Fascination is a competitive game of chance regulated by the State's Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission. The first player to ... until 1995, when he relocated his parlor to Wildwood. Senna's rival, Florimont, owned a parlor that operated nearby on the ... honored at his Wildwood parlor. Soon after, employees at Florimont's parlor told customers that Senna would not honor the prize ... open it again in 2000 under the name of Flipper's Fascination. In 2003, Florimont's employees broadcast over a public address system to boardwalk ...

docket:	a-35-07
court:
decided:	2008-09-22
status:
citation:	196 N.J. 469 958 A.2d 427
Document Size:	157335

20 State in the Interest of J.A. -- rank: 831

... a majority of the Court. In Crawford v. Washington , 541 U.S. 36, 124 S. Ct. 1354, 158 L. Ed. 2d. 177 (2004), the United ... home in Paterson. Fourteen-year-old H.A. grabbed Chavez’s shoulder from behind and attempted to wrest her purse from ... running alongside him. Chavez did not see the other individual’s face, and was only able to describe him as wearing ... spoke to the officer. At trial, over J.A.’s objection, the court permitted Officer Semmel to testify to ...

docket:	a-2-07
court:
decided:	2008-06-23
status:
citation:	195 N.J. 324
Document Size:	139712

21 State v. Ambrose A. Harris -- rank: 831

... this capital case, Ambrose Harris appeals from the trial court�s denial of his petition for post-conviction relief (PCR). Ordinarily, the Court�s review would be based on the findings and conclusions of ... what the court did. The statements reveal the PCR court�s disdain for Harris and a preordained view that its role ... sentencing system is meaningless. The nature of the trial court�s comments raise the issue whether the Court can affirm a ... appropriateness of the sentence rests elsewhere. Caldwell v. Mississippi , 472 U.S. 320 , 105 S. Ct. 2633 , 86 L.Ed.2d ...

docket:	a-94-02
court:	New Jersey Supreme Court
decided:	2004-10-19
status:
citation:
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22 Aleice Jeter v. Sam's Club -- rank: 824

... Unpublished.) SYLLABUS This syllabus is not part of the Court’s opinion. It has been prepared by the Office of the ... P.V. The Court first considers the Appellate Division majority’s holding that police officers, prior to interrogation, are required to ... that information. Second, the Court considers whether the trial court’s decision to admit at trial P.V.’s prior testimony at a pretrial hearing violated the rule against ... a vehicle observed near the scene of P.V.’s shooting. Defendant denied that he was involved in the shooting ... totality of the circumstances, the trial court held that defendant’s waiver of his Miranda rights was knowing and voluntary, ...

docket:	a-53-20
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2022-03-17
status:
citation:
Document Size:	124186

23 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF SIDNEY STARK -- rank: 821

... of her husband, defendants' father, Sidney Stark. 1 Upon Sylvia's death, defendants received the remainder of assets in the QTIP trust as its residuary beneficiaries; however, Sylvia's estate was required to pay estate taxes on the transfer ... these assets to defendants at her death. Defendants opposed plaintiff's request for reimbursement of the taxes attributable to the QTIP assets, relying on a clause in Sidney's will. The provision stated that if Sylvia died within three years after Sidney's death, the QTIP trust would be responsible for any estate ... Therefore, defendants argue the implication of the terms of Sidney's will is that Sylvia accepted the obligation to pay ...

docket:	a3913-09
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2011-08-24
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	45440

24 State v. Charles E. Reddish, Jr. -- rank: 815

... Friday, February 22, 1991, an elderly downstairs neighbor of Rosenthal�s heard a loud thump emanating from Rosenthal�s apartment. The neighbor also heard Rosenthal�s patio door open and close. Rosenthal did not report to ... on Wednesday, February 27, 1991. Police officers went to Rosenthal�s apartment to investigate. They noticed newspapers accumulated outside the unlocked ... showed no sign of a struggle or forced entry. Rosenthal�s bed was made, and her closets were orderly and full ... the apartment. Officers noticed no unusual odors or smells. Rosenthal�s car, containing her briefcase and topcoat, was still in ...

docket:	a-47-02
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2004-11-10
status:
citation:	181 N.J. 553
Document Size:	216213

25 STATE OF NEW JERSEY V. ANTHONY DIFRISCO -- rank: 815

... who was partial sat as a result of the defendant's exhaustion of peremptories. Erroneous advice from counsel did not constitute ... capital murder charge. (pp. 7-13) 2. Original trial counsel's erroneous sentencing prediction -- that DiFrisco would not receive the death ... the constitutional guarantee of an impartial jury. The trial court's failure to excuse a particular juror for cause was harmless ... court to instruct the jury that it could consider DiFrisco's exercise of his right of allocution insofar as it impacted ... not in any way prohibit the jury from considering DiFrisco's statement as an indication of his remorse. (pp. 43-49 ... hired DiFrisco and also the devastating emotional effect that DiFrisco's execution would have on his mother. Neither of those ...

docket:	a-98-93
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1994-07-27
status:
citation:	137 N.J. 434
Document Size:	242186

26 Sopharie Leang, et al. v. Jersey City Board of Education, et al. -- rank: 812

... that statement in light of what he described as Leang’s “bizarre behavior” and her “stressed out and . . . very ... eventually to Bruno. Leang was then escorted to the nurse’s office. When Bruno and the school board’s social worker attempted to speak with Leang about the incident ... than by a faculty member, defendant Jersey City Police Department’s Emergency Services Unit (ESU) was summoned in response to Leang’s behavior. ESU was accompanied by defendant Jersey City Medical Center ... treatment of any kind in connection with those events. Plaintiff’s original complaint named only the Jersey City Board of ...

docket:	a-21-08
court:
decided:	2009-04-16
status:
citation:	198 N.J. 557
Document Size:	124015

27 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. JASON TOLEDO -- rank: 808

... entry of a guilty plea), in exchange for the State's recommendation of an eight-year sentence subject to the 85 ... forth in the No Early Release Act (NERA), N.J.S.A. 2C:43-7.2, and a five-year period ... AND HIS CODEFENDANTS. Because the appeals challenge the trial court's determinations during a common suppression hearing, we calendared the matters ... suppression motion, we recite the facts taken from the State's evidence presented during the August 11 and 12, 2008 suppression ... of the road . . . [and] the occupants matched the [suspects'] description[s.]" The stop occurred approximately one and one quarter miles from ... of him. The car contained "a female in the driver's seat and two African-American men in the rear ...

docket:	a5716-08
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2012-04-10
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	86955

28 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. ABDUL HAKIM TILLERY -- rank: 808

... entry of a guilty plea), in exchange for the State's recommendation of an eight-year sentence subject to the 85 ... forth in the No Early Release Act (NERA), N.J.S.A. 2C:43-7.2, and a five-year period ... AND HIS CODEFENDANTS. Because the appeals challenge the trial court's determinations during a common suppression hearing, we calendared the matters ... suppression motion, we recite the facts taken from the State's evidence presented during the August 11 and 12, 2008 suppression ... of the road . . . [and] the occupants matched the [suspects'] description[s.]" The stop occurred approximately one and one quarter miles from ... of him. The car contained "a female in the driver's seat and two African-American men in the rear ...

docket:	a0402-09
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2012-04-10
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	93018

29 LOUIS HORNBERGER, ROBERT TONKERY et al. v. AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES, INC., et al. -- rank: 805

... argued the cause for appellant (Lynch, Teitelbaum & Geldhauser, attorneys; Howard S. Teitelbaum and Mr. Johnson, of counsel and on the brief ... men out of the car, frisked them, searched the car's interior, found no contraband, and released them. Defendant Diane Armstrong, Jason Armstrong's mother, owned the Mercedes. ����Defendants Joan Martelli and Anna Sims ... Richard Wald, an ABC vice president, and John Zucker, ABC's attorney, approved the use of the hidden cameras. ����With the ... New Jersey Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Control Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:156A-1 to -34; and (3) defendants fraudulently ... prove an actionable fraud claim. We agree with the judge's disposition and affirm. I The "DWB" Broadcast .. November 27, ...

docket:	A0783-00
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2002-05-21
status:	published
citation:	351 N.J. Super. 577 799 A.2d 566
Document Size:	138284

30 ROBERT R. DEAN v. BARRETT HOMES, INC. -- rank: 802

... a claim under the Consumer Fraud Act (CFA), N.J.S.A. 56:8-1 to -184, and the Products Liability Act (PLA), N.J.S.A. 2A:58C-1 to -11. The motion judge granted ... to defendant Architectural Exterior Finishes. William E. Borra, Jr., Barrett's representative, claimed only that Sto had brought him some samples ... were familiar with the stucco material used on the house's exterior. Although the builder may have provided them with some ... by the contractors. According to plaintiffs, the defect in defendant's product was that "[t]here [was] no secondary weather protection ... plaintiffs had sustained an "economic loss" only. That is, defendant's product was defective and had to be removed, which ...

docket:	a1479-07
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2002-05-14
status:	published
citation:	406 N.J. Super. 453 968 A.2d 192
Document Size:	129782