Trenton, New Jersey civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a Handicapped Child Act violation theory.

Title 20 U.S.C. §1401. Definitions

Except as otherwise provided, in this chapter:
(1) Assistive technology device
(A) In general

The term "assistive technology device" means any item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquir... More...    $0 (10-29-2021 - NJ)

Trenton, New Jersey criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.

Kevon Belfon, 35, of Jamaica, New York, was charged with one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:

On July 24, 2020, Belfon knowingly possessed a Taurus 9-millimeter semi-automa... More...    $0 (05-12-2021 - NJ)

While a patron at defendant Sahara Sam’s Oasis Water Park,
plaintiff Roy Steinberg suffered a catastrophic spinal cord
injury while participating in a water ride that simulated riding
a surfboard. Plaintiff filed a lawsuit against Sahara Sam’s
Oasis, LLC, alleging that his injuries were caused by its gross
negligence and violations of statutory and regulatory provisions <... More...    $0 (08-23-2016 - NJ)

New Jersey has a significant body of statutory and
decisional law protecting employee rights -- protections that
exist whether the employee is a union member or not. Among
those are wage and hour and whistleblower protections. Facts
that can give rise to a violation of those state-law protections
can often (for union workers) also give rise to a claim based on
a col... More...    $0 (08-16-2016 - NJ)

Defendant Binh Thach appeals from the dismissal of his
petition for post-conviction relief (PCR) following an
evidentiary hearing. He contends his plea counsel was
constitutionally deficient by failing to discover readily
available medical records suggesting defendant suffered from a
serious mental condition at the time he committed his crimes and
by failing to secur... More...    $0 (06-30-2016 - NJ)

In 2009, a summons and complaint was issued to defendant
accusing him of one count of second-degree insurance fraud,
N.J.S.A. 2C:21-4.6, and one count of third-degree theft by
deception, N.J.S.A. 2C:20-4. Defendant's counsel negotiated a
plea agreement whereby defendant would enter a plea of guilty to
one count of fourth-degree fraudulent obtaining of State Health
Be... More...    $0 (03-01-2016 - NJ)

After his motion to suppress inculpatory statements made to
police was partially denied, defendant Darrick Hudson entered a
guilty plea, pursuant to a negotiated agreement, to first-degree
aggravated manslaughter, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4(a); first-degree
robbery, N.J.S.A. 2C:15-1; and third-degree hindering
apprehension, N.J.S.A. 2C:29-3(b)(1). He was sentenced in
accordanc... More...    $0 (03-01-2016 - NJ)

The pertinent facts are as follows. Plaintiff was a
temporary employee who worked as a machine operator at
defendant's manufacturing facility from March 2011 to October
2011. She was re-hired as a temporary employee in January 2012
and hired as a permanent employee on February 27, 2012. She
resigned on March 27, 2012.
Plaintiff alleges she was sexually harassed on... More...    $0 (02-26-2016 - NJ)

The Workers' Compensation system has been described as an historic "trade-off" whereby employees relinquish their right to pursue common-law remedies in exchange for prompt and automatic entitlement to benefits for work-related injuries. Millison v. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., 101 N.J. 161, 174, 501 A.2d 505 (1985). That characterization is only broadly accurate. In fact, not every worker inj... More...    $0 (02-25-2002 - NJ)

In this appeal, we consider whether the Rhode Island
Medical Malpractice Joint Underwriting Association (RIJUA) must
defend and indemnify a podiatrist in a medical malpractice
action pending in New Jersey following rescission of the
podiatrist’s medical malpractice liability policy. The policy
had been rescinded due to material misrepresentations concerning
the state... More...    $0 (12-01-2015 - NJ)

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In this appeal, we examine the role of our state courts in
making the predicate findings necessary for a non-citizen child
to apply for “special immigrant juvenile” (SIJ) status under the
Immigration Act of 1990, as amended by the William Wilberforce
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008
(TVPRA), Pub. L. No. 110-457, 122 Stat. 5044. SIJ status... More...    $0 (08-26-2015 - NJ)

The recent history of civil commitment of the mentally ill in this country is inextricably linked with the development of psychotropic drugs—antipsychotics, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, and the like. According to an expert report submitted to the District Court, effective psychotropic medications emerged in the 1950s and “rapidly became a mainstay of treatment” in psychiatric hospitals “beca... More...    $0 (08-09-2015 - NJ)

This appeal involves a putative class action brought by consumers from six states alleging that Appellants-Defendants Volvo Cars of North America, LLC and Volvo
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Car Corporation (collectively “Volvo”) sold certain vehicles with defective sunroof drainage systems. Volvo challenges the grant of class certification by the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. For the reasons th... More...    $0 (07-22-2015 - NJ)

Plaintiffs Linda and David Kubert were grievously injured by an eighteen-year-old driver who was texting while driving and crossed the center-line of the road. Their claims for compensation from the young driver have been settled and are no longer part of this lawsuit. Plaintiffs appeal the trial court's dismissal of their claims against the driver's seventeen-year-old friend who was texting the d... More...    $0 (08-30-2013 - NJ)

The parties appeal from four post-judgment orders in this highly contentious and litigious matrimonial matter. Plaintiff Katherine Milne challenges provisions set forth in Family Part orders dated March 10, 2011, March 23, 2011, and September 30, 2011, the latest of which was entered following our limited remand. Defendant Robert Goldenberg appeals from an April 29, 2011 order, which reallocated ... More...    $0 (09-21-2012 - NJ)

Plaintiff Kelly Ramos appeals the Law Division's April 29, 2011 order granting defendant Herbert Flowers' motion for summary judgment and dismissing his complaint with prejudice. We reverse and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

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We discern the following facts and procedural history from the record on appeal. Because we are reviewing a motion for summary j... More...    $0 (09-22-2012 - NJ)

Plaintiff Ethel Gray appeals the order granting summary judgment entered in favor of defendant 27-75th North Bergen LLP. The issue presented in this appeal is whether sidewalk liability applies to an owner of a vacant commercial building. In deciding this case, we add to the evolving jurisprudence on sidewalk liability and hold that a commercial property owner has a duty to maintain the sidewalk a... More...    $0 (05-07-2012 - NJ)

Plaintiff Gregory Lasky, a paraplegic, filed suit against defendant Moorestown Township, alleging that defendant discriminated against him by not providing him access to Strawbridge Lake Park (park), in violation of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 12101-

12213 (1990), and the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD), N.J.S.A. 10:5-1 to -49. A jury ... More...    $0 (05-11-2012 - NJ)

Plaintiff Elizabeth Tymczyszyn slipped on ice and fell on the sidewalk abutting Columbus Gardens, a multi-unit residential property owned and operated by defendant Hoboken Housing Authority. Plaintiff sued defendant to recover damages for injuries she sustained as a result of the fall. The trial court granted defendant's summary judgment motion based on the immunity conferred upon public entities ... More...    $0 (09-30-2011 - NJ)

Donald Trump, the plaintiff in a suit for defamation, appeals from a Law Division order granting summary judgment to defendants, Timothy O'Brien, the author of TrumpNation, The Art of Being The Donald, and his publishers, Time Warner Book Group, Inc. and Warner Books, Inc.1 On appeal, Trump contends that he produced clear and convincing evidence of actual malice on the part of O'Brien and that iss... More...    $0 (09-13-2011 - NJ)

Defendant, Patricia Gike, the renter of a hotel room, appeals from summary judgment holding her vicariously liable under the Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law, N.J.S.A. 55:13A-l to -28, and its regulations promulgated by the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs (DCA), N.J.A.C. 5:10-1.1 to -28.1, for property damage caused by her guest, even though she never entered the room and was no... More...    $0 (06-28-2011 - NJ)

This is a nursing home negligence action arising from injuries sustained by plaintiff Sanford Canter at the Lakewood of Voorhees Nursing Home, a New Jersey licensed long-term care facility (the nursing home). By leave granted, defendant Seniors Healthcare, Inc. (SHI) appeals from the denial of its motions for partial summary judgment and reconsideration on the issue of whether corporate veil-pierc... More...    $0 (06-28-2011 - NJ)

Plaintiffs, J.M.S. and his former wife, S.S., are the paternal grandparents of J.W., born in 1999, and T.W., born in 2001; G.S. is J.M.S.'s current wife. Defendants, J.W. and E.W., are the adoptive parents and are cousins of the children's biological mother, J.M.1

This appeal requires us to consider plaintiffs' request for grandparent visitation where (1) plaintiffs were the children's temp... More...    $0 (06-20-2011 - NJ)

The Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act, N.J.S.A. 34:21-1 to -7 (the New Jersey WARN Act or the Act), generally provides that under certain conditions employees are entitled to notice, or alternatively, severance pay, in the event of a transfer or termination of operations, or a mass layoff by an employer. This appeal requires us to consider the novel question of whether the... More...    $0 (06-14-2011 - NJ)

Plaintiff Sara Lapidoth appeals the October 7, 2009 order denying her summary judgment motion and granting defendant Telcordia Technologies, Inc.'s (Telcordia) summary judgment motion in her action for breach of contract and interference with rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), 29 U.S.C.A. §§ 2612 to 2654, and the New Jersey Family Leave Act (NJFLA), N.J.S.A. 34:11B-1 to -16. L... More...    $0 (06-09-2011 - NJ)

A jury determined that DuPont Chambers Works1 (DuPont) violated the Conscientious Employee Protection Act (also referred to as CEPA), N.J.S.A. 34:19-1 to -8, by retaliating against one of its employees, plaintiff John Seddon, for reporting safety concerns about the company’s operation. The retaliatory acts caused Seddon to suffer, in effect, a mental breakdown rendering him unfit for continued e... More...    $0 (06-10-2011 - NJ)

We are asked to examine whether the terms of a collective bargaining agreement (CBA),1 which was in effect upon the retirement of a municipal police officer, mandates that the retiree be vested in the specific insurance benefit plan offered at the time of retirement. Plaintiff Mark Petersen retired from the municipal police force of defendant Township of Raritan. At his retirement, plaintiff was p... More...    $0 (02-09-2011 - NJ)

In this insurance coverage dispute, plaintiff Ohio Casualty Insurance Company (Ohio Casualty) appeals from a January 8, 2010 Law Division order requiring Ohio Casualty to provide coverage to defendant Island Pool & Spa, Inc. (Island Pool) under a Comprehensive General Liability (CGL) policy Island Pool had purchased.1 Ohio Casualty also appeals from a January 28, 2010 Law Division order awarding a... More...    $0 (02-09-2011 - NJ)

On leave granted, we review an interlocutory order denying a motion for partial summary judgment filed by twenty-two defendants in this wrongful death and survival action. In their motion, defendants sought to have the claims against them dismissed pursuant to the Charitable Immunity Act ("the Act"), N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-7. The motion judge denied the application, based upon his perception that genuine... More...    $0 (12-13-2010 - NJ)

In Montells v. Haynes, 133 N.J. 282 (1993), the Court held that the two-year statute of limitations applies to all claims filed under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, N.J.S.A. 10:5-1 to -49 (LAD), in Superior Court. The complaint must be filed within two years of the date on which the cause of action “accrued.â€� N.J.S.A. 2A:14-2. Montells, supra, 133 N.J. at 285. In this case we exami... More...    $0 (12-10-2010 - NJ)

Sade N. Thomas (“Thomasâ€� or “Appellantâ€�) appeals the District Court’s order of September 17, 2008 partially remanding the final decision of appellee, Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissionerâ€�), denying her claim for disability benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act (“the Actâ€�), 42 U.S.C. §§ 401-433. The District Court exercised jurisdiction under 42 U.S.C. § ... More...    $0 (11-18-2010 - NJ)

Plaintiff Paola Ocampo appeals from the summary judgment dismissal of her personal injury negligence complaint against defendants Famco, LLC and Elite Management. We affirm.

The material facts are not in dispute. On October 11, 2004, sixteen-year old plaintiff fell from a second-story bedroom window in a Bergenfield apartment where she was living with her parents and which was owned and ma... More...    $0 (10-05-2010 - NJ)

In this personal injury action, plaintiff Tracey Jackson appeals from a June 12, 2009 order granting summary judgment in favor of defendants Township of Hamilton police officer Daniel Contento and Township of Hamilton. The order dismissed plaintiff's complaint with prejudice for failing, as a matter of law, to meet the injury threshold of the Tort Claims Act, N.J.S.A. 59:1-1 to 12-3. More specific... More...    $0 (10-06-2010 - NJ)

Plaintiffs Monica and Kevin Moore are the parents of Koral Moore, who has Down Syndrome. Due to Monica's age, her pregnancy was considered high risk. Her doctor, defendant Lisa Vernon, M.D., practicing with defendant Woman to Woman Obstetrics & Gynecology, L.L.C., referred Monica to defendants Carlos Fernandez, M.D., and Premier Perinatal, L.L.C. (Premier). Plaintiffs filed a complaint alleging me... More...    $0 (08-21-2010 - NJ)

In this novel asbestos litigation, plaintiffs Bonnie and John R. Anderson, husband and wife, allege that Bonnie contracted mesothelioma from one or both exposures to asbestos August 20, 2010 at the Linden Bayway Refinery owned by defendant Exxon Mobil Corporation ("Exxon"). The first was bystander exposure from laundering John's asbestos-laden work clothes during his employment with Exxon from 196... More...    $0 (08-20-2010 - NJ)

Plaintiffs Jamie and Rebecca Gannon appeal from the grant of summary judgment dismissing their complaint against defendants American Home Products Corporation (American), American Cyanamid Company (Cyanamid), and Lederle Laboratories (Lederle) (collectively, defendants). We have considered the arguments raised in light of the record and applicable legal standards. We reverse and remand for fu... More...    $0 (07-29-2010 - NJ)

Ophthalmologists Jeffrey Lipkowitz, M.D., and Darmakusuma Ie, M.D., appeal from an order granting summary judgment and dismissing their complaint against Hamilton Surgery Center, LLC. (HSC), Surgical Partners of America (SPA), and Michael W. Crews. A third plaintiff, Kekul Shah, M.D., chose not to participate in the appeal. We affirm.

These are the facts relevant to this appeal, view... More...    $0 (08-04-2010 - NJ)