New Jersey Liens Law
Michael Sylvain v. Attorney General of the United States
Statutory language is important. It takes on added significance when a person's freedom is at stake. Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, immigration offi-cials ―shall take into custody any‖ deportable alien who has committed various crimes ―when the alien is re-leased‖ from detention for those crimes. 8 U.S.C. § 1226(c)(1). The Act requires officials to hold s... More...
$0 (04-25-2013 - NJ)Edie Britman Sauro v. Frank Sauro
The law firm of Budd Larner, P.C. (Budd Larner) was one of three firms that represented plaintiff Edie Britman Sauro during this protracted matrimonial case. Budd Larner now appeals the Family Part's equitable distribution award, arguing that the manner in which the court allocated the parties' marital assets negatively affected the firm's attorney charging lien pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2A:13-5. Speci... More...
$0 (05-14-2012 - NJ)United States of America for the Use and Benefit of E&H Steel Corporation v. C. Pyramid Enterprises, Inc., et al.
<P>In this Miller Act case, we decide that a firm acted as a subcontractor when it supplied fabricated steel to the prime contractor that then used the material to construct the framework for a large Air Force facility. The subcontractor defaulted in payments due the company that it hired to fabricate the steel and deliver it to the construction site. The District Court denied recovery to th... More...
$0 (12-04-2007 - NJ)<a href="http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/courts/supreme/a-92-02.opn.html" target="_new">Craft v. Stevenson Lumber</a>
<P>This appeal presents us with an opportunity to revisit the Construction Lien Law, (CLL or Act), N.J.S.A. 2A:44A-1 to -38, a statute that was enacted primarily to secure payment for contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers who furnish labor or materials used to enhance the value of the property of others. The case involves a "lien claim" (N.J.S.A. 2A:44A-9), which constitutes the value of the ... More...
$0 (03-24-2004 - NJ)<a href="http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/courts/supreme/a-19-02.opn.html" target="_new">Sheila Henderson v. Camden County Municipal Utility Authority</a>
<P>Pursuant to the MCUAL, defendant Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority (CCMUA) provides Camden County residents with water and sewer services. Plaintiff Sheila Henderson has been a customer of CCMUA for over eleven years. Henderson ceased making regular payments to CCMUA in 1993 and received notice seven years later that her property was subject to a municipal lien and tax sale. At that t... More...
$0 (07-08-2003 - NJ)<a href="http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/courts/supreme/a-23-02.opn.html" target="_new">D.D.B. Interior Contracting, Inc. v. Trends Urban Renewal Association, Ltd.</a>
<P>This appeal implicates N.J.S.A. 2A:44A-6, which requires that a lien claim filed on behalf of a corporation be "signed, acknowledged and verified" by a "duly authorized officer." We must determine whether by executing a power of attorney the sole owner and president of a corporation may confer on another the authority to sign, acknowledge, and verify a lien claim as a "duly authorized officer."... More...
$0 (05-14-2003 - NJ)<A href="http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/courts/appellate/a5635-00.opn.html" target="_new">General Electric Capital Auto Lease v. Alfonso Violante</a>
In July 1999, plaintiff, General Electric Capital Auto Lease (GECAL), sued Alfonso Violante alleging breach of an installment sales contract for a Lexus automobile and asserting a "perfected security interest" in the car.See footnote 22 In a separate count of the complaint, GECAL also sued David's Towing Service and David Brigati, Jr. t/a David's Towing Service (collectively, "David's") for posses... More...
$0 (03-07-2003 - NJ)<A href="http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/courts/appellate/a2476-01.opn.html" target="_new">Manuel Calalpa et al. v. Dae Ryung Co., et al.</a>
This appeal arises in the context of a workers' compensation benefitted employee's settled intentional wrong tort litigation against defendants, one of whom is unquestionably his employer and the other an apparent, but not dispositively determined, joint employer.See footnote 22 The workers' compensation carrier successfully obtained an order from the trial judge according it the benefit of the wo... More...
$0 (01-31-2003 - NJ)<a href="http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/decisions/appellate/a3078-99.opn.html" target="_new">LaBracio Family Partnership v. 1239 Roosevelt Avenue, Inc., et al.
In this legal malpractice action, Martin Burger, the fourth- party defendant, appeals from a January 3, 2000 order of Judge Bryan D. Garruto finding Burger negligent and allocating to him liability for twenty-five percent of a $275,000 settlement. We affirm.<P> These are the circumstances. Third-party plaintiffs Gary A. Kroop and Gary A. Kroop, P.A. (Kroop) represented Michael and Evdoxi... More...
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