Township Found Not Liable for Injury Caused by Fall in Pothole
Plaintiff Anthony Scafidi (“Scafidi”) was injured due to a fall in a pothole in the road alongside the sidewalk on Stuyvesant Avenue in Lyndhurst, New Jersey. He sued the Township, claiming that the...
View ArticleCan a Plaintiff Recover for Injuries Due to a Fall in a Pothole on a Public...
By: Betsy G. Ramos, Esq. Potholes are a fact of life in New Jersey. They can pop up almost overnight, which makes it difficult for a plaintiff to be able to pursue a claim for a personal injury against...
View ArticleParking Authority’s Operation of a Fee Based Jitney Service Did not Deprive...
By: Betsy G. Ramos, Esq. Plaintiff Mildred Molino was walking in the Township of South Orange when she fell on an icy sidewalk adjacent to a municipal parking lot. The lot was owned by the Township and...
View ArticleDOT Found Not Liable for Plaintiff’s Injuries When Plaintiff Struck by Car as...
By: Betsy G. Ramos, Esq. Plaintiff Daniel Mattos and his wife, Cary Mattos, parked their car on the DOT property to attend a St. Patrick’s Day event held at the American Legion, which was located...
View ArticleThird Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Excessive Force Claim Because Plaintiff...
By: Benjamin H. Zieman, Esq. Two police officers from the Riverdale Police Department and three troopers from the New Jersey State Police encountered Plaintiff Emil Jutrowski, who was heavily...
View ArticleAttorney’s Fee Award Denied By Federal Court on Basis of Being Outrageously...
Plaintiff Bernie Clemens was awarded $100,000 in punitive damages under the Pennsylvania Bad Faith Statute in a federal jury trial. He then submitted a petition to the District Court judge for over...
View Article5 New Year’s Resolutions For Your Workplace In 2019
By: Ralph R. Smith, 3rd, Esq. With 2019 around the corner, employers are presented with a wonderful opportunity to review internal policies/procedures and hopefully help avoid future workplace legal...
View ArticleAppellate Division Reverses Order Denying Motion to Dismiss NJCRA Claims...
By: Benjamin H. Zieman, Esq. In the recent precedential opinion of Radiation Data, Inc. v. N.J. Dep’t of Envtl. Prot., 2018 N.J. Super. LEXIS 149 (App. Div. Nov. 2, 2018), the Appellate Division...
View ArticleDress Codes and Docking of Pay
When I examine employee handbooks as part of my legal review of such documents, a frequently seen policy involves dress codes and the inclusion of possible employee sanctions for not following such a...
View ArticleMunicipality Held Not Liable for Fall over Bench at its Baseball Field
The plaintiff Anthony Victor filed suit against the Borough of Red Bank and its Board of Education after he tripped over the dugout bench that had been moved behind the bleachers of the municipality’s...
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