NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION This opinion shall not "constitute precedent or be binding upon any court." Although it is posted on the internet, this opinion is binding only on the parties in the case and its use in other cases is limited. R. 1:36-3. PER CURIAM . Plaintiff Medford Commons, LLC sued Lexon Insurance Company and Bond Safeguard Insurance Company (collectively Lexon), the issuer of a surety bond, to recover money plaintiff spent completing...
NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION This opinion shall not "constitute precedent or be binding upon any court." Although it is posted on the internet, this opinion is binding only on the parties in the case and its use in other cases is limited. R. 1:36-3. PER CURIAM . Plaintiff First Class Championship Development Center, Inc. appeals from the Chancery Division's October 17, 2018 order denying its motion to reinstate its complaint against defendant NPC...
NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION This opinion shall not "constitute precedent or be binding upon any court." Although it is posted on the internet, this opinion is binding only on the parties in the case and its use in other cases is limited. R. 1:36-3. PER CURIAM . Defendant Dante Joa appeals a General Equity Part summary judgment order, which granted declaratory relief to plaintiff Il H. Rhee by rescinding a stock purchase agreement and returning...
NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION This opinion shall not "constitute precedent or be binding upon any court." Although it is posted on the internet, this opinion is binding only on the parties in the case and its use in other cases is limited. R. 1:36-3. PER CURIAM . Defendant William Medel appeals from a General Equity Part order denying his application, by way of an order to show cause, to vacate a final foreclosure judgment and summary judgment, and to...
NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION This opinion shall not "constitute precedent or be binding upon any court." Although it is posted on the internet, this opinion is binding only on the parties in the case and its use in other cases is limited. R. 1:36-3. PER CURIAM . Plaintiff Diane J. Kechejian, a unit owner of a condominium in the Wanaque Reserve Condominium complex, appeals the summary judgment dismissal of her personal injury action, which arose when...
NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION This opinion shall not "constitute precedent or be binding upon any court." Although it is posted on the internet, this opinion is binding only on the parties in the case and its use in other cases is limited. R. 1:36-3. PER CURIAM . "[T]he sale of alcoholic beverages has always been subject to extraordinary regulation." Lyons Farms Tavern v. Mun. Bd. of Alcoholic Beverage Control of Newark , 68 N.J. 44 , 49 (1975)....
The opinion of the court was delivered by ROTHSTADT , J.A.D. In this appeal, we are asked to determine whether the Law Division properly denied plaintiff's motion for class certification under Rule 4:32-1(b)(2) where plaintiff's claims were similar to those considered by the New Jersey Supreme Court in Dugan v. TGI Fridays, Inc. , 231 N.J. 24 , 171 A.3d 620 (2017). In Dugan , the Court held that class certification under Rule 4:32-1(b)(3) was not appropriate based on a "price-...
NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION This opinion shall not "constitute precedent or be binding upon any court." Although it is posted on the internet, this opinion is binding only on the parties in the case and its use in other cases is limited. R. 1:36-3. PER CURIAM . Defendant the City of Elizabeth (the City) appeals from a series of orders embodying a January 27, 2017 jury verdict awarding plaintiff compensatory damages, and a March 27, 2017 jury verdict...
NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION This opinion shall not "constitute precedent or be binding upon any court." Although it is posted on the internet, this opinion is binding only on the parties in the case and its use in other cases is limited. R. 1:36-3. PER CURIAM . Following a trial de novo in the Law Division, defendant Joseph I. Morcos was convicted of driving while intoxicated (DWI) based upon a per se violation under N.J.S.A. 39:4-50, due to a.08%...
NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION This opinion shall not "constitute precedent or be binding upon any court." Although it is posted on the internet, this opinion is binding only on the parties in the case and its use in other cases is limited. R. 1:36-3. Argued May 15, 2018 — Decided June 5, 2018 Remanded by Supreme Court January 25, 2019 PER CURIAM . Defendants appeal from an order of the trial court, dated November 17, 2017, which denied a motion by...
NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION This opinion shall not "constitute precedent or be binding upon any court." Although it is posted on the internet, this opinion is binding only on the parties in the case and its use in other cases is limited. R. 1:36-3. PER CURIAM . Plaintiff STERIS Corporation appeals from a Chancery Court order granting summary judgment and dismissing its lawsuit against defendant David Shannon, a former employee who began competing...
NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION This opinion shall not "constitute precedent or be binding upon any court." Although it is posted on the internet, this opinion is binding only on the parties in the case and its use in other cases is limited. R. 1:36-3. PER CURIAM . Appellant Board of Education of the Township of Piscataway, Middlesex County (Piscataway) appeals from the July 27, 2017 declaratory ruling of the Commissioner of Education (Commissioner),...
NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION This opinion shall not "constitute precedent or be binding upon any court." Although it is posted on the internet, this opinion is binding only on the parties in the case and its use in other cases is limited. R. 1:36-3. PER CURIAM . Appellants Highland Park Board of Education (Highland Park) and Piscataway Township Board of Education (Piscataway) (collectively appellants) appeal from the February 28, 2017 final decision...
NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION This opinion shall not "constitute precedent or be binding upon any court." Although it is posted on the internet, this opinion is binding only on the parties in the case and its use in other cases is limited. R. 1:36-3. PER CURIAM . In this residential mortgage foreclosure action, defendant Walter A. Walker, Sr., appeals from a September 22, 2017 order granting plaintiff Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 1 summary judgment and...
NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION This opinion shall not "constitute precedent or be binding upon any court." Although it is posted on the internet, this opinion is binding only on the parties in the case and its use in other cases is limited. R. 1:36-3. PER CURIAM . Plaintiff Margaret Allen appeals from an August 2, 2018 order dismissing her second amended complaint against defendants, her co-workers, and employer, for failure to state a personal injury...
The opinion of the court was delivered by YANNOTTI , P.J.A.D. Gourmet Dining, LLC, operates a restaurant in a building on the campus of Kean University (the University) in the Township of Union (the Township). The Tax Court held that the premises where Gourmet Dining operates the restaurant are subject to local property taxes. Gourmet Dining and the University appeal from the Tax Court's judgment affirming the assessments and the court's order denying their motion for reconsideration. For...
NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION This opinion shall not "constitute precedent or be binding upon any court." Although it is posted on the internet, this opinion is binding only on the parties in the case and its use in other cases is limited. R. 1:36-3. PER CURIAM . Raymond Carlson was a firefighter with the City of Summit who retired on special retirement under N.J.S.A. 43:16A-11.1 and received his monthly retirement allowance from September 2004 until...
NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION This opinion shall not "constitute precedent or be binding upon any court." Although it is posted on the internet, this opinion is binding only on the parties in the case and its use in other cases is limited. R. 1:36-3. PER CURIAM . Defendant A.B. 1 appeals from the Family Part's August 29, 2018 order compelling her to change the parties' son's name to Gi.F.B. on his birth certificate and social security card based upon...
NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION This opinion shall not "constitute precedent or be binding upon any court." Although it is posted on the internet, this opinion is binding only on the parties in the case and its use in other cases is limited. R. 1:36-3. PER CURIAM . The City of Union City appeals from the Director of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control's February 8, 2018 order holding in abeyance for one year the suspension of Niel Akshar, Inc.'s (...
NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION This opinion shall not "constitute precedent or be binding upon any court." Although it is posted on the internet, this opinion is binding only on the parties in the case and its use in other cases is limited. R. 1:36-3. PER CURIAM . Niel Akshar, Inc. (Akshar), appeals from the Director of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control's March 5, 2018 final agency decision upholding the City of Union City's imposition of a...
