The Appellate Division in Mariano Simota Bailey, v. Jacqueline M. Hennessey , A-3396-18T3 , recently set aside a jury verdict in a personal injury case involving a motor vehicle and bicycle due to an improper jury instruction given at the trial level.
Read MoreThe Appellate Division in ANGEL ALBERTO PAREJA v. PRINCETON INTERNATIONAL PROPERTIES, et al., A-2111-18T3, recently set aside the "ongoing storm rule" in slip in fall cases on sidewalks abutting commercial properties.
Read MoreThe Third Circuit Court of Appeals recently held, in Chartis Prop. Cas. Co. v. Inganamort, 953 F.3d 231 (3d Cir. 2020), that an insured is tasked with showing a “fortuitous loss" under an all-risk insurance policy issued to them by their insurance carrier . Click here to learn about the facts of this case and how it affects a claim against your insurance carrier.
Read MoreThe Appellate Division recently held in Dixon v. HC Equities Associates, 2019 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 1005 (App. Div. May 2, 2019), that a commercial property owner has no duty to clean snow and ice until a reasonable time after a snow event ends.
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