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On July 31, 2018, in State v. J.L.G. (A-50-16) (078718) the New Jersey Supreme Court reversed over 25-years of precedent in holding that expert testimony of Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation Syndrome (CSAAS), in general, may no longer be admitted at criminal trials. Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation Syndrome was developed by […]

In Brugaletta v. Garcia, the plaintiff filed a medical malpractice action against Chilton Memorial Hospital (“CMH”) and its staff alleging deviations from standards of medical care in their diagnosis and treatment of her during her three week stay at CMH. During pretrial discovery, the plaintiff requested that CMH provide information […]

On July 30, 2018, a three judge panel of the Appellate Division upheld a $525,000 jury verdict, for Customer Service Representative Marilyn Velez, against her former employer and supervisor. Velez’s claims were brought under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination against her employer, Rocktenn Co., a corrugated box producer based […]

On July 17, 2018, in an opinion approved for publication, the Appellate Division in State of New Jersey v Anicama  (A-0452-16T4) held that a driver who had been given a 180 day jail time sentence for a fourth drunk driving conviction could not serve his jail time two days a […]

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