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On March 27, 2019, the Appellate Division ruled in the matter of Wild v. Carriage Funeral Holdings, Inc. et al, A-3072-17T3, that the New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act does not nullify employers obligations to accommodate medical treatment of a disability through the use of marijuana, and confirmed that […]

In a March 20, 2019 decision by the New Jersey Appellate Division, State v. Outland, A-1307-16T3, the court held that once a defendant introduces into evidence a 9-1-1 recording of his call to police, the State is permitted, on rebuttal, to introduce defendant’s sanitized criminal history for impeachment purposes.  The […]

On March 11, 2019, in State v. Vincenty, No. A-40-17(079978)(2019), the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that law enforcement violated the defendant’s right against self-incrimination when they failed to inform him of the charges filed against him prior to asking him to waive his right against self-incrimination.  The Court determined […]

In Spigai v. Live Nation Worldwide, Inc. (A-4242-16T4), the Appellate Division affirmed the dismissal of plaintiff Christine Spigai’s personal injury negligence claims against defendants New Jersey Turnpike Authority/Garden State Parkway and Live Nation Worldwide, Inc. for an accident that happened at defendant PNC Bank Arts Center.  Plaintiff and her friends had […]