Third Circuit Weighs in on “Donning and Doffing” Issue

By: Raplh R. Smith, 3rd, Esq. In Rosano v. Township of Teaneck, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently ruled on the question of whether police officers from the Township of Teaneck, N.J. were entitled to receive compensation in the form of overtime payments...

Plaintiff’s Parking Lot Defect Claim Dismissed

Plaintiff Dawn Pintimalli was at the Hamilton Marketplace to shop at the Staples store. She parked her car next to the island. When she returned to her car with her packages, she stepped up onto the curb to put her packages in her car, stepped down onto the parking lot, twisted her ri...

Inherited IRAs Not Exempt from Bankruptcy Protection

On June 12, 2014, the United States Supreme Court issued a decision holding that Inherited Individual Retirement Accounts (Inherited IRAs) are not exempt from creditors in a bankruptcy proceeding.  In Clark v. Rameker, Trustee, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, writing the majority opinion, st...

Lora V. Northen Addresses NovaCare Attendees

Mt. Laurel, NJ - - Capehart Scatchard Shareholder, Lora V. Northen, Esq. recently spoke on “The Anatomy of a Workers’ Compensation Claim” at a seminar sponsored by NovaCare in Mays Landing, New Jersey. In her presentation, Ms. Northen discussed how to control claims and save money in...

Partner in Limited Liability Corporation Was Not Covered in Fall from Ladder

Rodney Farnath fell off a ladder at work and filed a motion for medical and temporary disability benefits against 34th Street Markets, LLC.  Farnath was a limited partner in the LLC.  Farm Family Casualty Insurance Company, the workers’ compensation carrier for the employer, declined...

Playing Drums May Constitute Actionable Nuisance

The plaintiff Joanne Traetto lived next door to the defendant whose son played the drums, allegedly at all hours of the day and night. She worked out of her home as a computer analyst and could hear her neighbor’s 15 year old son play his drums in the garage. In Traetto v. Palzzao, 20...
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