Board of Education Required to Pay Back $3.8M to Teachers’ Pension Fund

On December 22, 2016, the New Jersey Appellate Division in Middletown Township Board of Education v. Division of Pensions and Benefits affirmed the Board of Trustees of the Teachers’ Pension and Annuity Fund’s determination that the Middletown Township Board of Education offered an un...

Hearts And Wallets Are Open Across Region During Holidays

Carl Kosola / Photojournalist Betsy Ramos, a shareholder at Capehart Scatchard law firm in Mount Laurel, stands with a room full of toy donations at her office that will be given to local children Thursday. By Crissa Shoemaker DeBree, writer for Burlington County Times, Dec 21,...

Homeowner Found Not Liable for Fall on Sidewalk Due to Spiky Seed Pods

Plaintiff Katherine Neilson was walking on a sidewalk adjoining the residential property owned by the defendant Antoinette Dunn when she fell on a spiky seed pod, suffering injury. The seed pod came from sweetgum trees located on defendant’s property. In Neilson v. Dunn, 2016 N.J. Sup...

Misconceptions About IMEs In New Jersey Workers’ Comp

There are a number of misconceptions about the rules on independent medical examinations.  Several provisions in the New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Act are helpful in clarifying these misconceptions: Misconception One: An employer must set up an IME in the county where the employ...

Unilaterally Reducing Teachers’ Hours During Economic Crisis Prohibited

On November 29, 2016, the New Jersey Supreme Court In the Matter of Robbinsville Township Board of Education v. Washington Township Education Association ruled that boards of education must negotiate employees’ work hours and cannot unilaterally reduce those hours even in times of eco...

Non-Renewal Provision in Superintendent’s Contract Voided

On December 1, 2016, the New Jersey Commissioner of Education (“Commissioner”) upheld an Administrative Law Judge’s determination to invalidate a non-renewal provision contained in a Superintendent’s contract. In Richardson v. Gangadin and Jersey City Education Association v. Jersey C...
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