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New Jersey Public Entity Law Monthly - Vol. II, Issue 9 By: Betsy G. Ramos, Esq. In a recent District Court of New Jersey decision, Allard v. Eisenhauer, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 131078 (Sept. 13, 2013), the court found that a lifeguard who was sued as a result of a car accident should...

The case of Young v. Wackenhut Corporation, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14414 (D. N.J. Feb. 1, 2013) demonstrates the importance of providing required FMLA notice to eligible employees. Jacqueline Young, a Payroll Specialist, advised her employer, The Wackenhut Corporation (hereinafter “TWC...

New Jersey Public Entity Law Monthly - Vol. II, Issue 6 By: Ralph R. Smith, 3rd, Esq. When considering a person for possible hiring, employers no doubt want to acquire as much information as possible about the potential hiree.  This desire to do  comprehensive research on a candidate’...

New Jersey Public Entity Law Monthly - Vol. II, Issue 6 By: Betsy G. Ramos, Esq. In Lessa v. Township of Pemberton, an unpublished decision, just decided by the Appellate Division on June 19, 2013, the Township was found to be immune under the Tort Claims Act for an intersection acci...

The New Jersey Assembly is considering a bill which would create presumptions that cancers and other medical conditions experienced by public safety workers are work related. New Jersey already has laws creating presumptions in favor of compensability for firefighters and certain publ...

Employers should be aware that interpretation of being incapable of self-care and having a disability are very broad. The Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA) is having an impact in other areas of law, specifically the FMLA. A good example concerns the FMLA provis...

John Lance, a police officer for the City of Camden, New Jersey, was injured on May 10, 2004 in a work-related motor vehicle accident. He received medical and temporary disability benefits in workers' compensation. However, he alleged that his workers' compensation benefits were impro...

Petitioner Valerie Pyles worked for respondent The Mentor Network as a therapist in the Somerset, N.J. office. Her office was on the third floor of a four-story office building. She generally took one of the building's two elevators from the lobby to the third floor to get to her offi...

By: Betsy G. Ramos, Esq. Below is a short summary of all significant litigation cases for the past six months. We will publish this update twice a year. Look forward to the next case summary in November. Adverse Inference. Washington v. Perez, 430 N.J. Super. 121 (App. Div. 2013). T...

The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) reported that on December 7, 2000, the Senate passed H.R. 2415, the bankruptcy bill conference report, sending the bill to President Clinton for what will likely be the final step in the process during this Congress. This bill - the most signifi...