Court Dismisses Pothole Case against County

Plaintiff Luz Cruz (“Cruz”) tripped and fell in a pothole when crossing River Avenue in Camden, New Jersey. She broke her fifth metatarsal of her left foot and sued the County of Camden for her injuries. In Cruz v. Camden County, 2019 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 385 (App. Div. Feb. 19, 2...

School District Found Not Liable for Child Burned on Radiator

By Betsy G. Ramos, Esq. The minor plaintiff Ashanti Atkins, age 6, a first grader at Lincoln School in Newark, was burned by a radiator in the girl’s bathroom. She had climbed onto the 26 inch high uncovered, cast-iron radiator to look out the window, her foot slipped, and her leg bec...

School Board Found Not Liable for Fall on School Property

By Betsy G. Ramos, Esq. Laurie Ortiz Guerrero sued defendant Toms River Regional Schools Board of Education due to a fall on an icy school walkway. Plaintiff argued that the exception to the immunity provisions in the Tort Claims Act, as set forth in the New Jersey Supreme Court in B...

N.J. Appellate Division Affirms Summary Judgment on Liability Waiver

On October 31, 2014, the New Jersey Appellate Division affirmed the Trial Court’s grant of Summary Judgment in the case of Steinberg v. Sahara Sam’s Oasis, et al.  In its 2-1 decision, the majority affirmed the 2013 dismissal of all injury claims against the owner of an indoor water p...
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