Notable Wins

Client: Costco Wholesale Corp. Court: Superior Court, Middlesex County, Law Div. Trial Attorney:  Betsy G. Ramos, Esq. Brief Attorney:  Voris M. Tejada, Jr., Esq. We were successful in obtaining summary judgment, dismissing a civil lawsuit filed against Costco, who had been sued b...

Client: Rothman Institute Court: Third Circuit Court of Appeals Trial Attorney:  Laura D. Ruccolo, Esq. The Third Circuit in a precedential opinion affirmed the judgment of the trial court dismissing the Plaintiff’s Class Action under the Truth in Lending Act (“TILA”) lawsuit becau...

Client: School Board Member Defendants Court: Superior Court, Law Division, Civil Part, Middlesex County Trial Attorney:  Cameron R. Morgan, Esq. Brief Attorney: Cameron R. Morgan, Esq. A member of the South Plainfield Board of Education, Deborah Boyle, and her husband, brought su...

Client: New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority Court:  Appellate Division Trial Attorney:  Keith E. Nagy, Esq. Brief Attorney:  Keith E. Nagy, Esq. and John H. Geaney, Esq. Petitioner appealed the Workers Compensation Court’s finding that she was not entitled to wage reconstru...

Client: Liberty Mutual Court: Appellate Division Trial Attorney:  Betsy G. Ramos, Esq. Arising out of an injury in 2012, Mr. Rodriguez received workers’ compensation benefits, including medical and temporary disability benefits, paid by Liberty Mutual. He then went on to sue the to...

Client: Board of Education of the Township of Hainesport Court: Commissioner of Education Brief Attorney:  Sanmathi (Sanu) Dev, Esq. The parents of a student sought to overturn a determination by the Hainesport Board of Education that their child had engaged in conduct against a fe...

Client: Oaks Integrated Care, Inc. Court:  Appellate Division Brief Attorney:  Joseph F. Betley, Esq. and Sanmathi (Sanu) Dev, Esq. Plaintiff, who is African-American, alleged that he was improperly terminated from his position at Oaks Integrated Care, Inc. (“Oaks”), because of his...

A number of medical providers for New York workers’ compensation claimants had filed medical reimbursement applications in the Division of Workers’ Compensation in New Jersey seeking the higher New Jersey rates.  We filed motions to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction with briefs arguing...

Client:  Claims Management, Inc. Attorney:  Ana-Eliza T. Bauersachs, Esq. Petitioner filed a Motion for Temporary and/or Medical Benefits requesting lumbar spine surgery and injections to the cervical spine, as well as temporary disability benefits.  The respondent opposed the motio...

Client: Orange Board of Education Brief Attorney:  Jessica M. Anderson, Esq. Plaintiff, a 17 year old senior at Orange High School, left school without permission in the early afternoon to go skateboarding and was injured when he hit a defect in the roadway.  Plaintiff’s claimed inj...

Client: Oaklyn Borough Board of Education Venue: New Jersey State Office of Administrative Law Brief Attorney: Robert A. Muccilli, Esq. The parents of a special education student brought a due process petition against the Oaklyn Borough Board of Education seeking,...

Client: Camden County Educational Services Commission Venue: New Jersey State Office of Administrative Law Brief Attorney: Robert A. Muccilli, Esq. Heather Deitch alleged that the Camden County Educational Services Commission violated her tenure and s...

Client: NIP Management Services, LLC, Claims Administrator for the Garden State Municipal Joint Insurance Fund Court:  Mercer County Superior Court Trial Attorney:  Christopher J. Carlson, Esq. Plaintiff brought a claim alleging a variety of very serious injuries to several parts of h...

Client: St. Barnabas Health Trial Counsel: Christina M. Adinolfi Shea, Esq.  Capehart Scatchard recently prevailed at trial in the matter of Emily Manuel v. St. Barnabas.  In that case the court bifurcated the trial to first address whether the injury sustained by the petitioner was...

Client: Pennsauken Board of Education Appeal argued by: Adam M. Segal, Esq.  In Malone v. Pennsauken Board of Education, A-3181-16T1 (App Div June 29, 2018), the Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division reversed the decision of a workers’ compensation judge finding compensabi...