A late April appeal decided whether or not a person can prolong fruitless efforts to show that an employer employed fifty people, in order to trigger claims under the Federal Family Leave Act or the New Jersey Family Leave Act. The court said no.Plaintiff Y.M. started...
An early May Appeals Court decision said that being required to keep performance logs in response to substandard work, a comment alluding to race and the existence of "mysterious people" who ask how you are doing when exiting your office does not amount to a work...
J.S. appealed pro se (on his own behalf) two June 2015 final decisions by the Board of Review of the NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development that dealt with 2 negative unemployment benefits decisions made against him. After the first decision denied benefits,...
An April 4th appeal involved the conclusion of an incredibly litigious and bitter divorce. Arguing pro se (representing oneself), the Defendant (Appellant) ex-husband challenged the lower court's calculation in its 2013 Final Judgment of Divorce that he ultimately...
In 1997, H.L. both created and acted as the trustee of his own irrevocable trust until 2008, when his daughter L.L. assumed the role. H.L. died on January 27, 2012. The trust required that it be used for his benefit during his life, and then special bequests of...
"J.C.A.C.M. envisions a city where residents are safe to walk the streets with their families and enjoy a high level of comfort and happiness within Jersey City."Co-founded in 2014 by Pamela Nicole Johnson M.P.A., a lifelong public service oriented individual, the...
A contract is often referred to as the only forum where people come together to essentially "make their own law." For the most part this is true, since you are able to make an agreement with any number of parties to achieve a certain result; whether it is a contract...
"A mother with such concern does not do what she did. She does not elect to place her child in the hands of the person whom she believes is not capable of safely caring for her child just because she has to go on a business trip."A February appeals court found that a...
A late February appeals court decision confirmed that an ex-girlfriend's several hundred daily texts/phone calls, among other things, is enough for a court to issue a Final Restraining Order on the grounds of harassment. Since defendant admitted to this behavior in...
A February New Jersey Appeals Court decision involving a 23 year old student focused on whether child support must continue beyond four years of college, when a divorce agreement required the children's emancipation at 4 years. The Appeals Court didn't think so.C.G....
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