February 17, 2021 Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. The Supreme Court of New Jersey has issued its tenth Omnibus Order in light of COVID-19. The Order essentially covers excludable time for incarcerated defendants as well as continue provisions from previous Orders. The Tenth Omnibus Order provides for the following excludable time: For those…
Anasia Maison v. New Jersey Transit Corporation A-34/35-19 Decided February 17, 2021 Submitted by New Jersey Personal Injury Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In a recent decision, the New Jersey Supreme Court reviewed whether public common carriers such as NJ Transit is subject to the heightened duty of care standard governing private common carriers for personal injury suits.…
State v. Williams Appellate Docket No.: A-3746-18 Decided February 16, 2021 Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In a recent unpublished opinion, the Appellate Division of New Jersey reviewed whether a warrantless search was appropriate recovering cocaine from a trunk after officers continued to smell raw marijuana emanating from the vehicle despite already finding…
Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. A former human resources manager at a South Jersey shipping-container company has been charged with stealing more than $600,000 from her employer and spending it on designer clothes and handbags, a vacation in Puerto Rico, and plastic surgery, Burlington County authorities said Thursday. Karen O’Brien, 41, of Maple…
Goulding v. NJ Friendship House Docket No. A-48 Decided February 8, 2021 Submitted by New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In a recent decision, the New Jersey Supreme Court reviewed whether an injury occurring during a Family Fun Day in which an employee volunteered to work without pay is compensable for workers compensation purposes. In…
State v. Desir Appellate Docket No.: A-43-19 Decided February 9, 2021 Submitted by New Jersey Drug Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In a recent opinion, the Supreme Court of New Jersey reviewed whether a defendant is entitled to discovery stemming from a purchase of narcotics by a confidential informant (CI) even though the defendant was not charged…
Submitted by New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. The NJ Assembly Labor Committee recently passed bill A-2617 sponsored by Assembly members Murphy, Benson, and Reynolds-Jackson. This bill requires an employer with at least 50 employees to provide a hiring preference to an employee who was injured in a work-related injury, has reached maximum medical…
In this case, there is a custody battle between mother (J.M) and father (C.K) over their two children. Submitted by New Jersey Family Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. The defendant and plaintiff divorced after more than 10 years of marriage. The property settlement agreement (PSA) provided joint custody of their children. However, the primary residence of the children…
State v. Pinson, 461 N.J. Super. 536 (App. Div. 2019) Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. ISSUE: Whether a Law Division judge improperly invalidated an arrest warrant when he ruled that an affiant made a false statement in support of the arrest warrant, excised that statement from the affidavit, and concluded the affidavit no…
Wilk v. Wilk Docket No. A-5013-18T1 Decided January 28, 2021 Submitted by New Jersey Family Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In a recent unpublished decision the Appellate Division reversed a trial court’s decision to award plaintiff $40,000 in counsel fees payable by defendant at the conclusion of their divorce. In Wilk, The parties were married for eighteen…