June 2019 Partners Craig Hubert and Brian Heyesey recently settled a case against a private boarding school in Mercer County where their client, a former student of that institution, was sexually assaulted by a member of the faculty. After details about the repeated sexual assaults were discovered, local law enforcement began a criminal investigation. [...]
August 2019 Partner, Craig J. Hubert successfully negotiated a resolution of claims for two clients who were injured due to abuse and neglect at the nursing homes providing care. In the first case, an elderly resident at a nursing home and rehabilitation facility in Mercer County, New Jersey, suffered a broken neck, concussion, and [...]
Partner Michael Paglione recently settled a case involving a 61-year-old woman who sustained multiple injuries in a trip and fall accident at a Hamilton Township, New Jersey supermarket in March of 2017. As the Plaintiff was exiting the supermarket she tripped over a rug that was placed carelessly in front of the exit door [...]
Continental Cas. Co. v. Knuckles, 142 N.J. Super. 162 (App. Div. 1976) Jeffrey Blumstein representing the New Jersey Department of Labor & Industry A challenge was brought to the New Jersey Department of Labor & Industry’s interpretation of the eligibility provisions of the Temporary Disability Law. Jeffrey Blumstein, representing the Department, as its Deputy Attorney General, [...]
DeSapio Const., Inc. v. Township of Clinton and Scozzari Builders, 276 N.J. Super. 216 (L. Div. 1994) Jeffrey Blumstein representing Scozzari Builders, Inc Our client was the second lowest bidder for a public construction contract advertised by the Township of Clinton. We asserted that the bid proposal from the lowest bidder was defective because it [...]
Ayers v. Township of Jackson, 106 N.J. 557 (1987) Arnold Lakind representing Resident Plaintiffs Residents of Jackson Township, represented by our firm, filed a negligence, nuisance and civil rights action against the Township of Jackson growing out of the contamination of local water wells by a municipal landfill. Plaintiffs prevailed, recovering a $15.6 million verdict [...]
Eagle Group of Princeton v. Zoning Bd. of Adjustment of Arnold Lakind representing Eagle Group of Princeton A developer, who sought to build a convenience store on a corner of two busy roads in a residential zone, applied for a use variance. The Hamilton Township Board of Adjustment denied the application, and its decision was [...]
Matter of Critchlow, 201 N.J. Super. 371 (App. Div. 1985) Arnold Lakind representing Francis Critchlow The applicant, an employee of the Department of Corrections, had applied to participate in several promotional examinations. The Department of Personnel had approved his participation on two occasions, but twice revoked his eligibility to take the examination. Mr. Critchlow then [...]
State v. Stasio, 78 N.J. 467 (1979) Arnold Lakind representing Thomas Stasio Defendant, Thomas Stasio, was found guilty by a jury of assault with intent to rob and of assault while being armed with a dangerous weapon. An appeal followed to the Appellate Division which reversed, and certification was thereafter granted by the Supreme Court. [...]
In a precedent setting decision, Fawzy v. Fawzy, 199 N.J. 456 (2009), Brian Paul successfully convinced the New Jersey Supreme Court that parents in New Jersey should be permitted to utilize binding, non-appealable arbitration, with a decision maker of their choice, as a means of resolving custody and parenting time disputes. Arbitration is a process where litigants choose a [...]
