10/23/20
By: Matthew Wachstein The recent New Jersey Supreme Court decision in Sun Chemical put defense counsel on notice of the potential for valid Consumer Fraud Act (“CFA”) claims to arise in cases involving allegations of express misrepresentation regarding the sale of defective products. Sun Chemical Corporation v. Fike Corporation, 2020 N.J. LEXIS 880 (N.J. July…
Investors’ Life Insurance ‘Gamble’ Busts out in NJ Courts
9/19/19
By: Justin Boron To take out insurance, you almost always need an “an insurable interest” in the risk being insured, such as a financial interest in a home or a car. It’s what prevents strangers to the risk from betting on the occurrence of a casualty, like your neighbor taking out a policy on your…
Revisiting the Applicability of the Entire Controversy Doctrine to Legal Malpractice Claims
4/2/19
By: Nicole Graham The New Jersey Supreme Court recently revisited the applicability of the entire controversy doctrine as it relates to legal malpractice claims. In Dimitrakopoulos v. Borrus, Goldin, Foley, Vignuolo, Hyman and Stahl, P.C., 2019 N.J. LEXIS 272, 219 WL 1065049 (N.J. 2019), the client asserted a claim for legal malpractice against the law firm three years…