Tort Claims Act Plan or Design Immunity Upheld Based Upon Plan of Other...
By: Betsy G. Ramos, Esq. Public entities are statutorily immune from bodily injury claims if they can prove that the injury was caused by the plan or design of public property which was approved by the...
View ArticleCounty Immune from Negligence Claim for Fall in Parking Lot Based upon Common...
By: Betsy G. Ramos, Esq. Plaintiff Miguelina Hernandez was injured when she slipped and fell on snow and ice while walking in the parking lot of the Raritan Bay Mental Health Center, which is owned and...
View ArticleMunicipal Engineer Immune from Negligence Claim Under the Tort Claims Act
By: Betsy G. Ramos, Esq. Plaintiff Bezr Homes, Inc. sued the engineering firm of Remington & Vernick and its engineer Kenneth Ressler (“the Remington defendants”) alleging negligence due to the...
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Matthew Wizmur Joins Capehart Scatchard’s Litigation Department
Mt. Laurel, NJ – – Capehart Scatchard is pleased to announce that Matthew D. Wizmur, Esq. recently joined the Firm’s Commercial Litigation Department in its Mt. Laurel office. Mr. Wizmur, a...
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Christopher Carlson Joins Capehart Scatchard’s Litigation Department
Mt. Laurel, NJ – – Capehart Scatchard is pleased to announce that Christopher J. Carlson, Esq. has recently joined its growing Litigation Department as a shareholder. Mr. Carlson, a Cherry Hill, New...
View ArticleSchool District Found Not Liable for Child Burned on Radiator
By Betsy G. Ramos, Esq. The minor plaintiff Ashanti Atkins, age 6, a first grader at Lincoln School in Newark, was burned by a radiator in the girl’s bathroom. She had climbed onto the 26 inch high...
View ArticleNo Legal Duty Owed by Fraternity to Plaintiff Who Was Shot While Attending...
By Betsy G. Ramos, Esq. The question of the legal duty owed is not always clear under New Jersey law, particularly, if the claimed injury does not fall within the analysis of traditional premises...
View ArticlePlaintiff’s Failure to File Timely Notice of Tort Claim Due to Attorney’s...
By Betsy G. Ramos, Esq. In the published opinion of Beyer v. Sea Bright Borough, 2015 N.J. Super. LEXIS 84 (App. Div. May 19, 2015)), the Plaintiff Brian Beyer claimed that the Sea Bright Police...
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Shareholder Gina Zippilli Named a 2015 “New Leader of the Bar”
Capehart & Scatchard is pleased to announce that Gina Zippilli, Esq. was nominated and then selected as one of 50 attorneys that were designated as “New Leaders of the Bar” state-wide. A...
View ArticleRescue Squad Determined Not to be a Public Agency Subject to OPRA
By Betsy G. Ramos, Esq. Plaintiff Fran Brooks sued the Tabernacle Rescue Squad alleging a violation of the Open Public Records Act (OPRA) and the common law right to access. Her complaint was dismissed...
View ArticleTownship Found Not Liable for Fatality Caused by Falling Tree Limb from Tree...
By: Betsy G. Ramos Tragically, James Connor was killed when he was clearing snow from his driveway and a 25 foot tree limb from a Bradford Pear tree fell on him, killing him instantly. The tree was...
View ArticleTownship Found Not Liable to Pedestrian for Injury Resulting From Tripping...
By: Betsy G. Ramos The Plaintiff Patricia Shilinsky “Shilinsky” went to visit her son at his home on Abbott Avenue in Ridgefield. She parked her car across the street from his home. As she jaywalked...
View ArticleFiling an Internal Affairs Complaint with Police Department Not...
By: Betsy G. Ramos Plaintiff Malik Macklin alleged that three Camden County Police Officers used excessive force when they assaulted and arrested him without probable cause as he was walking down the...
View ArticleRes Ipsa Loquitur: the Thing Speaks for Itself… Unless the Thing We’re...
By: Jessica M. Anderson Res ipsa loquitur is not available in an action against a public entity grounded upon a dangerous condition of public property. Rocco v. New Jersey Transit Rail Operations,...
View ArticleBoyle v. Giannakis, et al., Docket No. MID-L-6571-18
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...
View ArticleFisher v. Southampton Volunteer Fire Dept,. et al, docket no....
Client: Southampton Volunteer Fire Dept. and its fire chief Court: United States District Court, District of New Jersey Trial Attorney: Betsy G. Ramos, Esq. and Benjamin Zieman, Esq. (former...
View ArticleCapehart Scatchard Earns “Best Law Firms” Ranking for Litigation – Insurance
Capehart Scatchard is pleased to announce its “Best Law Firm” ranking in the area of Litigation – Insurance (Metro, Tier 3) on the 2021 list published by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®....
View ArticleAleice Jeter v. Sam’s Club and Linden Route One Associates (A-2-21)
Client: New Jersey Food Council (amicus curiae in support of Sam’s Club) Court: Supreme Court of New Jersey Trial Attorney: Betsy G. Ramos, Esq. (prepared and argued our amici arguments before the NJ...
View ArticleDennison v. The New Hope & Ivyland Railroad, et al.
Client: New Hope & Ivyland Railroad and Bucks County Railroad and Restoration Corp. Court: Bucks County Court of Common Pleas Trial Attorney: Christopher J. Hoare, Esq. and Christina M. Dewland,...
View ArticlePhyllis Miller v. Mariusz Milewski
Client: Insured homeowner in Garfield, NJ Court: Bergen County Superior Court, Hackensack, NJ. Trial Attorney: Christopher J. Hoare, Esq. Brief Attorney: Christina M. Dewland, Esq. **Results may vary...
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