By Marcus Rayner | The Star-Ledger
Pleading guilty to a DUI charge might prompt most people to accept responsibility for endangering themselves and others. In a nod to how notions of personal responsibility - and our courts' appetite for lawsuits - have changed, Voss took Tiffany's restaurant and Kristoffe Tranquilino, the driver of the car he hit, to court.
By Kathleen Hopkins | Asbury Park Press
In response to a recent state Supreme Court decision in an Ocean County case, an assemblyman has introduced a bill that would prohibit drunk drivers from suing the establishments that served them liquor.
By Marcus Rayner | Asbury Park Press
Our civil justice system wasn't intended to offer financial incentives for irresponsible behavior - especially when it's restaurateurs and consumers who are being forced to subsidize the court's interpretation of the law.
By John O'Brien | Legal Newsline
A Pacific Research Institute study that ranked New Jersey's as the most worrisome tort system is proof reform is needed, a group dedicated to that effort said Monday.
By Jessica M. Karmasek | Legal Newsline
Marcus Rayner, executive director of the New Jersey Lawsuit Reform Alliance, or NJLRA, issued a statement Monday in response to the Court's decision.
By Marcus Rayner | New Jersey Law Journal
The Legislature enacted the Consumer Fraud Act in 1960, at a time when only the attorney general could sue to enforce its provisions.
By Kathleen Hopkins | Asbury Park Press
"Today, drunk drivers can evade personal responsibility for their actions and sue restaurateurs in New Jersey for serving them drinks," said AnnMarie McDonald, spokeswoman for the New Jersey Lawsuit Reform Alliance. The Alliance had filed a brief with the court, siding with Tiffany's.
By Matt Kiebus | Asbury Park Press
Nearly five years ago Fredrick Voss of Brick Township in South Jersey rode his motorcycle to Tiffany's Restaurant in Toms River for some drinks. Normally when a man drives himself to the bar he's fairly careful of his alcohol intake. It's for this reason that I rarely drive to a bar and when I do it's merely to meet friends for a couple drinks and catch a game.
By Matt Katz | The Philadelphia Inquirer
Gov. Christie's attempt to overhaul the New Jersey Supreme Court will finally get under way Tuesday, when confirmation hearings begin for a North Jersey corporate lawyer he nominated to the bench more than a year ago.
"She certainly understands the concerns of business as they relate to the law," said Marcus Rayner, executive director of the New Jersey Lawsuit Reform Alliance. That could signal a new approach in a state that some believe has favored plaintiffs in lawsuits against corporations.
By Marcus Rayner | NJ Spotlight
It's time to recognize the role that municipal lawsuits play in the crushing burden of New Jersey's property tax.
