Unlike the U.S. Supreme Court, the New Jersey Supreme Court has no set schedule dictating when opinions are likely to be released. (For example, NJCJI is still waiting for an opinion in the DeMarco v. Stoddard case, which was heard in April.) This week a couple of interesting civil decisions were released.

 

N.J. Supreme Court Orders New Trial in KFC Greasy Floor Injury Case

Samantha Marcus | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

A Cherry Hill Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant is entitled to a new trial in a slip-and-fall personal injury case, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Monday.

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N.J. Supreme Court Sides With Doctor on Malpractice

Salvador Rizzo | The Record

Doctors in New Jersey do not have to tell patients whether they have malpractice insurance for a surgery they are recommending, the state Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday.

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The malpractice related decision, James R. Jarrell v. Richard A. Kaul, M.D., inspired The Record’s editorial board to call for wholesale reform of our state’s malpractice law.

 

Click here to read the court’s opinion in Janice J. Prioleau v. Kentucky Fried Chicken,Inc.

Click here to read the court’s opinion in James R. Jarrell v. Richard A. Kaul, M.D..