(908)402-4770The present zoning enabling statute, the Municipal Land Use Law, defines a lot as “a designated parcel, tract or area of land established by a plat or otherwise, as permitted by law and to be used, developed or built upon as a unit.” (I will call this a “zoning lot.”)The identification of a zoning lot is important not only for purposes of determining whether a proposed development complies with the standards of the zoning ordinance but the sale … [Read more...] about A Tax Lot May not be a Zoning Lot
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Businesses Should Review Consumer Contracts to Assure Compliance with the Consumer Review Fairness Act
The internet has greatly expanded the ability of customers to review the products and services offered by businesses and the public availability of such reviews. Not only are there third-party websites where consumers can review all variety of businesses, but some online sellers provide the ability to review products right on the page where the product is offered for sale. In response to contractually penalties imposed on customers for leaving … [Read more...] about Businesses Should Review Consumer Contracts to Assure Compliance with the Consumer Review Fairness Act
$325,000 Settlement For Motor Vehicle Accident
Schiller, Pittenger & Galvin, P.C., represented a 43-year old woman who sustained shoulder, low back and knee injuries when her vehicle was broadsided by a school bus that failed to yield at a stop sign. Treatment included multiple therapeutic injections as well as arthroscopic shoulder surgery for a torn rotator cuff. … [Read more...] about $325,000 Settlement For Motor Vehicle Accident
NJ Supreme Court Strikes Down Arbitration Clause Based on Theory of Mutuality of Assent under Ordinary Person Test
Both the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), 9 U.S.C. §§ 1 to 16, and the New Jersey Arbitration Act (NJAA), N.J.S.A. 2A:23B-1 to -32, encourage enforcement of arbitration agreements and speak to the general principle that such agreements are to be favored by the courts. Recently, the United States Supreme Court in Kindred Nursing Ctrs. L.P. v. Clark, 581 U.S.__, 137 S. Ct. 1421, 1426 (2017), reiterated this favored status, holding that the FAA … [Read more...] about NJ Supreme Court Strikes Down Arbitration Clause Based on Theory of Mutuality of Assent under Ordinary Person Test
$725,000 Settlement in Motor Vehicle Accident
Schiller, Pittenger & Galvin, P.C., represented a 30-year old man who, while operating his motor vehicle in a lawful manner in Paterson, New Jersey, was struck by another vehicle traveling the wrong way on a one way street. The vehicle driven by the defendant did not stop at the intersection and broadsided the plaintiff’s vehicle, which rolled over and trapped the plaintiff’s hand between his vehicle and the road. The plaintiff had to undergo … [Read more...] about $725,000 Settlement in Motor Vehicle Accident
$342,500 Settlement for Motorcycle Accident
Schiller, Pittenger & Galvin, P.C., represented a 43-year old man who was operating his motorcycle on the Garden State Parkway when the trailer being towed ahead of him lost a wheel which came to rest in the roadway. The motorcycle operator struck the wheel and was thrown from the motorcycle, suffering knee and shoulder injuries that required surgery. … [Read more...] about $342,500 Settlement for Motorcycle Accident