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09.13.2022
Offer in Judgment Enforced as to All Claims; Litigants Can’t Pick and Choose
Puglia v. Phillips, Docket No. A-5367-18 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. August 15, 2022) This matter involves a mix of estate, property and procedural issues, including offers of judgment. The decedent’s children were the beneficiaries of her estate (“Estate”). A lengthy, acrimonious dispute arose regarding the Estate’s primary asset, a sixty-seven-acre farm (the Property). In […]
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07.05.2022
Anthony La Ratta Reappointed to NJSBA Equity Jurisprudence Committee
Archer partner Anthony R. La Ratta was reappointed to the New Jersey State Bar Association Equity Jurisprudence Committee. The Equity Jurisprudence Special Committee provides programs designed to improve the skills of Association members when practicing before the General Equity Courts of New Jersey, and facilitates interaction between the general equity judiciary and the Association. Anthony […]
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06.29.2022
Case Summary: Standing and the Survivor’s Act
Chandler v. Kasper, A-2143-20 (App. Div. June 14, 2022) In Chandler v. Kasper, Docket No. A-2143-20 (App. Div. October 7, 2021), the Appellate Division dismissed a plaintiff’s cause of action under the Survivor’s Act (N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3), finding that the plaintiff (the decedent’s daughter) did not have standing to file a lawsuit under the Survivor’s Act […]
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06.29.2022
Case Summary: The Fiduciary Exception to Attorney-Client Privilege in Pennsylvania
In Re: Trust Established under Agreement of Sarah Mellon Scaife, Deceased dated May 9, 1963, No. J-A06008-22, 2022 WL 1617129, (Pa. Super. May 23, 2022) In the context of litigation regarding objections to a trustees’ account, the estate of a deceased beneficiary sought production of unredacted versions of previously produced documents on the basis of […]
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