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Claims by a new business or venture for ascertainment of future probable profits are too remote, contingent, speculative to meet legal standard in New Jersey for reasonable certainty.

Since 1936, the vast majority of jurisdictions have rejected the New Business Rule as a per se rule of exclusion and, instead, allowed lost prof Case Law Alerts, 1st Quarter, January 2021 is prepared by Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin to provide information on recent developments of inte

Breach of contract claim barred under the gist of the action doctrine where alleged conduct pertained to manner in which duties of representation performed and not a breach of a specific contractual promise.

The Pennsylvania Superior Court, in an unpublished opinion, continued the recent trend of Pennsylvania case law barring breach of contract claims that actually s Case Law Alerts, 1st Quarter, January 2021 is prepared by Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin to provide information on recent developments of inte

When there are factual disputes, the parties present those disputes to a jury of their peers for resolution. The factual disputes here require a jury trial to resolve.

The plaintiff alleged excessive force, false arrest, failure to intervene and municipal liability against the City of Vineland and its police officers. Case Law Alerts, 1st Quarter, January 2021 is prepared by Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin to provide information on recent developments of inte

Judge rules that a prior final compensation order did not predict that permanent total disability benefits would flow from the award in that the claimant intended, but did not, undergo a surgery to alleviate the work-related injury.

The claimant filed a petition for benefits, seeking permanent total disability benefits. What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp is prepared by Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin to provide information on recent legal developments of intere