FINAL RESTRAINING ORDER SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDED TO THE APPELLATE DIVISION AND NJ SUPREME COURT

An adult daughter filed a Domestic Violence Complaint against her father, alleging the predicate offenses of stalking and harassment. With the help of one of our family law attorneys, the 28 year old prevailed at trial and obtained a Final Restraining Order against her father. The father appealed to the Appellate Division, alleging that the trial judge erred in finding (a) that the daughter presented sufficient facts to prove stalking and harassment; and (b) that there was a need for a Final Restraining Order.

Our appeals attorneys successfully defended the trial court’s entry of the FRO by demonstrating that the facts submitted below established that the father committed the offenses, and that his pattern of repeating the bad conduct over a course of several years evidenced that the behavior would continue in the absence of a FRO. After losing in the Appellate Division, the father asked the Supreme Court of New Jersey to hear this case. Our appeals attorneys opposed that application, and the Supreme Court of New Jersey declined review of the matter.

Our Victories

CONSUMER FRAUD VICTORY AGAINST COUNTRY’S LARGEST REVERSE MORTGAGE BANK

In a consumer fraud action against the country’s largest reverse mortgage bank, the Appellate Division reversed a Law Division decision and ruled that the monthly proceeds of a reverse mortgage are subject to a Writ of Execution.

$2.5 MILLION JUDGMENT ON BEHALF OF HOMEOWNER THAT WAS DEFRAUDED BY A CONTRACTOR

Our client, a homeowner, was defrauded by a contractor who was hired to perform extensive work at his home. The contractor took the homeowner’s money but failed to perform much of the work and the work that was performed was defective which led to the property being seriously damaged.

PRA APPELLATE ATTORNEYS OBTAIN AFFIRMANCE OF TRIAL COURT DECISION ON BEHALF OF EXECUTORS OF AN ESTATE

We represented the co-executor defendants in an estate litigation. The plaintiff was the wife of the Decedent and made a claim to half of the $2.7 million proceeds from the sale of development rights to a property owned by the Decedent.

GRANT OF SUMMARY JUDGMENT TO HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL REFEREE ASSOCIATION DEFENDED IN APPELLATE DIVISION AND NJ SUPREME COURT

A female high school basketball referee (the plaintiff) brought suit against the association to which she belonged, claiming that she was the victim of gender discrimination because the association did not assign her to officiate boys’ varsity basketball games.

FINAL RESTRAINING ORDER SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDED TO THE APPELLATE DIVISION AND NJ SUPREME COURT

PRA Appellate Attorneys Win First Amendment Landmark Decision In NJ Supreme Court

In a landmark decision, the New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously held that the Lawrence Township sign ordinance violated our client’s First Amendment right to free speech and is unconstitutional. At issue was IBEW Local 269’s use of a 10-foot-tall rat balloon during a labor protest in Lawrence Township.

PRA Appellate Attorneys Convince Appellate Division to Overturn Erroneous Jury Verdict

On the job, a 60+ year old husband and father fell from the top of a ladder, hitting his chest on the cement floor. The EMTs rushed the man to a level one trauma center believing him to be suffering from internal injuries. The hospital staff, however, opined that the man was not a trauma case and treated him as a normal ER patient.

PRA Appellate Attorneys Obtain Reversal of Family Court Erroneous Interpretation of Marital Settlement Agreement

A director of a charitable foundation sued our client, also a director and the CEO of the foundation, alleging that he breached his fiduciary duty to the foundation by making unwise investments. The plaintiff sought to surcharge our client personally for millions of dollars of losses sustained by the foundation’s investments.