Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman 2015 Legal Studies Scholarship

As part of its community efforts to support the community of those New Jersey residents who have been affected by personal injury, the law firm of Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman has announced the creation of the annual Legal Studies Education Scholarship. This $2,500 scholarship will be awarded for the first time in 2015, and […]

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Workers Compensation Carrier and Employers Not Entitled to Reimbursement on Workers Compensation Third Party Action

In Thomas v. City of East Orange, Docket No. 1-1468-10 (App. Div. 2011), the Appellate Division panel, Judges Reisner and LeWinn, affirmed the trial court’s ruling, holding an injured employee does not have to reimburse an employer or carrier for monies paid on a workers compensation claim when the third-party tortfeasor is a public entity.. […]

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Appeals Court Rules Commercial Property Owner Not Liable for Death of Tenant’s Employee Resulting from Contamination of Building’s Water Supply

Commercial Property Law Case  Does a commercial property owner owe a duty of care to ensure that its building’s water supply is not contaminated in a case involving the death of an employee of one of its tenants? This was the central question confronting a New Jersey appeals court in Velucci v. AllState Insurance Company, […]

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