A New Jersey appeals court recently held that a commercial property owner may be found liable to a customer who sustained injury when she slipped on ice in a parking lot on adjoining property for negligently failing to warn the customer either that there was a dangerous condition (ice) on the adjoining property or to direct the customer to park elsewhere.

A federal court in New Jersey recently ruled that a party that has obtained a judgment against 1 spouse may attach a bank account held jointly by both spouses without first determining how much of the money on deposit belongs to the debtor spouse, without running afoul of the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act or a similar New Jersey statute.

A landlord of commercial property in New Jersey may repossess premises by peaceful means for non-payment of rent or other material breach of the lease that is not cured within the cure period established in the lease, without further notice to the tenant.