New Jersey Statutes 2A:23A-7. Limited intermediate review
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:23A-7
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
- Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
b. The signature of an attorney or party to an intermediate appeal, or in opposition thereto, constitutes a certification by him:
(1) That he has read the pleadings and all supporting papers relating to the intermediate appeal;
(2) That to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, formed after reasonable inquiry, the appeal or opposition is well grounded in fact and is warranted by existing law or a good faith argument for the extension, modification or reversal of existing law; and
(3) That it is not interposed for any improper purpose, such as to cause unnecessary delay or a needless increase in the cost of litigation.
If such a pleading, application or other paper is filed in violation of this subsection, the court by summary review, upon motion by one of the parties or upon its own initiative, may impose upon the party causing the summary review, reasonable expenses, including a reasonable attorney’s fee, incurred because of the filing of the pleading, application or other paper.
L. 1987, c. 54, s. 7.