Cruz v. Central Jersey Landscaping, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that “shall take effect immediately” “bespeak[s] an intent contrary to, and not supportive of, retroactive application”
• explaining that the Legislature’s silence in response to witnesses who raised their own interpretations of statutory language during the legislative process should not be construed as approval of such interpretations
• rejecting attempt to apply amendment to existing or previously adjudicated claims for benefits because amendment took effect “immediately”
• “Only if one of these grounds is present, will we give a statute retroactive effect.”
• “Only if one of these grounds is present, will we give a statute retroactive effect.”
• statutes apply prospectively unless Legislature indicated its intent that a statute be applied retroactively

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).