· 6/27/1997
Wallace v. JFK Hartwyck at Oak Tree, Inc.
Citations
- 695 A.2d 257
- 149 N.J. 605
- 1997 N.J. LEXIS 190
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- concluding that writing the wrong date on a calendar, causing the thirty-day period to be missed, did not qualify as an extraordinary circumstance warranting an extension for the attorney
- holding in both cases that an attorney's mistake \cannot give rise to extraordinary circumstances capable of relaxing the thirty-day\ limitations period for filing a demand for a trial de novo after arbitration
- finding that an \attorney's 'mere carelessness' or 'lack of proper diligence' is insufficient to relax the thirty-day deadline for filing a trial de novo under the 'extraordinary circumstances' exception\
- an attorney's mistake cannot give rise to extraordinary circumstances capable of relaxing the thirty-day limitations period for filing a demand for a trial de novo after arbitration
- in the context of late filings, attorney carelessness does not qualify as extraordinary circumstances
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Judges: Garibaldi
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