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· 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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