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Burlington County Superior Court

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Evesham Man Sues Subway Over 'Footlong' Claim

Two New Jersey men sued Subway in Superior Court in Burlington County Tuesday, alleging that the company's supposed "footlongs" have been coming up a few inches short.

Two New Jersey men, including an Evesham resident, sued Subway in state Superior Court in Burlington County this week, claiming the sandwich chain has been shorting customers by selling alleged footlongs that measure less than 12 inches, according to multiple news outlets. The plaintiffs—John Farley, of Evesham, and Charles Noah Pendrack, of Ocean City—approached attorney Stephen DeNittis, of Marlton-based Shabel & DeNittis, after reading last week about the short sandwiches. DeNittis said he's had sandwiches from 17 shops measured—and every one came up short, according to Associated Press. "The case is about holding companies to deliver what they've promised," he said. The suit brings claims under the Consumer Fraud Act, alleging Subway …

GBWood

10:07 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013

Wonder how many inches they have lied about in the past!   more ›

Friday, August 3, 2012

Judge Denies Open Space Injunction

However, STEM's challenge to the township's Open Space spending is still unsettled.

A judge ruled Friday that STEM (Save the Environment of Moorestown) couldn’t immediately stop the township from using the Open Space Trust Fund to pay for athletic field improvements, but the question of whether council is ultimately in the right is far from settled. Superior Court Judge Ronald Bookbinder wasn’t sufficiently convinced in the strength of STEM’s case to grant the injunction—intended to block the township’s use of the Open Space, Recreation, Farmland and Historic Preservation Trust Fund for improvements to Wesley Bishop North—filed by attorney Jeffrey Baron. Even with the favorable ruling, Moorestown likely won't move ahead immediately on the project in case the town loses the larger case. Bookbinder did not throw out STEM's …

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G. Williams

1:38 am on Monday, August 6, 2012

Ed, If you listened carefully to what Baron, the attorney representing MSOS/STEM said, the ethics board never took the full case on the charge against Councilman Testa. Bill Kearns, the boards attorney, cited what he determined was a similiar case where the charge was dropped. Maybe that set a precedent for them since it ended there. However, the case was refiled with the AG's office, and there …   more ›

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